25 killed in terror attack in Kabul; 1 gunman killed, 1 escapes
At least 25 people were killed when suspected suicide attackers stormed a Sikh place of worship in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, triggering a gun battle with security forces, according to media reports. According to latest reports, one attacker has been killed and another one escaped. The third attacker was shot earlier, Afghan news channel […]
Should you worry about hantavirus? Explaining its spread
A news report in China’s Global Times sent the world into tizzy on Tuesday. It said that a man has died in the country of hantavirus, in the Yunnan Province. Countries which are already reeling under the coronavirus crisis, this news was enough to create panic. Many users quickly logged on to the internet to find out […]
Coronavirus latest update, March 25: Death toll reaches 18,883 today
Coronavirus latest global updates March 25: The death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic reached 18,883 while the total number of positive cases spiked to 421,792 across the world on Wednesday. While Italy has reported the maximum number of deaths at 6,820, 3,160 people have died in China so far followed by Spain at 2,991, Iran at 1,934, France […]
Pakistan Covid-19 positive cases rise to 1000, but PM Imran won’t impose lockdown
Pakistan announced halting of domestic flight operations after number of cases infected with coronavirus disease Covid-19 rose to 1000 in the country. The government said that seven people have died of the disease. The domestic flight ban will begin on Thursday, civil aviation spokesman Abdul Sattar Khokhar said on Wednesday. Islamabad had previously cut train service and […]
Gunmen Attack Sikh Religious Gathering In Afghanistan, Killing 4
Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan’s minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul’s old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said. Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said police responded promptly to Wednesday’s attack and were at the site, where shooting is still underway. The place of […]
Wuhan, Epicentre of Coronavirus Pandemic, Resumes Bus Services; China Reports 47 New Imported Cases
Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday resumed bus services within the city for the first time since the nine-week lockdown even as 47 new imported cases were reported from the country, threatening a second wave of infections. China on Tuesday decided to lift the three-month lockdown on more than 56 million […]
‘We’re going to be fine’ — Nobel winner Michael Levitt says COVID-19 pandemic will end soon
New Delhi: The recovery from COVID-19, which has affected more than 190 countries and infected over 3.86 lakh people, will be a lot faster than anticipated, according to Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, a biophysicist at Stanford University. Speaking to an Israeli daily, Calcalist, Levitt said, “…the end of the pandemic is near.” Other epidemiologists have been warning that the effects […]
China To Lift Lockdown In Coronavirus Epicentre Hubei Province Tomorrow
China on Tuesday decided to lift the three-month lockdown on more than 56 million people in the central Hubei province, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, on Wednesday amid warnings by experts of a looming second wave of the COVID-19 infections in the country due to the steady rise in “imported cases”. Wuhan, the […]
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist ambush: military sources
Kano: At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist fighters in the restive northeast of the country, military and security sources said Tuesday. Two military officers told that Islamist insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and heavy guns at a truck carrying troops as it travelled near Gorgi village in […]
Covid19: Spain reports 514 deaths in a day, toll climbs to 2,696
Madrid: Another 514 people have died in Spain over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,696, as the number of infections surged towards 40,000, the government said Tuesday. The number of people who have tested positive rose by nearly 20 percent to 39,673, the health ministry said, while the death toll represented […]
