Cancel Rs 20,000-Crore Redesign Of Heart Of Delhi, Sonia Gandhi Tells PM
New Delhi: Ban government ads, stop the “self-indulgent” Rs 20,000 Crore “beautification drive” in Delhi and suspend official foreign tours, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said today, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for suggestions in the fight against coronavirus. The letter came a day after the cabinet decided on a 30 per cent salary […]
Kyrgios offers to drop off food to hungry people during lockdown
Controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios has offered to deliver food to people finding themselves hungry during the coronavirus lockdown, his latest charitable effort after spearheading sporting donations to help Australia’s bushfire crisis. The Canberra-based Kyrgios, infamously outspoken and known for his fiery on-court antics, said he would personally drop food on doorsteps after COVID-19 restrictions […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s Fairview Residence, Earlier Called Papa-2, Is Her Sub-Jail Now
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday shifted former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to her residence, Fairview, at the posh Gupkar Road in Srinagar, turning part of the residence into subsidiary jail. The authorities said her detention under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) will continue. The order issued by the home secretary Shaleen Kabra […]
World leaders who tested positive for COVID-19
1 / 12 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus on March 27 and was quarantined at his home. However, Johnson’s condition worsened and had to be hospitalised and moved into intensive care on April 6. The government said that the decision was a precaution and that he had been in good spirits earlier […]
‘Will Supply To Nations Badly Hit By Coronavirus’: India To Export Hydroxychloroquine After Lifting Partial Ban
India has decided to export anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to several countries including those in the neighbourhood on a case-by-case basis in sync with its commitment to the international community to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Tuesday. Hydroxychloroquine is an old and inexpensive drug used to treat malaria. Last month, India banned export of […]
Tablighi Jamaat: Muslim Body Seeks SC Action Against Media For Spreading Communal Hatred
With the number of positive coronavirus cases linked to Tablighi Jamaat rising to 1,445 on Monday, the Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind – one of the leading Islamic organisations belonging to the Deobandi school of thought — has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court, to prevent the communalisation of the Nizamuddin Markaz issue by certain […]
Covid-19: IB office in Bhubaneswar sealed, employees put under home quarantine
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed the office of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and put all its employees under home quarantine after it was found that one of the staff of the central agency had come in contact with a COVID-19 patient, an official said on Tuesday. The civic body officials put up […]
Why it’s still hard to predict who will die from Covid-19
In every epidemic, some die, others become ill and recover, and the luckiest live through infection without symptoms. In today’s pandemic, we are seeing this play out before our eyes. Although the initial epidemiological data show that Covid-19 is more severe in older people, men and those with pre-existing conditions such as heart and lung […]
This is how Italy managed to bring its daily coronavirus toll down to lowest in 2 weeks
Bengaluru: There was a sigh of relief in Italy this weekend as its daily Covid-19 toll fell to its lowest in two weeks, leading the authorities in Rome to declare that the containment restrictions in place might be eased soon. There have been over 15,000 Covid-19 deaths in Italy so far, a number second only to that of […]
China helps India with PPE to fight Covid-19 as cases near 4,500: 10 points
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country soared to 4,421 as India entered the 14th day of 21-day coronavirus lockdown on Tuesday. There are 3,981 active coronavirus cases in the country while 114 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 contagion. As many as 325 have been cured or discharged across the nation. The maximum […]
