By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, April 3 (IANSlife) Tagging music to be therapeutic in these difficult times, ‘Zaalima’ singer Harshdeep Kaur says people are liking listening to meditative music while dealing with the Coronavirus crisis. Personally, the 33-year-old is spending her time at home during the nationwide lockdown, and listening[Read More…]
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Pak to start week-long repatriation flight programme
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan is set to start a week-long repatriation flight programme from Saturday to bring back its nationals stranded overseas because of disruption of flights and tightening of travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said 17 repatriation flights would be flown between[Read More…]
Over-sanitising? Here’s how to keep your skin soft
It is instead advisable to wash your hands methodically as per the medical guidelines, or whenever you feel you may have been exposed to cough, sneeze or contact of some unknown material or surfaces.
Elephant Kalpana: A year of freedom to celebrate!
New Delhi, April 3 (IANSlife) 45-year-old Kalpana, previously a begging elephant, is celebrating a year of freedom at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation & Care Centre in Mathura! Kalpanas rescue in 2019 was brought to the attention of millions. A partially blind and exhausted Kalpana would walk for hours endlessly,[Read More…]
Wuhan continues communities management against outbreak rebound
Wuhan, April 3 (IANS) Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Friday asked its residents to stay at home and avoid nonessential outings in an attempt to prevent a rebound of the outbreak. The government of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, said[Read More…]
COVID-19: Telangana’s small farmer with big heart donates Rs 50k
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) At a time when farmers across the country are worried over losses amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown, a small farmer from Telangana has come forward to donate Rs 50,000 for COVID-19 relief measures. Mora Hanmandlu of Adilabad district, who owns four-and-half acres of land, decided to[Read More…]
Cong slams Jamaat members for misbehaving with health staff
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Congress has slammed the members of Tablighi Jamaat who have been allegedly misbehaving with the frontline warriors of coronavirus. Jamaat members have been put in quarantine after many were found Covid-19 positive in the congregation which they attended at Nizamuddin. Congress leader Jitin Prasada[Read More…]
Detox Diet for Liver Cleansing
New Delhi, April 3 (IANSlife) Your live is the second largest organ in the human body with a complex structure and function. It plays a vital role in your digestive system. It processes all the food and liquid intake in the body, including medication. Therefore, it is impossible to survive[Read More…]
Dhawan turns into Jitendra, dances to Bollywood classic
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan is making good of the lockdown21 time that he got to spend with his family amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dhawan, who is also in isolation with his wife Ayesha and son Zoravar, recently posted a video in which the Indian opener,[Read More…]
Andhra reports 12 new cases, tally rises to 161
Amaravati, April 3 (IANS) Twelve more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh since Thursday night, taking the state’s total such cases to 161. According to a Health Department bulletin at 10 am on Friday, the new cases have been reported since 10 pm on Thursday. Majority of the[Read More…]
Australian states close borders due to pandemic
Canberra, April 3 (IANS) Australian states have closed their borders in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. For the first time in history, Western Australia (WA), the country’s largest state, closed its borders, reports Xinhua news agency. “These new harder border closures essentially mean we will[Read More…]
Google to shut down ‘Neighbourly’ app
San Francisco, April 3 (IANS) Google has announced that it is shutting down its Q&A social app Neighbourly on May 12, as the project did not take off as expected. The search engine giant unveiled the app in May 2018 as a test in Mumbai to let users explore their[Read More…]
500 people remain under quarantine in N.Korea: State media
Seoul, April 3 (IANS) Around 500 people remain under coronavirus quarantine across North Korea, state media reported on Friday, a sharp drop from some 2,280 a week earlier as Pyongyang keeps lifting the quarantine for persons with no symptoms during the isolation period. North Korea has insisted it has no[Read More…]
COVID-19: Modi to speak to Ganguly, Tendulkar, Kohli & Sehwag among others
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be speaking to eminent sports personalities like BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli among others as he tries his best to reach the masses as the country fights the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking[Read More…]
S.Korea implements order to restrict foreigners’ activities
Seoul, April 3 (IANS) South Korea’s Justice Ministry said on Friday that it has implemented an administrative order that restricts the scope of activities for all foreign arrivals for the first time over the coronavirus pandemic. The restriction order has started to apply to all foreign entrants who have arrived[Read More…]
Bharat Biotech to develop intranasal coronavirus vaccine
CoroFlu will build on the backbone of FluGen’s flu vaccine candidate known as M2SR.
Kerala doctors diillusioned over no pay hike
Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) Doctors working in various state-run Medical Colleges in Kerala are a disillusioned lot amid their fight against the coronavirus scare as they are still awaiting the pay hike promised four years ago. Kerala has nine state-run medical colleges with around 2,000 doctors. What came as a[Read More…]
Modi boosts citizen moral amid Lockdown21, tasks them to light up on Sunday (Ld)
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday once again reached out to the nation amid the Lockdown21 to spread a message of positivity, community and strength and he urged each one to light up a candle or diya on April 5 at 9 p.m. for nine[Read More…]
Virat Kohli reveals real story behind ‘chiku’ nickname
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) India mens cricket team skipper Virat Kohli has revealed the real story about his nickname ‘chiku and how it was popularised by veteran wicketkeeper-batsman M.S. Dhoni who shouted it many times during a cricket game from behind the stumps. “MS (Dhoni) has sort of made my[Read More…]
Kerala politicians welcomes April 5 lighting event
Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) Kerala politicians on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to light up lamps on April 5 night amid the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus scare. In his short video message, Modi said that at 9pm on Sunday, people should switch off all lights for[Read More…]
Bolsonaro defends move to open businesses
Brasilia, April 3 (IANS) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro criticized the self-isolation measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, while defending the move to open businesses and rebuking the country’s Health Minister saying he lacked humility to manage the crisis. In an interview to Joven Pan radio, Bolsonaro on[Read More…]
Spotify adds Siri support to its Apple Watch app
San Francisco, April 3 (IANS) Swedish music streaming app Spotify has updated its app to take advantage of Siri support on Apple Watch in watchOS 6, with version 8.5.52 available now on the App Store. Users can request songs on Spotify using Siri and their Watch, simply by adding the[Read More…]
2 nurses at Delhi hospital test coronavirus positive
Earlier, two doctors working at Safdarjung hospital were also found coronavirus positive. So far a total of eight doctors have tested positive for coronavirus.
Afghan govt, Taliban prisoners swap postponed for 3rd time
Kabul, April 3 (IANS) Exchange of prisoners between the Afghan government and Taliban militants has been postponed for the third time, local media said in a report. “Taliban prisoners release process planned for Thursday has postponed and the course may kick off on Saturday,” Xinhua news agency quoted the TOLO[Read More…]
Equity market falls, Sensex drops below 28,000 mark
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Indian stock market fell over 1 per cent on Friday morning, with the BSE Sensex trading below the psychological level of 28,000. The decline was in tandem with the Asian indices where stocks fell due to the growing number of coronavirus cases and deaths worldwide. The[Read More…]