15 lakh intl travellers arrived India between Jan 18 and Mar 23: Cabinet Secy to states
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has told state governments that more than 15 lakh international travellers came to India over the last two months but there appears to be a gap between the actual monitoring for COVID-19 and the total arrivals. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, Gauba said such […]
Pak opens borders with China to supply medical equipment as virus cases cross 1,200
Pakistan on Friday opened its borders with its all-weather ally China for a day to accept Chinese medical supplies to fight the growing coronavirus outbreak in the country which has infected 1,235 people and claimed nine lives, officials said. China on Thursday asked Pakistan to open the border between the two countries for one day […]
COVID-19: Two doctors who treated Hyderpora man test negative
Srinagar: Two doctors in north Kashmir’s Sopore who had treated COVID-19 patient from Hyderpora tested negative for the pathogen. While the 67-year-old from Hyderpora died yesterday, the two doctors had been in isolation in Sopore hospital since Wednesday. Also Read: ‘What will we eat?’: Migrant workers in Kashmir’s COVID-19 lockdown Dr Rudyaan Incharge officer at […]
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 […]
