Moscow: Moscow on Tuesday vehemently rejected claims by Microsoft that Russia was behind cyber attacks on companies researching coronavirus vaccines and treatments, saying it was being made a scapegoat. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency RIA Novosti it had become “politically fashionable” to pin the blame for cyber attacks on Moscow. … Read more
A Delhi man sparked a terror scare onboard an Air India flight after he claimed that terrorists were present on the aircraft. The man has been arrested and probe is on. (PTI photo for representation) An Air India flight had a mid-air scare on Thursday after a passenger claimed that terrorists were present on the … Read more
Two days after the shooting incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia where BJP worker Dhirendra Pratap Singh gunned down a local during a commotion over the allotment of ration shops, the BJP leader has now come out with a video claiming that he did not fire at anyone. Instead, the BJP member has accused the police … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that international cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine could boost the global economy by $9 trillion to pull it out of the economic crisis. Meanwhile, in the global vaccine race, a Chinese vaccine has shown positive results in the human test. A New York Times report has said the … Read more
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan Thursday stepped up his attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, challenging him to contest the Bihar Assembly election 2020. Chirag Paswan questioned why Nitish Kumar has not contested any Bihar Assembly election after 2005 and took a swipe at him saying, the chief minister “does not have direct … Read more
Covid: NHS staff testing ‘dismantled’ in virus hotspots Source link
With air quality worsening in Northern India, including the National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab is in the eye of a storm with a rising number of stubble burning cases. Punjab produces nearly 20 million tons of paddy stubble every year out of which 93 per cent is usually consigned to the flames. The state government … Read more
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) probing the August 11 violence in parts of Bengaluru over an alleged inflammatory social media post, has filed a preliminary chargesheet in the case in a local court. In the chargesheet, the CCB has named former Congress mayor R Sampath Raj as an accused in the DJ Halli violence. Besides … Read more
In a desperate bid to come out clean in the entire debate over the origin of Covid-19, China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and “acted first”. Refuting the widely-held view that the deadly contagion originated … Read more
Ever since Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh held a press conference on Thursday claiming his team has evidence that suggests three TV news channels — Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema — were involved in manipulating TRP ratings, there has been a malicious campaign to malign the image of the India Today Group. A … Read more