Pope Francis, on Sunday, said that he is planning to visit India next year and is also expected to take a trip to Mongolia later in 2023, as per Vatican News. Pope Francis outlined his upcoming travel schedule during his flight back to Rome from South Sudan. While addressing the presser, the Pope said, “I think...
By Heena Goswami The Union Budget 2023 has been lauded for its increased allocation on higher education to the tune of Rs 44,094.62 crores for 2023-24, a considerable increase from Rs 40,828.35 crores for 2022-23. The grant for the UGC has also been increased by 9.37 per cent - an increase of INR 459 crore and grants...
The largest of New York’s boroughs lies off the tourist radar By Pól Ó Conghaile It feels like every stop on New York’s 7 train springs you into a different world. In Flushing, I board the subway in a station buried beneath the Asian markets and dim sum restaurants buzzing around Main Street. The train rises and sweeps through...
India is one of the largest countries in the world and one of the most beautiful one. Though not well known around the world, India also has some of the most unique and stunning horse breeds that have full or partial origins in India. The nine common Indian horse breeds are: the Marwari, Kathiawari, Spiti, Bhutia, Manipuri,...
By Javed Khan Just as Sahibzada Noor ul Amin gave the call to prayer Jan 30 afternoon, and a deafening blast shattered the calm. Prayer leader Amin, around 50 years old, had led the congregation at the mosque inside the Peshawar police headquarters five times a day for years. Life of Amin and many other devotees...
Annapolis, Md.: Maryland officials are preparing for as many as 80,000 residents who could no longer qualify for Medicaid coverage this spring, as the federal government reinstates a requirement that existed before the COVID pandemic for states to verify the eligibility of recipients. Michele Eberle, the executive director of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, said that...
New York: U.S. health officials have said a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a health alert to doctors, saying the outbreak included at least 55 people in 12 states. One died and at least five...
Sacramento, Calif.: Children in California won’t have to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools, state public health officials have confirmed, ending one of the last major restrictions of the pandemic in the nation’s most populous state. Gov. Gavin Newsom first announced the policy in 2021, saying it would eventually apply to all of California’s 6.7 million public...
Washington: A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials said. “On December 1, the voice calling functionality of the 988 Lifeline was rendered unavailable as a result of a cybersecurity incident,” Danielle Bennett, a spokeswoman for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said in...
