101-year-old Italian recovers from COVID-19
ROME: A 101-year-old man in the coastal Italian city of Rimini has recovered from the novel coronavirus, the disease which has infected a total of 80,589 people in the country and has claimed the lives of 8,215 others. Italian news reports said that the man, referred to only as “Mr. P.”, is believed to be the […]
Get Passes From DCs, IGP Tells Govt Employees
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar has urged “operational staff of essential services” to get passes issued from the office of concerned Deputy Commissioners in Kashmir Valley immediately. IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar (IPS) said only departmental Identity Cards won’t be accepted at police and CAPFs Nakas. He also urged them to stay nearest to their […]
‘We Are At War And Not Winning’: UN Chief Calls Calls For Wartime Plan To Fight Coronavirus
While UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Group of 20 (G20) leaders on Thursday, “We are at war with a virus — and not winning,” UN entities around the world are unrelenting in providing aid to fight COVID-19. “This war needs a wartime plan to fight it,” he told a virtual meeting of G20 […]
20 Indian institutes working to find Covid-19 vaccine, IITs focused on portable ventilators
New Delhi: Over 20 research institutes are working overnight to develop vaccines for the treatment of the highly infectious novel coronavirus, said a top government official. The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are among these research institutes. According to Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), which […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mother Tenzile Erdogan died of acute cholecystitis at the age of 83 in Istanbul on Friday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mother Tenzile Erdogan died of acute cholecystitis at the age of 83 in Istanbul on Friday. Tenzile Erdogan died on Friday morning at Medipol Hospital where she was receiving treatment for some time. Premier’s mother Tenzile Erdogan was hospitalized with stomachache and high fever symptoms on September 30. Doctors […]
Covid-19 hits print media hard — ads and circulation dip, editions see major digital push
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may have emphasised that the coronavirus cannot be transmitted through newspapers, but that appears to have convinced very few people. On Tuesday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar took to Twitter to quash rumours that readers could get infected through newspapers. “Do not believe in the rumors. You will not […]
COVID-19: Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar offers free food at his Lahore restaurant
Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar has offered to provide free food at his restaurant in Lahore for the unemployed people amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Around 1200 confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported so far in Pakistan while nine people have lost their lives. Dar runs a restaurant under the name ‘Dar’s Delighto’ and he has […]
Coronavirus latest LIVE Updates: Death toll rises to 17, cases soar to 724 in India
The death toll due to the coronavirus epidemic rose to 17 with Rajasthan recording its second death on Friday. The total number of cases has soared to 724 including 66 discharged cases, according to the Health Ministry. While globally, the casualties Friday spiked to 24,057 and the number of cases crossed 5 lakhs with the United States […]
RBI cuts repo rate by 75 bps to 4.40% to mitigate Covid-19 impact
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) finally bit the bullet on Friday and responded to the coronavirus-induced crisis with a whopping 75 basis points cut in the repo rate, bringing it down to 4.4 per cent. The repo rate has thus fallen to the lowest ever. Before this, it had hit the lowest point of 4.74% […]
Army chief says planning and preparing to fight COVID-19
The challenge of countering the spread of COVID-19 virus has brought in all branches of the government, including the armed forces, at the forefront of this fight. As the biggest service among the armed forces, the Army, led by the Army Chief General MM Naravane, will have a leading role to play in this fight. The Indian Express conversed […]
