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Belarus Scrambles Jet To Force Down Plane Carrying Dissident

Moscow: Aleksandr Lukashenko, the erratic president of Belarus, scrambled a fighter jet on Sunday to force a commercial plane carrying a prominent opposition journalist to land in the capital, Minsk, in order to arrest him.

Guj MLA Injects Remdesivir In Covid Patient's Drip

Surat: A BJP legislator in Gujarat has landed in a controversy after a video showing him doubling up as a “health worker” and filling a syringe with Remdesivir injection before transferring it to a drip bottle to be administered to a patient at a Covid care centre in Surat, surfaced on Sunday.

Women's team to get last year's T20 WC prize money this week

New Delhi: The Indian women cricketers, who made the finals of last year’s World T20 in Australia, will receive their share from the $500,000 prize money by the end of this week, a senior BCCI official said on Sunday after it came to light that they are yet to be paid.

Redeveloper neither builds nor gives up Haji Ali project

Mumbai: After a landslide on August 29, 2011, structurally damaged their building, residents of Vellard View Housing Society, next to the landmark Heera Panna shopping centre in Haji Ali, signed a redevelopment agreement with a builder. A decade since, the 70-odd residents are still without a roof after the builder, HBS View Pvt Ltd, demolished the building but failed to start work.

People peddling fake Covid cures exploit our need to make sense of this crisis

India’s parallel second wave contagion of forwards about alleged Covid “cures” do not surprise US-based physician and author Dr Seema Yasmin. Previously a science journalist, Yasmin is now a “disease detective”— a trained officer at Epidemic Intelligence Service at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — who has investigated the spread of misinformation during epidemics at Stanford University. In an interview to Sharmila Ganesan Ram she talks about her latest book ‘Viral BS’ which shows how myths spread faster than microbes

BMC uses ebb in second wave to boost Covid infrastructure

Mumbai: While health authorities came in for widespread criticism for wasting the lull between the first and second waves of the Covid pandemic, the BMC is taking no chances during the ongoing ebb and is busy upgrading its pandemic infrastructure.

3 Mistakes Of The Pandemic, And Lessons From It

The underage optimist

BJP accuses Twitter of bias, wants Centre to take action

New Delhi: BJP's confrontation with Twitter looks set to escalate with party leaders accusing the micro-blogging platform of bias against their party and asking the government to take action against it.

Timely vaccine orders would have saved many lives in second wave

A Severe Vaccine Shortage Has Hobbled India’s Vaccination Drive. With A Steady Supply, We Could Have Vaccinated Half The Adult Population By Now

10 Months After AI Exp Crash, Relief To Kin Of Pilot Stuck In Bureaucratic Maze

The family of Captain Deepak Sathe — one of the two pilots who lost their lives when Air India Express Dubai Kozhikode flight crash-landed at its destination on August 7, 2020, — has complained of not receiving the compensation given to victims of that accident.

Covid Deaths May Be Double, Triple The Official Tally: WHO

Doubts Global Toll Of 3.4m, Says 6m To 8m Could’ve Died

‘Indu Jain has merged with cosmos & been liberated'

An ardent seeker of knowledge, committed philanthropist, visionary and champion for women’s rights — there are many ways to remember Times of India Group chairman Indu Jain. On Friday, each of these facets came to light, as family and friends gathered over a virtual meeting to remember Indu Ma, as she was fondly known.

‘HUNDRED' REASONS TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULE

But IPL Is The Biggest As BCCI Makes Informal Request To Prepone Eng Test Series To Create Window; ECB’s New Tourney Could Be An Issue

Pinarayi 2.0: A Sarkar On Steroids

1st Cabinet Meet Focuses On Pro-poor Schemes

How Shortage Of Vaccines For 18-44 Group Will Hurt Children

Vaccinating parents against Covid-19 is key to reopening schools safely. It is also necessary for avoiding a catastrophic third wave that could target kids

30% Covid Patients Got Black Fungus Within 10 Days In Hosp: Study

Up to 30% patients developed mucormycosis, a deadly fungal infection, within 10 days of getting admitted to a medical facility for Covid-19 treatment, a study by a city hospital has found. It underlines the fact that the infection shouldn’t be identified as a postCovid complication alone.

303 Dists See +vity Rate Dip, Up From 210 In Wk

Increased Testing Over Last 3 Weeks

Covaxin Protection After First Dose Not High: ICMR

The interval between the two doses of Covishield has been increased to 12-18 weeks as the first dose developed strong immunity but the four week gap for Covaxin is unchanged as the immunity after the initial shot is not as high.

Spieth And Rory Chase Milestones

Kiawah Will Test The Best In PGA C’Ships

HC Stays Axing Of Trees At Tata Garden For Coastal Road Project

PIL Against Nod To Remove 140 Trees In SoBo

2,000 Olive Ridley Turtle Eggs Destroyed

Navi Mumbai: An estimated 2,000 Olive Ridley turtle eggs at nesting sites have reportedly been damaged due to Cyclone Tauktae in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. However, marine biologists and conservators have informed that a few nesting sites of this species have been protected by the conservators at the Konkan coast, where they are waiting for the eggs to hatch.

Enough Troops In East Ladakh: Army Chief

‘Talks With China Haven’t Come To A Standstill’

In Coimbatore, A ‘Corona Devi' Temple

Coimbatore: A temple to “Goddess Corona Devi” has come up on the outskirts of Coimbatore, which already has a “Plague Mariamman temple” that came up when the scourge struck a century ago.

‘A 3-Month Gap Between Two AstraZeneca Doses Gives Better Protection'

Scientist Andrew Pollard co-developed the AstraZeneca vaccine together with Sarah Gilbert at Oxford University. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, Pollard, head of the Oxford Vaccine Group, shares insights around the Covid-19 shot:

India Keeping An Eye On PLA Drill Near E Ladakh

New Delhi: India is keeping close tabs on the summer exercises launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in its ‘depth areas’ facing eastern Ladakh, even as it maintains operational readiness of ‘reserve forces’ to ensure China does not try anything at a time when the country is battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

After Experts' Nod, Final Vax Panel Ok Awaited On Jabs For Pregnant Women

Mumbai: There is a growing demand for vaccination of pregnant and lactating women who face a high risk of Covid infection. Following a recommendation by a national expert panel in their favour last week, the Centre said it was weighing the pros and cons.

Gym Trainers Stare At The Uncertain Future With No End Date To Shut Down

Though most trainers have their online classes as a back-up, it can’t be a substitute for physical classes, they say

Having A Family Is About Managing Time Really Well: Aftab Shivdasani

Aftab Shivdasani and wife Nin Dusanj became parents to a baby girl, Nevaeh, last year in London. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they have made the UK their home and are looking at an appropriate time to come back to Mumbai.

Wind Speed Of Over 100kmph At Colaba, Mum Has Rarely Felt This Close To A Storm

Mumbai: Back in November 1940, when cyclones didn't have names, the Arabian Sea threw an unprecedented, untimely night-long tantrum that cost the city more than Rs 25 lakh. In the aftermath, bodies floated at Apollo Bunder, Colaba, Mazgaon docks and other sea faces even as piles of planks, broken masts and other pieces of timber turned the harbour from Colaba to Sewri into one long graveyard of ships.

Rafa, Me & Roger Are The Next Generation: Djokovic

Rome: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic took a swipe at all the talk about the younger generation of tennis players, saying rival Rafael Nadal and himself were the ‘Next Gen’.