He was known as ‘Cartoonman’, a name he carried on his Facebook profile. Ibrahim Badusha, who died of post COVID-19 pneumonia on the morning of June 2, was one of the most popular cartoonists and caricaturists in Kerala. He was 37 years old. Badusha was former Vice chairman of the Kerala Cartoon Academy and political […]
US-based Google LLC has contended that India’s new IT rules for digital media are not applicable to its search engine, and urged the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to set aside its single judge order which applied them on the company while dealing with an issue related to removal of offending content from the internet. […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday decided to cancel the CBSE Class XII board exams amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic across the country with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that the decision has been taken in the interest of students and the anxiety among the students, parents and teachers must be put to an end. […]
Idukki: The six police officers who were accused in the Nedumkandam custodial death case will be dismissed and prosecuted. The action will be initiated on the basis of the Justice Narayana Kurup Commission report. The government informed in the assembly that the DGP was directed to dismiss the concerned police officers from service. Accused SI […]
New Delhi: The Government of India on Tuesday clarified that mixing of COVID-19 vaccines is not protocol yet and asserted there is no change in the schedule of two-dose vaccines Covishield and Covaxin. Briefing a press on Covid and vaccination-related updates in the country, Chair of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 […]
Geneva: The B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants of the COVID-19, first identified in India, have been named as ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’ respectively, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Monday as it named various variants of the coronavirus using Greek alphabets. “Today, @WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) & Interest (VOIs). […]
Chathanoor: Film star and serial actor Priyanka is being interrogated in connection with the bomb attack conspired by EMCC president and Democratic Social Justice party candidate from Kundara Shiju Varghese on the eve of the election day. Chathanoor assistant police commissioner directed Priyanka to appear for quizzing based on the evidence of the telephonic talk […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government directed the law department to study the High Court verdict on minority scholarship and file a report to the Chief Minister. The government will decide on further action including an appeal over the verdict after examining the report. P Rajeev, minister for law declared that the government will take action over […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has extended the lockdown till June 9 with minor relaxations, informed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Industrial units including coir and cashew are allowed to operate with 50 percent staff. Shops that sell raw materials for the industries are permitted to open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday till 5 pm. Meanwhile, banks […]
PORTO: As Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta cradled the European Cup before thrusting it into the air to the backdrop of fireworks, Pep Guardiola and his distraught Manchester City players stood way behind the winner’s rostrum and looked on in anguish. Champions League glory once again for Chelsea, nine years after its first title and just […]