5-minute coronavirus tests may give inaccurate re
Beijing: A Chinese drug and diagnostic firm has cautioned that the slew of new test kits that promise to detect the coronavirus in just a few minutes may not be as accurate as conventional kits, a potential setback for countries seeking to rapidly test their citizens. “Such rapid testing is not as accurate as the […]
World Bank Approves $1 billion Emergency Funds For India To Tackle Coronavirus Outbreak
The World Bank has announced that India is to receive $1 billion in emergency financing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance will support better screening, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics, procurement of personal protective equipment, creation of new isolation wards, the bank said on Thursday. It is the bulk of the first package of […]
Global Coronavirus Cases Cross One Million, Death Toll Exceeds 51,000
The global coronavirus toll crossed 51,000 late on Thursday with Italy (13,915) and Spain (10,096) accounting for nearly half the fatalities, while the number of cases crossed a million, with the US having over a fifth of them, as per the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Centre. As of midnight, the death toll stood at […]
India COVID-19 lockdown means no food or work for rural poor
Mumbai, India – For farm worker Manisha Uke, being able to survive is contingent on two factors – one, getting a daily wage of 100 Indian rupees ($1.3) a day and two, receiving a widow’s monthly pension of 1,000 rupees ($13.1) from the government. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in India at the beginning of March, both […]
COVID-19 pandemic is testing world’s leaders. Who’s stepping up?
In just three months, more than a million people in 180 countries have fallen sick from the viral illness, while at least 50,000 have died in a public health emergency the United Nations is calling the world’s “most challenging crisis” since World War II. In large swathes of the globe, lockdowns aimed at stemming the […]
Iran parliament speaker tests positive for COVID-19
Iran’s parliament speaker tested positive for COVID-19, state television reported Thursday, becoming the latest official to contract the disease in the hard hit country. Ali Larijani “was tested for coronavirus after showing certain symptoms, and as the result was positive, he is currently in quarantine and undergoing treatment,” the report said. Larijani, 62, is close […]
‘April 5, 9 pm’: PM Modi urges people to fight Covid-19 darkness with light
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the people to display their collective resolve to fight the coronavirus disease by lighting a candle, lamp or flashlight of a mobile phone on Sunday evening. He also hailed the efforts put in by the people and authorities to make the 21-day lockdown to fight coronavirus disease […]
Truckloads Of Pineapples Rot Outside Many States As Demand Nosedives During Coronavirus Lockdown
On account of subdued demand from its primary markets in North India and the Gulf countries, Kerala’s pineapple growers have had to temper expectations in the wake of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Even as the peak season is set to begin –- since the fruit is always in high demand during the Ramzaan — truckloads […]
Coronavirus: How will it change national security and spying?
A senior intelligence officer rushes in to a meeting with the latest report and places it in front of anxious politicians and policymakers. In the past, it might have contained details about a planned terrorist attack – perhaps a cell in the Middle East looking at a new way of taking down an airline. This […]
India plans SAARC trade talk soon, but past differences could prove to be a hurdle
New Delhi: Weeks after spearheading a meeting of SAARC leaders through a video conference over Covid-19, India is now planning to hold a similar initiative with the commerce and trade ministers of those countries to deal with the rising challenges posed by the pandemic, ThePrint has learnt. This comes in the wake of severe shortage of medical […]
