NATO Puts Forces On Standby As Fears Of Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Rise

KYIV/BRUSSELS: NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets in response to Russia's military build-up at Ukraine's borders. The move added to a flurry of signals that the West is bracing for an aggressive Russian move against Ukraine, though Moscow denies any plan to invade....more

Gen Bipin Rawat, Vaccine Makers Named For Padma Awards

NEW DELHI: General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff who was killed last year in a helicopter crash, vaccine makers Krishna Ella, Suchitra Ella, Cyrus Poonawalla, opposition politicians Ghulam Nabi Azad, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and Indian-origin Silicon Valley titans Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai were named for the country's top civilian awards on Tuesday, on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day....more

UN chief: We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people

By Deepak Arora

UNITED NATIONS: Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Thursday that the world is “in a race against time to help the Afghan people.” Just two days ago, the United Nations launched its largest-ever humanitarian appeal for a single country, requiring more than $5 billion this year. Speaking to journalists, the UN chief said the scale of the appeal “reflects the scale of the despair.”...more

Modi unveils hologram of Netaji at India Gate

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a hologram of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate, where he said a grand statue of the freedom fighter would be placed soon. Marking Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary, the hologram was installed under the canopy where a statue of King George V had stood till its removal in 1968. The Amar Jawan Jyoti, or eternal flame in the memory of those killed in the line of duty in the 1971 war, had flickered in front of the empty canopy till last week....more

Manvinder Singh Ranauta conferred with Honorary Doctorate in Philanthropy

CHANDIGARH: Manvinder Singh Ranauta has been conferred with Honorary Doctorate in Philanthropy from International Internship University, Australia. The Doctorate was handed over to Dr Manvinder Singh Ranauta by Dr Gaurav Sharma, one of the founder members of the university. A formal ceremony would be held in March next in New Delhi. The ceremony has been postponed due to COVID....more

Omicron in Community Transmission Stage in India: INSACOG

NEW DELHI: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in the country....more

New Zealand PM Cancels Wedding Amid New Covid Rules

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was Sunday forced to call off her own wedding as she tightened Covid-19 restrictions in the face of an outbreak of the Omicron variant. "My wedding will not be going ahead," she confirmed after detailing new restrictions; including a limit of 100 fully vaccinated people at events....more

Nearly 52 million fewer full-time jobs in 2022, finds ILO’s latest labour market forecast

GENEVA: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has downgraded its forecast for labour market recovery in 2022, projecting a deficit in hours worked globally equivalent to 52 million full-time jobs, relative to the fourth quarter of 2019. The previous full-year estimate in May 2021 projected a deficit of 26 million full-time equivalent jobs. While this latest projection is an improvement on the situation in 2021, it remains almost two per cent below the number of global hours worked pre-pandemic, according to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022 (WESO Trends)....more

Global conditions are ideal for more Covid variants to emerge: WHO chief

GENEVA: As the world grapples with the surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday globally the conditions are ideal for more strains of the virus to emerge. Stating that over 80 million cases have been reported worldwide since the Omicron surge, more than the entire 2020, the WHO chief said it is not going to be the last Covid-19 variant to emerge in the ongoing pandemic....more

North Korea warns of 'stronger' action following new US sanctions

PYONGYANG: North Korea on Friday berated the Biden administration for imposing fresh sanctions against the country over its latest missile tests and warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington maintains its “confrontational stance.” In a statement carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, an unidentified Foreign Ministry spokesperson defended the North’s recent launches of purported hypersonic missiles as a righteous exercise of self-defense....more

James Webb Space Telescope reaches final destination, parked 15,00,000 km from Earth

NEW YORK: The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, Nasa said Monday. At around 2:00 pm Eastern Time (1900 GMT), the observatory fired its thrusters for five minutes to reach the so-called second Lagrange point, or L2, where it will have access to nearly half the sky at any given moment....more

Hostages At US Synagogue Freed, Armed Man Sought Pak Terrorist's Release

COLLEYVILLE: All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been freed unharmed, police said late Saturday, and their suspected captor is dead. The hostage siege in the small Texas town of Colleyville -- in which the suspect was apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist -- had sparked an outpouring of concern from US Jewish organizations as well as from the Israeli government....more

Omicron symptoms on skin, lips and nails could mean you need immediate medical care

WASHINGTON: While a lot remains unknown about the highly transmissible Omicron variant, experts have said that symptoms of the new strain are quite different from the classic signs of Covid-19. Apart from the three main symptoms of the Omicron variant, patients should seek urgent medical attention for the lesser-known signs of the strain appearing on the skin, lips and nails, reported The Mirror....more

German Navy Chief resigns over remarks in India on Ukraine, Russia

NEW DELHI: Following an unprecedented controversy in Germany and a diplomatic incident with Ukraine, German Navy Chief Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach tended his resignation late on Saturday over his comments in New Delhi that Ukraine can never get back Crimea and Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably” deserved respect. “I have asked Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to relieve me from my duties with immediate effect,” Vice Adm Schoenbach said in a statement according to news agency Reuters. “The minister has accepted my request,” he added....more

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