Canada’s national mail carrier says a malware attack on one of its suppliers has impacted 44 of its biggest corporate customers across the country, and potentially up to nearly one million people. Canada Post said in a statement Wednesday that one of its suppliers, Commport Communications, had its systems compromisedRead More

Chandigarh, May 27 With as many as 188 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported so far in the state, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered ramp-up of stocks of alternate drugs to treat the disease, in view of the shortage of Amphotericin, making Punjab the first state inRead More

Chandigarh, May 27 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced extension of the restrictions in the state till June 10, but ordered the limit on the number of passengers in personal vehicles to be removed, in view of decline in the positivity and number of active Covid cases. TheRead More

Geneva, May 27 The UN rights chief said Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. Michelle Bachelet also called on Israel to allow an independent probe of military actions in the latest spasm ofRead More

New Delhi, May 27 The Centre on Thursday directed states and union territories to continue the ongoing Covid-19 guidelines till June 30 and asked them to go for intensive and local containment measures in districts with a high number of cases to check the spread of the deadly disease. InRead More

New Delhi, May 27 India is witnessing a downswing in the second wave of Covid-19 and hopefully it will be sustained even when restrictions are gently, systematically and cautiously relaxed, the government said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said the country continuesRead More

Regina registered nurse Heather Flynn said she was so excited to book her 17-year-old son a vaccine appointment as soon as he became eligible last week that she overlooked one key thing: She never talked to him about it first. “I didn’t have a discussion with him. I just toldRead More

New Delhi, May 26 Leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said on Wednesday that they were prepared to continue their agitation against the three central farm laws and one on the MSP till 2024 when the next general elections are due. Speaking at a conversation organised by the Indian WomenRead More

Chandigarh, May 25 Six months after they descended on the Delhi border seeking repeal of the three farm laws, the protesting farmers may have been forgotten by the Centre amid the Covid surge, but their movement is still alive. Farmers at several places in Punjab put up black flags atopRead More

London, May 26 Dominic Cummings, the former top aide of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Wednesday said that the government had fallen “disastrously short” in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic’s first wave early last year as the premier believed it was just a “scare story” at that time.Read More