Widely viewed as an acid test for the Sri Lankan President, the resolution was postponed by officials in Geneva citing ‘scheduling issues’. The vote on a critical resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has been postponed to Tuesday, as Colombo stepped up efforts to garner international support ahead of the voting which is being seen as an acid test for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.The vote on the draft resolution titled ‘Promotion of Reconciliation Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka’ was to be taken on Monday but officials in Geneva said it has been…
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A phase 3 trial of the AstraZeneca vaccine candidate in the United States has revealed an efficacy of 79%, when both doses were administered 4 weeks apart. This is a significant jump over the candidate’s efficacy reported in the earlier trial conducted in the U.K., Brazil and South Africa.AstraZeneca reported results of the trial via a press release on Monday and a formal scientific publication is awaited.The finding adds confidence to the Covishield vaccine, which is the same as the AstraZeneca vaccine. Results on Covishield trials done specifically on Indian participants aren’t yet available.‘No safety concerns’The U.S. trial, which recruited…
For the first time challengers from across the political spectrum are vying to end the long reign of “King Bibi”. Israel holds its fourth election in two years on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes the country’s world-leading coronavirus vaccine roll-out will finally push him through an era of unprecedented political paralysis and into a stable majority.But Mr. Netanyahu, the dominant politician of his generation, is a polarising figure in Israel. And for the first time challengers from across the political spectrum are vying to end the long reign of “King Bibi”.Four elections? What’s this one about?The same as the…
By endorsing Rema’s candidature, UDF hopes to rekindle debate around political violence Caste and community factors may not matter much for Vadakara’s deeply political voters. Their electoral choice in this Assembly polls is mainly between a splinter group of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] backed by the United Democratic Front (UDF), and a splinter group of the Janata Parivar that recently returned to the Left Democratic Front (LDF).Manayath Chandran, district president, Loktantrik Janata Dal, had a head start in the campaign as the LDF candidate. The UDF support for and the candidature of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader…
For now, donors to victims of the Atlanta shootings must scour individual GoFundMe accounts Shortly after his mother was killed in the Atlanta-area shootings, Randy Park launched a GoFundMe page asking for $20,000 to pay for funeral expenses. By Sunday, the donations were approaching $3 million.Also read: Biden condemns violence against Asian-AmericansWith many people seeking a way to support the families of the dead, Mr. Park’s page and others have offered an outlet for tens of thousands of donors, and the accounts have surpassed their goals only days after they were opened.“I’ve never had a good understanding how much money…
The eight are part of a larger group of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and protesters who were detained at sea in August last year during an ill-fated attempt to reach Taiwan. Eight activists detained at sea as they sought to flee Hong Kong by speedboat have finished serving jail sentences in China and are expected to be handed over on Monday to authorities in Hong Kong, where they may face further prosecution.The group, which had been jailed in the southern city of Shenzhen, will return to Hong Kong in batches. Pro-democracy activist Andy Li was the first of the…
The strategy to produce a series of smaller bills is aimed at lowering opposition from tech companies and their lobbyists towards a single piece of legislation (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)Democratic Representative David Cicilline, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, is preparing to come out with 10 or more pieces of legislation targeting Big Tech companies, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.The subcommittee, under Cicilline’s leadership, released a 449-page report in October last year, which detailed abuses of…
India’s Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan produced some excellent shooting to comfortably claim the gold medal in the 10m mixed air rifle event of the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi on March 22. Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar beat Hungarian pair Denes Easter and Istvan Peni 16-10 in the 10M mixed air rifle, in New Delhi on March 22, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@OfficialNRAI The India duo shot a combined total of 16 in the gold medal match to finish ahead of Hungarian world number one Istvan Peni and Eszter Denes who managed 10.The Indians shot a 10.4 each…
Nicolette Davis accused Reed of inappropriately placing his hand on her during a networking trip in Minneapolis in 2017 Republican U.S. Representative Tom Reed, who has been mulling a challenge to Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, apologized to a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct and said he would not run for office next year.Mr. Reed was accused by a former insurance company lobbyist, Nicolette Davis, of inappropriately placing his hand on her during a networking trip in Minneapolis in 2017, the Washington Post reported on Friday.“I apologize to Nicolette Davis,” the Congressman said in a statement released…
He was referring to the distribution of food grain during the coronavirus pandemic. Days after drawing flak over his “ripped jeans” comment, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat stoked another controversy on Sunday, saying people should have produced more children to get extra ration during the coronavirus pandemic. In a goof up during his speech at a programme in Nainital’s Ramnagar, he apparently confused Britain with the U.S., saying America ruled over India for over 200 years. Referring to the distribution of food grain during the pandemic, the Uttarakhand CM said every affected household was given 5 kg of ration…