"This fall could be a one-two punch for infection as we manage the start of another flu season while working diligently to keep the Covid-19 virus at bay," Xinhua news agency quoted Governor Andrew Cuomo as saying in a statement on Friday.
"The country can never forget that some people were not saddened at the sacrifice of the security personnel during the Pulwama attack. At that time, these people were only doing politics. I request them not to do such politics in the interest of the nation," the PM said addressing a gathering after visiting the Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
Harris comes into the November 3 election already a repeat trailblazer as California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate.
Hugo Chávez's former nurse has been charged with money laundering in a Miami federal court, accused of taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to green light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela's national treasurer.
India is looking at Bhutan to help alleviate shortage of potatoes. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Friday issued an order allowing unhindered import of this key kitchen item from the tiny Himalayan nation without any licence till January 31, 2021.
The Mumbai police said on Friday that Republic TV has not provided information sought as part of its probe into a show aired by the channel which allegedly incited disaffection against the city force. Republic TV’s executive editor Niranjan Narayanswamy, deputy editor Shawan Sen, anchor Shivani Gupta and reporter Sagarika Mitra were among those named accused.
The Election Commission on Friday revoked the status of former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath as Congress’s star campaigner for by-elections in the state, for repeatedly violating the model code with his public utterances and “breaching ethical and dignified behaviour”.
The previous one-day record for US coronavirus cases was 84,169 on October 23. Globally, India holds the record for new cases in a single day at 97,894 infections on September 17.
Full results will be published on November 6, but with more than 65.2% of voters in favour of the recently passed legislation permitting euthanasia, New Zealand will become the seventh country to allow assisted suicide.
A weekend migrant shipwreck off Senegal has left at least 140 people dead, making it the deadliest so far this year, the International Organization for Migration confirmed Thursday.
After a succession of committees and court directions failed to halt deterioration in the capital’s air quality, the Centre has decided to set up a new commission armed with powers of enforcement and mitigation that promises to take another stab, hopefully with better results, in cleaning the air.
India remains engaged with the US for increasing predictability in the visa regime and to minimise the inconvenience being faced by those in the US or those who need to travel to the country for bona fide reasons, said the government days after the third Indo-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue.
The special investigating team (SIT) of Mumbai police probing the TRP manipulation scam has summoned five investors of Republic TV to appear before them on Friday as part of its probe into channels accused of rigging viewership figures.
Under the new French measures which come into force on Friday, people will be required to stay in their homes except to buy essential goods, seek medical attention, or exercise for up to one hour a day. They will be permitted to go to work if their employer deems it impossible for them to do the job from home. Schools will stay open.
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