Turkey to minimise troop movements to lower coronavirus risks
Turkey has said it would minimise its troop movements in operation zones in neighbouring Syria as part of the measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as the Turkish death toll and infections continue to rise. The country’s death toll from the COVID-19 disease has risen by 73 to 574 in the last 24 hours, with new confirmed cases […]
Former Libya Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril dies from coronavirus
Mahmoud Jibril, the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, has died from the coronavirus, his party said. Jibril, 68, died on Sunday in Cairo where he had been hospitalised for two weeks, said Khaled al-Mrimi, secretary of the National Forces Alliance, founded by Jibril in 2012. He had […]
Police books Handwara man who tried to escape from quarantine facility
Jammu, April 6 (KNS): A man from Handwara who escaped from a coronavirus quarantine facility in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was brought back and booked by the police on Monday. Police said incharge officials of quarantine facility informed them about the incident. “We traced him and handover him back to the quarantine facility management.” […]
Army identifies 5 Soldiers killed in Keran encounter
Kupwara, April 6 (KNS) : Five solidiers who were killed in Keran encounter in which five militants were also killed have been identified by the Army. The militants sneaked into this part of Kashmir and were trapped in Zurhama forest of Kupwara,army spokesperson said. “After four days of pursuing, all the 5 militants were neutralised […]
UK PM Boris Johnson Hospitalised As COVID-19 Symptoms Persist
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. Johnson, 55, “continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus”, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Sunday. His hospitalisation was described as a “precautionary step” taken on the advice of his doctor. “On the advice of his […]
Survey shows 42% have no ration left for the day, let alone duration of lockdown
A survey of 3,196 migrant construction workers whose livelihood has been disrupted after the announcement of the 21-day lockdown over COVID-19 paints a dismal picture of migrant lives, especially seasonal migrants, now caught unawares as the Indian economy virtually shut down. The survey confirms the effect of the lockdown wherein 92.5 per cent of labourers have already […]
Long war against coronavirus, have to emerge victorious: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown is nothing less than a war and appealed to BJP workers to do their bit to “save humanity” from the ongoing crisis. Greeting workers via video-conference on the occasion of the party’s 40th foundation foundation day, the Prime Minister said, “I state it with full responsibility that […]
Wuhan, once epicentre of Covid-19, gets ready for life after lockdown
China reported 30 new cases of coronavirus disease Covid-19 on Sunday, including five locally transmitted infections, even as nine of the 13 administrative districts of virus-hit Wuhan city were declared ‘low-risk areas’ signifying a gradual return to normalcy, officials said. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report said other than the 30 new confirmed Covid-19 […]
Urjit Patel writes on managing Covid-19: A task well-begun and what needs to be done
The policy roll-out over the past couple of weeks has, for the most part, been sensible. There has been some commentary that the fiscal-financial programme isn’t bold enough. Perhaps so under certain assumptions, but we have to be mindful that this is not only a constrained exercise in policy making at the current juncture, we […]
Singer Kanika Kapoor Discharged From Hospital After Second Coronavirus Negative Test
Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor has finally been discharged from the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) after her second report for Coronavirus also tested negative. SGPGIMS PRO Kusum Yadav said that Kanika has been allowed to go home. Kanika was admitted on March 20 when her tests revealed that she was Coronavirus […]
