White House says US Covid emergency status to end May 11The end to both federal emergency declarations, which took effect in January 2020 under then-president Donald Trump, will see funds used to...
01 Feb, 2023, 12.58 AM IST
Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, defense chief saysThis past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, sa...
04 Dec, 2022, 07.24 PM IST
Suella Braverman and dangers of the Drawbridge DiasporaBraverman was revealed as a member of the dreaded Drawbridge Diaspora - those who, having made it to their promised land, want to ensure ot...
15 Oct, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Won't allow fringe to derail India storyElements out of sync - indeed, in contravention - with GoI's developmental and wealth-creating mission for India must be weeded out. This t...
06 Jun, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
Nitish Kumar says he gives 'no importance' to Prashant Kishor's assessment of his performancePrashant Kishor had contended that Kumar's administration had brought in economic growth but did not succeed in propelling Bihar for a grea...
06 May, 2022, 05.05 PM IST
COVID-shaming pits neighbour against neighbour in locked-down ShanghaiIt is not unusual for test results to be shared and positive cases announced in building WeChat groups, as authorities try to get to grips ...
19 Apr, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
US ends asylum restrictions for children traveling aloneThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in announcing the change late Friday night, said “that expulsion of unaccompanied noncitize...
12 Mar, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
US to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinatedThe new rules, to be announced Wednesday, will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the U.S. regardless of the reason for trav...
13 Oct, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
Migrants find themselves stranded abroad by new US policyThe U.S. government has intermittently flown Mexicans deep into Mexico for years to discourage repeat attempts, but flights that began last...
13 Aug, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
Vladimir Putin warns West of harsh response if it crosses Russia's "red lines""But if someone mistakes our good intentions for indifference or weakness and intends to burn down or even blow up these bridges, they shou...
21 Apr, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Pakistan anti-France protests disrupt Covid-19 oxygen, say officialsThe party has led calls for the expulsion of the French ambassador, after the government of President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for...
13 Apr, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
Super cylone, floods, controversies: the unwanted guests in Odisha's 2020 pandemic woes"Effective governance, robust health infrastructure and mass testing, efficient handling of migrant workers, including screening and quaran...
27 Dec, 2020, 03.20 PM IST
I'm not sure Russian doping issue can be resolved in 'near future': World Athletics chiefRussia was suspended in 2015 after a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping among track a...
11 Dec, 2020, 06.37 PM IST
Banning Chinese nationals takes Cold War to extremesOver the past few years, U.S. public opinion of China has soured dramatically, accelerating a trend that began with the accession of Chines...
06 Sep, 2020, 07.25 PM IST
WHO denies its representative falsified Equatorial Guinea COVID-19 dataThe Equatorial Guinea government asked WHO on May 26 to immediately replace the representative, Triphonie Nkurunziza, and the prime ministe...
05 Jun, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
View: Social cohesion while distancingUnder the circumstances, the slew of welfare measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while very welcome, are simply too ...
31 Mar, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
Lockdown 'botched-up', India deserves better: Prashant Kishor"For all our optimism, the bitter truth is India's covid response needs to get better than just banking on a botched-up lockdown, less than...
28 Mar, 2020, 04.09 PM IST