Day: July 20, 2021

Apollo Hospital in the city, which was constantly in the headlines in late 2016 during the hospitalisation of the then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, once again witnessed some political action today.

Lewis Hamilton has been the target of racist abuse on social media after his victory at Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

After a stormy day one of the monsoon session, Day 2 continued to witness chaos, as opposition parties including Congress, TMC, RJD, DMK decided to raise the issue of Pegasus snooping in both houses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told BJP MPs to counter the lies being spread by the opposition about the Covid-19 situation in the country. He said this while speaking at the BJP parliamentary party meeting.

Nepal’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the congratulatory message and said he shared views with him on further strengthening ties between the two neighbouring countries during a cordial telephone conversation.

The Biden administration on Monday blamed China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has decided not to visit Japan for the Tokyo Summer Olympics, citing a failure to set up a summit with Japan’s prime minister that would produce meaningful results in improving relations.

Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, said in a Washington Post interview published on Monday that he has agreed to step down, handing power to a challenger backed by the international community.

Tamilnadu reported less than 2,000 Covid-19 positive cases after 114 days on Monday.

Gleneagles Global Health City (GGHC) has said it has become the first hospital in the country to use real-time ultrasound guidance to remove a prolapsed disc through an endoscopic spine procedure on a 13-week pregnant woman.