JAKARTA: Indonesia‘s coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 on Wednesday as the country struggles to control the spread of the Delta variant. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy has now detected Delta in dozens of regions since it was first found in the archipelago in June. Scores of Indonesians are dying at home, unable to access hospital care … Read more
The injured have been admitted to the local government hospital. The passengers were going to Sindagi in Vijayapura district of Karnataka in a Maruti Omni car. Three people were killed and nine others seriously injured after a loaded truck hit a moving car in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. The accident took place near the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Female labour participation rate in India fell to 16.1% during the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among the major economies, a government report said, reflecting the impact of pandemic and a widening job crisis. The percentage of women in the labour force had fallen to a record low of 15.5% during the April-June … Read more
Another cloudburst hit Kashmir on Friday in the Gutlibagh area of Ganderbal district. Flood water entered the residential area causing damages to some of the houses in the area. (Image: News18) Most parts of Jammu region have been receiving incessant rains for the past few days and the Meteorological department has predicted widespread intermittent rain … Read more
Image Source : PTI Tsunami alert issued for Hawaii after 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Alaska’s Perryville A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii on Wednesday evening following a large earthquake off the Alaska peninsula. According to Honolulu Star Advertiser, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center listed the magnitude as 8.1 and said “an investigation is underway … Read more
Two other earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.6 occurred in the same area The quake was about 29 miles below the surface of the ocean, according to USGS.. PTI Last Updated:July 29, 2021, 15:41 IST FOLLOW US ON: Perryville (US) (AP) A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii on Wednesday evening following a … Read more
BENGALURU: Cost of data breaches for companies have soared to $4.2 million per incident across the globe, the highest in 17 years, as per an IBM report. Based on analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by over 500 organisations, the study suggests that security incidents became more costly and harder to contain due to drastic … Read more
‘Hum Akele Kuch Nahi’: Mamata Calls on Sonia Gandhi in Big Show of Opposition Unity; Rahul Present Even as she remained ambivalent on the Opposition’s face to take on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi today while powering through a packed schedule in a … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran recorded over 34,900 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, setting the nation’s single-day record for cases as vaccinations lag and public complacency deepens. The previous record of 31,814 infections had been set only a day earlier, providing a sense of how quickly Iran’s latest surge, fueled by the contagious delta variant, is mounting. Health … Read more
BEIJING: China reported 71 new Covid-19 cases on July 26, the national health authority said on Tuesday, as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant threatens the eastern city of Nanjing. Local infections accounted for 31 of the new cases, down from 40 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said in a statement. … Read more