President-elect Donald Trump has announced Indian-origin Dr Jay Bhattacharya as the Director of National Institutes of Health, the country’s top public funder of medical research with a budget of around $47.3 billion. Announcing his nomination, Trump said Stanford academic and US COVID policy critic Dr Bhattacharya would work with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “restore […]
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took effect on Wednesday after more than a year of fighting that has killed thousands of people. The truce, which began at 4:00 am (0200 GMT), should bring to a halt a war that has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel and hundreds of thousands […]
The Israeli cabinet approved the ceasefire deal – brokered by the US and France – last evening by a vote of 10-1. Announcing the “good news”, US President Joe Biden said the ceasefire would take effect from 4 am (7:30 am IST) and that it was a “new start” for Lebanon. Hezbollah, the only armed […]