Health
Month: January 2021
Health
Obesity may impact Covid vaccines’ efficacy: Experts
Covid-19 vaccines may not be fully effective in people who are suffering from obesity, as experts on Tuesday suggested that the process of healing may be slower in obese people as compared to the healthy […]
Business & Economics
HSBC to axe 82 branches in UK, cut services in others
HSBC said it planned to axe 82 branches in Britain this year after a drop in footfall across its retail network and a surge in digital banking. The lender said it would be left with […]
World
World
Syria says four dead in first Israeli strike since Biden took office
Damascus/Jerusalem (TIP): Syrian air defences confronted “an Israeli aggression” in the region of Hama on Friday that killed four people from the same family, state media said, in what would be the first such action […]
World
Loud explosion rocks central Madrid; rescue teams to site
Madrid (TIP): Madrid’s emergency services say rescue teams, firefighters and police are working in a central area of the Spanish capital following an explosion that witnesses described as “extremely loud”. Videos and images shared on […]
World
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister dies of COVID-19 amid resurgence
Harare (TIP): Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo, who gained prominence in 2017 as the military general who announced the coup against then-president Robert Mugabe on television, has died from COVID-19, the government announced on Wednesday. […]
World
Twin suicide blasts in Iraq kill 32, injure 110
Baghdad (TIP): Twin suicide blasts ripped through a busy market in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 32 persons and wounding over 110, officials said. The rare suicide attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area […]
World
Asia
Sri Lanka appoints panel to probe findings of former war commissions
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a three-member panel to probe the findings of the previous commissions appointed by the state to investigate human rights abuses committed during the last phase of […]
Asia
Afghan women judges killed
Kabul (TIP): Unidentified gunmen killed two women judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been […]
Asia
Asia
Nepali team first to top world’s second tallest peak in winter
Islamabad (TIP): A team of Nepalese climbers on Saturday made history by scaling the world’s second highest peak — Pakistan’s K2 — in the winter season, a local Alpine Club official said. The secretary of […]
Asia
Imran Khan jumped the gun. This time, over Pakistan’s economic turnaround
islamabad (TIP): Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government often pins the blame for the economic turmoil in Pakistan on his predecessors and coronavirus, in that order, and credits PM Khan for minimising the adverse impact of […]
Breaking News
Upstate NY man kills daughter, mother-in-law in double murder-suicide
NEW YORK (TIP): An upstate New York man shot and killed his 14-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law before turning the gun on himself Wednesday, January 20, according to police and news reports. Bhupinder Singh, 57, […]
Breaking News
Sam Schwartz Congratulates Meera Joshi on USDOT Appointment
NEW YORK (TIP): The entire Sam Schwartz team congratulated Meera Joshi on being appointed by President Biden as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an agency of the United States Department of […]
Breaking News
NYS Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.2% in December 2020
Fifth Straight Month of Declining Unemployment Rates in New York State NEW YORK (TIP): In December 2020, New York State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 8.2%, falling from 8.4% in November 2020, according to […]
Astrology
Weekly Horoscope (January 25 – January 31, 2021)
Shree Ganeshaya Namah Aries: Ganesha says, you will feel more comfortable in this week. The level of happiness will slowly go up and because of that you can get very generous.Your good behavior can convert into kind gestures […]
Astrology
Birthday Horoscope (January 25 – January 31, 2021)
Shree Ganeshaya Namah Jan 25:There is the promise of a reward from your workplace today, most probably a huge bonus. Work sphere is very good today and you could make tremendous gains if you exploit […]
Breaking News
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks bring star power to emotional, multicultural Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (TIP): An emotional Lady Gaga performed a dramatic version of the U.S. national anthem, Garth Brooks sang a cappella, and Tom Hanks hosted a star-studded nighttime celebration to cap President Joe Biden’s inauguration on […]
Breaking News
Biden sends immigration Bill to Congress on the First Day of his Presidency
Thousands of Indian IT professionals to benefit WASHINGTON (TIP): Keeping his campaign trail promise, US President Joe Biden on the first day of his presidency, January 20, sent a comprehensive immigration Bill to Congress. The […]
United States
Assuming US presidency, Biden tells divided nation ‘democracy has prevailed’
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton attend inauguration Washington (TIP)- Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from […]
United States
Biden launches ‘100 days mask challenge’; makes COVID test, quarantine mandatory for people entering US
Says it will take months to defeat the pandemic, but America will ‘get through this “if people stand together” WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden has unveiled his “wartime” national strategy to boost the fight […]
Breaking News
Biden orders US to rejoin WHO; UN chief welcomes re-engagement
Trump had cut off US funding to the WHO, saying it was “virtually controlled by China.” WASHINGTON / UNITED NATIONS(TIP): The US rejoined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in one of the first official orders […]
Breaking News
We have hit the ground running: Kamala Harris
Biden signed 15 executive reversing some of the key policies of his predecessor Trump WASHINGTON (TIP): With President Joe Biden signing nearly two dozen executive actions, fulfilling major campaign promises and addressing the challenges of […]