Days-old Dead Bodies, Elderly Left Unfed As Caregivers Flee Virus-Hit Canada Nursing Home
Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada’s long-term care homes. The bleak situation discovered at the Residence Herron, in the Montreal suburb of […]
‘Unhappy’ Donald Trump Wants To Send Team Of Experts Inside China For COVID-19 Probe
The US wants to send a team of experts to China to investigate coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said, a day after he warned Beijing of “consequences” if it was knowingly responsible for the spread of COVID-19 which has killed more than 165,000 people globally, including over 41,000 in America. Describing the coronavirus as a […]
India coronavirus: Should people pay for their own Covid-19 tests?
Thyrocare, a private diagnostic laboratory in India, had just started testing for Covid-19, when the Supreme Court ordered all tests to be carried out free. “We thought the order would say the rich would pay, and the government would pay for the poor,” says Arokiaswamy Velumani, Thyrocare’s founder. At 4,500 rupees ($59; £47), it’s not […]
Sensex rises 400 points to 31,700 in opening session; Nifty advances 32 points to 9,299
Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 400 points in opening trade on Monday led by gains in index heavyweights HDFC twins and Infosys amid positive cues from global markets. After hitting a high of 32,056.47, the 30-share index pared some gains to trade 113.59 points or 0.36 per cent higher at 31,702.31. Similarly, the NSE Nifty […]
Intensity of players will be higher when they return: India fielding coach R Sridhar
Fielding enjoys no less a status than batting and bowling in cricket, providing the third dimension to the game in an era of three formats and a packed schedule. World class fielding is the coming together of fitness, athleticism, agility, reflexes, hand-eye coordination and mental sharpness. With global sport halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
‘Bizarre’: India dismisses Pak PM’s tweet on discrimination against Muslims
India on Sunday rejected criticism by Pakistan’s top leadership of the “deliberate and violent targeting of Muslims”, saying such remarks were an attempt to shift focus from Islamabad’s “abysmal handling” of its internal affairs. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had criticised what they described as the deliberate targeting […]
India’s Covid-19 cases rise to 17,265, death toll at 543
India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) tally rose to 17,265 with 1553 new cases and 543 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Monday morning. The increase in the Covid-19 numbers comes on a day several states and Union territories will ease the rules of the lockdown put in place to break […]
One-and-a-half-month-old infant dies of Covid-19 in Delhi
New Delhi: A one-and-a-half-month-old baby has died of coronavirus infection at a hospital in Delhi, officials said on Sunday, in perhaps the first fatality of an infant due to COVID-19 in the national capital. The baby died at Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital attached to the Centre-run Lady Hardinge Medical College. “The baby was brought to the […]
‘Limited toilets, no tobacco or pan masala’: Govt lays down rules as Parliament secretariat set to reopen on Monday
A limited number of toilets, not more than two people in lifts and no tobacco or pan masala to prevent people from spitting—these are some of the restrictions that will be in place as officials are allowed to come and work in the Parliament complex from Monday. The Parliament was adjourned on March 23, when India introduced […]
Gunmen shot dead cop in South Kashmir
Anantnag, Apr 19, KNT: Suspected militants shot at a policeman in Hillad Kokarnag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district late evening. Police sources told KNT that a Selection Grade Constable was shot at and injured at his home. Sources added that cop was shifted to hospital in critical condition, however he succumbed on way. Sources […]
