Coronavirus cases rise to 43 after three-year-old from Kerala, J&K woman test positive
Agencies New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 43 on Monday with four people, including a three-year-old child in Kerala who had returned from Italy, testing positive for the disease, Health Ministry officials said on Monday. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu reported one case each, officials said. They added that no deaths […]
S Jaishankar In Kashmir, Meets Families Of Students Stranded In Iran
Srinagar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived on a surprise visit to Kashmir on Monday and interacted with families of students whose children are stranded in Iran amidst coronavirus scare, officials said. The parents have been appealing the government to lift the students from Iran. The officials said the Union minister will visit the Srinagar […]
UP Govt plasters photo, address of ex-IPS, activists booked for CAA protests
THE LUCKNOW administration has started putting up hoardings with photographs and addresses of those booked in cases of alleged vandalism and arson linked to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the city on December 19. Among those shown in the posters are leading activists, including Congress leader Sadaf Jafar, Rihai Manch founder Mohammad Shoaib and Deepak Kabir, prominent Shia cleric Kalbe Sadiq’s […]
Indian student who came back from coronavirus epicentre Wuhan describes the ‘ghost town’
A student from Maharashtra, studying at a university near Wuhan in China, said on Thursday that initially there was no restriction on movement on people in the city, which was later placed under lockdown as the Covid-19 cases started mounting. Today, the streets are deserted, no private vehicles ply on the roads and public transport […]
India to set up lab in Iran to test citizens for coronavirus before evacuation
India is preparing to set up a make-shift laboratory in Iran to test 1,200 of its citizens stuck in the country before evacuating them, officials said on Wednesday. Those stranded in Iran are mostly students and pilgrims. Four scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research have reached Tehran, the Iranian capital, with equipment and […]
India reports 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus: Harsh Vardhan
India has reported 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that he would avoid celebrating Holi with an eye on infection control. Following Prime Minister’s example, BJP president J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said they will not celebrate […]
Two Noida schools shut over Coronavirus scare, 40 students in isolation; 7 suspects in UP
Amid concerns over a Delhi resident having contracted Coronavirus in Italy, a Noida school on Tuesday decided to shut down the premises for two days and also postpone its annual examinations. It is learnt that a student of the Shriram Millennium school in Sector 135 Noida is the child of the patient, who is under […]
UN Rights Chief Files Intervention Application In SC on CAA
by Press Trust of India NEW DELHI – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and informed India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva about it, the Ministry of External Affairs said Tuesday. The MEA asserted that the CAA is […]
China at helm, India faces tough month at UNSC
This is the first time China will be holding the presidency of the UNSC since the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 was revoked in August last year. India is bracing for a tough month ahead, as China is going to assume presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month […]
Slowdown Blues: Fitch cuts India’s FY20 GDP forecast to 4.9%
New Delhi : Fitch Ratings on Monday cut its forecast for India”s economic growth to 4.9 per cent in the current fiscal on weak domestic demand and supply chain disruptions due to the coronavirus outbreak. The GDP growth is forecast to recover slightly to 5.4 per cent in 2020-21 (April 2020 to March 2021), it […]
