Tag: UN
SC To Centre: Why Can't Funds For Construction Workers Be Used For Others As Well?
The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Friday if it could issue an ordinance allocating funds collected under the welfare schemes for construction workers to be used for other workers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to the return to many migrant workers to their native states. ....
Teachers Of 6 DU Colleges Get Salaries After Four Months
Teachers of six Delhi University colleges finally got their salaries after a gap of four months as the Delhi government released a grant for them on Saturday. However, six other colleges are yet to get paid. ....
New Image Of Coronavirus Released As Seen Up Close Inside Human Lungs
A team of researchers in the US has published striking images of SARS-CoV-2 infected cells in the respiratory airways that are very graphic in nature. ....
Google's Lifetime Net Carbon Footprint Now Zero: Sundar Pichai
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday declared that the company has eliminated its entire carbon legacy -- covering all its operational emissions before it became carbon neutral in 2007 -- through the purchase of high-quality carbon offsets. It means that Google's lifetime net carbon footprint is now zero.....
Centre Broke People's Backbone In Unorganised Sector: Digvijaya Singh
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Monday that the BJP-led Central government has broken the backbone of the people in the unorganised sector. ....
ED Registers PMLA Case Against Vikas Dubey, Accomplices
Over two months after dreaded Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead in a police encounter, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that it had registered a money-laundering case against him and several of his accomplices. ....
Less Than 10% COVID-19 Cases, 0.2% Deaths Under Age 20: WHO Chief
Less than 10 per cent of globally reported COVID-19 cases and less than 0.2 per cent of deaths have been people under the age of 20, but more research is still needed on the risk of severe disease and death among children and adolescents, the chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. ....
Nearly 550,000 Children In USA Test Positive For Coronavirus
Nearly 550,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. ....
Mumbai Indians Bookies' Favourite For IPL 2020
Defending Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Mumbai Indians are the favourite of bookies and are currently priced at Rs 4.90, followed by Hyderabad SunRisers at Rs 5.60, according to bookies based in and around the city. ....
Did Sunny Leone Take An Indirect Jibe At Kangana Ranaut?
Sunny Leone seems to be taking a dig at Kangana Ranaut in her new Instagram post on Friday, for dragging her name into the Urmila Matondkar controversy.....
