Working as a Senior Content Producer at Hindustan Times with experience of more than eight years in online media. Keenly interested in political issues (India and world), sports, and, to some extent, business (news on startups). Like spending pastime keeping abreast of things happening across the globe.
Articles by Karan Manral
China struggles to get the world to trust its vaccines
There has been little information about how the Chinese vaccines have fared in final-stage clinical trials, with just the United Arab Emirates and China itself endorsing the vaccines for emergency use so far.
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 07:04 AM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Karan Manral
Minneapolis officials outline new police disciplinary plan
Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo, in their latest initiative to change department practices in the wake of George Floyd’s death, said the Minneapolis attorney’s office would be more deeply involved in misconduct investigations as soon as they begin.
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 06:24 AM IST
Minneapolis | Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral
Trump campaign asks US Supreme Court to take Wisconsin case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court had earlier rejected the lawsuit against election results in the state, where Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden by about 21,000 votes.
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 06:15 AM IST
Madison, Wisconsin | Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral
Imran Khan govt ‘illegitimate’, ‘incompetent’: Pakistan Democratic Movement chief Fazlur Rehman
“This government is a product of fraud,” Rehman said on Monday, addressing a gathering of his party workers.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 02:39 PM IST
Islamabad | Asian News International | Posted by Karan Manral
Bangladesh navy ships shift 1,700 Rohingya refugees to isolated island
Five naval ships left the port city of Chittagong for Bhashan Char island, where the ships are expected to reach after a three-hour journey.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 02:29 PM IST
Dhaka | Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral
Alibaba’s $10 billion buyback plan fails to halt stock slide as regulatory concerns mount
The shares of Jack Ma’s e-commerce and financial empire slumped 9% to their lowest since June on Monday.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 01:59 PM IST
Beijing/Hong Kong | Reuters | Posted by Karan Manral
New Year 2021: Oceania, Pacific Islands greet 2021
The Pacific islands of Tonga, Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati are the first to ring in a New Year, while the uninhabited Howland and Baker Islands, near the United States, the last.
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 08:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune: Where India found samples of UK returnees positive for new coronavirus strain
A total of six persons who returned from the United Kingdom to India have been found positive for the new coronavirus strain, the Union health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 11:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Covid-19 vaccine updates: India likely to decide on first vaccine this week, South Korea seeks Moderna’s candidate
On Monday, the United States and Mexico commenced phase 3 trials of the vaccine candidate of Novovax, an American biotech firm.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Sydney on alert after ‘mystery’ Covid-19 cases detected outside current cluster
However, the city maintained its downward trend of new Covid-19 infections from the ongoing cluster, which, since being detected in northern beachside suburbs in mid-December, has now grown to 129 cases.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 08:18 AM IST
Sydney | Reuters | Posted by Karan Manral
‘Return immediately or face jail’: Russia warns Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
Russia’s Federal Prison Service (FSIN) on Monday warned Navalny that if he doesn’t fly back from Germany ‘at once’ and report at a Moscow office early on Tuesday morning, he’ll be jailed on returning after the deadline.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 10:34 AM IST
Moscow | Reuters | Posted by Karan Manral
Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections: Name missing from voters’ list? Here’s what to do
Any registered voter whose name is missing from the voters’ list can get it added both online and offline.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 03:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
‘Took urbanisation as opportunity not challenge’: PM Modi on India’s first driverless Metro
India’s maiden driverless Metro will run on the Magenta Line section of the Delhi Metro.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 12:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Covid-19 recoveries: India’s journey from 100,000 to 9.7 million
India currently has 9,782,669 recovered cases, as per the government’s data. It crossed 9.7 million mark on December 25.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Chinese citizen journalist jailed for four years for Wuhan virus reporting
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, was sentenced at a brief hearing in a Shanghai court for allegedly “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for her reporting in the chaotic initial stages of the outbreak.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 02:05 PM IST
Shanghai | Agence France-Presse | Posted by Karan Manral
PM Modi to flag off 100th Kisan Rail today as anti-farm law protests enter day 33
The train will run between Sangola in Maharashtra and West Bengal’s Shalimar and will be flagged off virtually at 4:30 pm.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 09:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Sydney told to watch its famous New Year’s Eve fireworks from home
Sydney, one of the world’s first major cities to welcome each New Year, has banned large gatherings that night amid an outbreak of the coronavirus.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 09:03 AM IST
Melbourne | Reuters | Posted by Karan Manral
2020 weather disasters ‘boosted’ by climate change, says report
The annual tally from global NGO Christian Aid, entitled “Count the cost of 2020: a year of climate breakdown,” showed that the ten costliest weather disasters worldwide this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 07:58 AM IST
Paris | Agence France-Presse | Posted by Karan Manral
British tourists, forced into quarantine, sneak out of Swiss ski resort
Around 200-420 British tourists in the ski resort of Verbier fled in the night over the 10-day retoactive quarantine ordered by the Swiss government due to the new Covid-19 variant found in England.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 10:18 AM IST
Geneva | Agence France-Presse | Posted by Karan Manral
Japan confirms cases of new coronavirus variant
Five people, who arrived between December 18 and December 21, before Japan stepped up border control on Friday for entrants from Britain, tested positive.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 10:39 PM IST
Tokyo | Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral
Delhi sees 758 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since August 16
Delhi’s tally of the coronavirus disease rose to 621,439 on Friday, the government’s data showed. On Thursday, the city had logged 1,063 cases.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Men charged in Daniel Pearl’s murder case to be released on Saturday, says lawyer
A two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court had, on Thursday, ordered the release of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 07:47 PM IST
Karachi | Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral
European Union assesses Brexit trade deal with UK
Ambassadors from the bloc’s 27 nations convened on Christams Day ahead of a week in which the historic accord will come into effect.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 07:35 PM IST
Brussels | Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral
‘Count me as your sister’: Mamata Banerjee reaches out to Amartya Sen amid ‘land grab’ charges
Mamata Banerjee, in an apparent reference to the opposition BJP, noted in a letter to Amartya Sen on Friday that some ‘nouveau invaders’ have now started baseless allegations against Sen.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 06:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Nepal’s Supreme Court issues show-cause notice to Oli govt over Parliament dissolution
A five-member Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana also asjed the government furnish a written clarification over its “abrupt” decision.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 04:12 PM IST
Kathmandu | Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral
Covid-19 vaccination: From India to Morocco, here’s where some countries stand
Vaccination drives against Covid-19 have already commenced in several countries.
Updated on Dec 25, 2020 03:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Farm law protests: Terai farmers to march to Delhi on Friday to join stir | 10 points
The standoff between the Union government and farmers continues over the passage of new legislation to open up the country’s agricultural sector to private investment.
Published on Dec 25, 2020 11:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Karan Manral
Farm law protests: Govt invites farmers for talks, Rahul Gandhi meets President Kovind | 10 points
Thursday, day 29 of the protests, also witnessed several Congress leaders being detained while trying to march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 96th birth anniversary: Iconic poems penned by late former prime minister
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart, who passed away in August 2018, was a skilled orator and poet.
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 09:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
UK’s new coronavirus strain more contagious, likely to cause more deaths: Study
The variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, according to the study by the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 07:54 PM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Karan Manral