Chaitanya Venkateswaran sure had a hectic and bustling day, when she got the unique opportunity to act as the British High Commissioner, which is the post of the UK’s senior-most diplomat, for a day from New Delhi. The 18-year-old girl from New Delhi had the unique opportunity to spend last Wednesday as the UK’s senior-most … Read more
Posters wishing Taiwan on its ‘National Day’ were seen near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Saturday, days after China had issued a set of guidelines for Indian media for the coverage of ‘National Day of Taiwan’. The posters saying “Taiwan Happy National Day October 10” were put up by Delhi BJP leader Tajinder … Read more
As per data released by the government, one woman is stalked or bulled on social media every day in Maharashtra. Maharashtra reported the highest number of cases of cyberstalking/bullying of women for three years in a row. (Representative photo: AP) As per the latest data released by National Crime Records Bureau, Maharashtra reported the highest … Read more
A day after the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi objected to Indian media reporting on ‘National Day of Taiwan’, the Ministry of External Affairs reminded the Chinese that Indian media is a “free” entity and they can report on any issue they deem “fit”. “There is a free media in India and reports as it … Read more
Hathras in Uttar Pradesh is in the national spotlight since the death of a local 19-year-old Dalit girl. In her dying declaration, the girl had accused four local upper-caste men of gang-raping and attempting to strangulate her. Now, in a major twist in the Hathras case, the owner of a dairy chiller plant has claimed … Read more
“You can’t move your body. You can’t move your arms. All of your body is quite still.” Julie Brockway describes the moment she woke up after spending 45 days in an induced coma on a ventilator. She was diagnosed with Covid-19 after her 18-year-old son forced her to go to hospital when she was not … Read more
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (Kaiser News) — Reopening colleges drove a coronavirus surge of about 3,000 new cases a day in the United States, according to a draft study released Tuesday. The study, done jointly by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Indiana University, the University of Washington … Read more
image copyrightCancer Research UK/Mark Hewlett image captionAlec Carpenter with his parents Nicola and Glen A boy who doctors feared would not survive when he was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer aged four months is due to start school. Alec Carpenter, from Stowmarket in Suffolk, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2016 and will join his … Read more
Image copyright Getty Images New cases of coronavirus could be hitting 6,000 a day in England, with “clear evidence” of a rise in positive tests in the under-35s, according to the Office for National Statistics. The ONS found infection rates were higher in the north west and London, based on random testing of thousands of … Read more