Washington : The United States is helping India in its time of need amid a raging second wave of the COVID-19 infections just like it extended help when the hospitals here were strained due to the pandemic, an official in the Joe Biden Administration has told lawmakers. With the support of the Defence Department, USAID … Read more
In a remarkable gesture of inclusion and diversity, William A. Cole, Mayor of Montana’s largest city Billings and an Evangelical Christian, plans to read ancient Hindu mantras in Sanskrit to start the day of Billings City Council on June 14. This reportedly historic first Hindu invocation of Billings City Council since its founding in 1882, … Read more
AL AIN : In line with its mission to encourage environmental tourism and protect natural resources, Al Ain Zoo has exceeded its target to reduce plastic pollution by 122 percent, reducing the use of plastic water bottles from 13,130 boxes down to 5,900 between 2019 and 2020. While Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre has … Read more
Beijing : A professor killed the Communist Party secretary at the school of mathematics at China”s prestigious Fudan University, police and school authorities said. Police identified the suspect in custody as a 39-year-old professor whose surname is Jiang, saying he used a knife in committing the crime on the school campus. The school said in … Read more
Karachi : An express train rammed into derailed coaches of another train, killing up to 51 people and injuring over 100 others in Pakistan”s southern Sindh province on Monday, forcing authorities to call in the Army and paramilitary forces for rescue and relief operations in one of the worst rail accidents in the country in … Read more