It was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran’s most-secured sites. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem April 11 involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported. It was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran’s most-secured sites amid negotiations over the tattered atomic accord with world powers.State TV quoted Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s civilian nuclear program, announcing the incident. “Kamalvandi said fortunately the incident has not caused any human damage or contamination,” a state TV anchorwoman said. “The cause of the…
Author: Mike Harrison
Private hospitals are reporting an acute shortage of Remdesivir, widely used to treat COVID-19 patients. The shortage, mainly faced by small and medium-size hospitals, has prompted the Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (PHANA) to write to the State Health Department requesting that the injection be supplied through the Karnataka State Drugs Logistics and Warehousing Society.Currently, the government supplies this drug to private hospitals only when patients are referred by the government through Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST). Each patient requires six doses of the 100 mg injection of which two are given on the first day followed by one…
Women have only been allowed to enter the National as jockeys since 1975, making it a male-dominated event — until now. A Hollywood fantasy turned into reality on Saturday when Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win Britain’s grueling Grand National horse race, breaking down one of the biggest gender barriers in sports.Blackmore, a 31-year-old Irishwoman, rode Minella Times to a landmark victory at odds of 11-1 in the 173rd edition of the famous steeplechase at Aintree in Liverpool, northwest England“I don’t feel male or female right now. I don’t even feel human,” Blackmore said. “This is just…
A variety of other Republicans are considering their own potential runs for the party’s presidential nomination in 2024. Former U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to help Republicans win seats in Congress in 2022 elections but lashed out at two top party figures, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and former Vice President Mike Pence, at a donor retreat on Saturday.At a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club for Republican National Committee donors in Palm Beach, Florida, Mr. Trump made clear he is still irked at his inability to hang on to the White House despite losing the November 3 election to Democrat…
The mother, considered a suspect, was being sought by authorities. A woman discovered her three grandchildren, all under the age of five, slain inside a Los Angeles apartment Saturday morning and their mother gone, police said.The mother, considered a suspect, was being sought by authorities.The grandmother was returning home from work when she went inside an apartment in the Reseda neighbourhood and found the children had been stabbed to death, Los Angeles police Lt. Raul Jovel said.The Los Angeles Police Department tweeted the children appeared to be under five years old. A police spokesperson initially said they were under the…
A Bihar police officer was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in West Bengal’s north Dinajpur district in the early hours of Saturday. Ashwini Kumar, the station house officer of the Kishanganj town police station in Bihar, had gone for a raid at Pantapada village in north Dinajpur district of West Bengal in connection with a motorcycle theft case. Kishanganj shares its border with north Dinajpur district of West Bengal. The police officer allegedly got no support from the local West Bengal police. He was beaten with sticks and the mob threw stones at him. He was taken to…
A new controversy has erupted over the supply of Remdesivir, a life saving drug used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients, with Gujarat facing a major shortage in its stock amidst soaring demand. On Friday, State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief C. R. Paatil had announced in his home town Surat that 5,000 injections would be distributed by the BJP free of charge to the needy in the city of Surat, one of the worst-hit in Gujarat. Mr. Paatil made the announcement while visiting COVID-19 hospitals in Surat. However, his announcement could not have come at the worse time as…
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma wore shoes highlighting the ‘Great One-Horned Rhinoceros’ during the IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore to help build awareness for the need to conserve the endangered species. Source
Top-ranked defending champion Dustin Johnson has more time to prepare for next week’s US PGA Heritage Classic than he really wanted after missing the cut at the 85th Masters on Friday.Four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy also failed to reach the weekend for only the second time in 13 trips to Augusta National.Four-time Major champion Brooks Koepka, who battled to play after right knee surgery a month ago, also failed to make the cut. Koepka and Johnson both shot 75 to finish five-over 149, while McIlroy was 150 after a closing 74.Meanwhile, Justin Rose squandered a four-shot advantage, then birdied three…
It comes after U.S. offered ‘very serious’ ideas on resetting ties and was awaiting Tehran’s reciprocation Iran announced on Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after the start of talks on rescuing the accord.The United States had said on Friday that it had offered “very serious” ideas on reviving the accord but was waiting for Tehran to reciprocate, something Saturday’s move signally failed to do.President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the three cascades of 164 IR-6 centrifuges, 30 IR-5 and another 30 IR-6 devices at Iran’s…