As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in the country, Indian airlines have cut back on seat capacity in order to curb the spread of the virus. Several countries have banned flights from India. Domestic flights have also witnessed a drop in passengers in the last […]
Portals of Kedarnath temple open today; ‘Chardham Yatra’ temporarily suspended amid COVID threat
The sacred portals of the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath were reopened on Monday amidst strict COVID-19 protocol. Devotees could not attend the opening ceremony, but arrangements were made for them to have online ‘darshan’. The gates of the temple, which houses one of the 11 jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva and […]
1,000 children in Uttarakhand infected by corona
DEHRADUN: In the last 10 days, over a thousand children below nine years of age have tested positive for the coronavirus in Uttarakhand. Some of the children also had to be admitted to hospital for treatment. The Covid-19 cases among children started rising around mid-April in the hill state. Last […]
Coronavirus | India’s second COVID-19 wave shows signs of peaking
Weeks after registering a sudden bump in cases and leading the world in daily case load, the number of new COVID-19 cases in India has shown a consistent dip in the past week — from a seven-day rolling average of 3.92 lakh as on May 8 to 3.41 lakh on […]
Why a Thriving Civilization in Malta Collapsed 4,000 Years Ago
The mysteries of an ancient civilization that survived for more than a millennium on the island of Malta—and then collapsed within two generations—have been unravelled by archaeologists who analyzed pollen buried deep within the earth and ancient DNA from skulls and bones. It’s part of a field of work that […]
Corona Update: India’s daily cases fall below 300,000 after 25 days
India on Monday reported 281,386 fresh Covid-19 cases to take total infections to 24,965,463, according to data from the health ministry. The country recorded 4,106 deaths in the last 24 hours to take total fatalities to 274,390. New cases fell below 300,000 after 25 days as the country seeks to […]