New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Taking a jibe at the lamp-lighting suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a couplet in Hindi, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said lack of PPE for healthcare workers and insufficient test kits are the real challenge facing the country. “Not[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged the people to light candles at 9 p.m. to come together and display the collective resolve to fight COVID-19. In a series of tweets, Naidu said everyone should follow social distancing, personal hygiene and follow the instructions[Read More…]
Madrid, April 5 (IANS) The overall number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain has increased to 126,168, overtaking Italy’s tally of 124,632, making it the worst-affected European nation in terms of infections. The tally placed Spain first in Europe and second only to the US worldwide in terms of confirmed[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra feels that the factor that helped M.S. Dhoni stand out among his contemporary wicketkeepers in the early part of his career was the fact that he made the most of the opportunities he got. Dhoni scored his first international[Read More…]
Jerusalem, April 5 (IANS) An israeli medic was attacked while visiting the Jewish ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem to take coronavirus samples, said authorities. The Israeli Magen David Adom emergency medical service said that the emergency medic, wearing protection kit near a subject’s home, was on Saturday attacked[Read More…]
By Bharat Upadhyay New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Doctors, nurses and healthcare personnel fighting COVID-19 from the front lines have to spend many hours a day wearing face masks. Although it offers invaluable protection, health experts have stressed that sweating and the rubbing of the masks against the nose may[Read More…]
New York, April 5 (IANS) To meet the critical shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare and other front line workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers in the US have designed low-cost plastic face shields which are being made available to manufacturers. K+K Thermoforming, a company based in Southbridge,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said 77 deaths were reported across the country due to Coronavirus, and the total number of cases so far has risen to 3,374. In the 9 a.m. update, the Ministry said as of now, 3,030 cases are active while[Read More…]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) At the special request of the Afghanistan government, Pakistan has decided to allow a four-day window to stranded Afghan nationals wishing to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic, a media report said on Sunday. “The Torkham and Chaman land border crossings will be opened for a[Read More…]
London, April 5 (IANS) Former England captain Andrew Strauss admitted that he may not have handled batsman Kevin Pietersen well enough. Pietersen’s troubles with his teammates and management came to define Strauss’s final months as captain of England and the early part of the captaincy of his successor Alastair Cook.[Read More…]
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor, who tested positive for Coronavirus after returning to India from London, has finally tested negative for the deadly virus in her sixth test. “Her reports are now negative but we will wait for one more test before she is allowed to go[Read More…]
Mexico City, April 5 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed in a shootout between rival gangs in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, authorities said. The shootout was reported at 6.35 p.m. on Friday in the town of Chuhuichupa, Xinhua news agency quoted the state attorney general’s office as saying in a[Read More…]
Karachi, April 5 (IANS) The Sindh government has decided to hire a private counsel to plead appeal against the provincial high court’s order to acquit and release the accused in the case of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was abducted and beheaded in Pakistan 18 years ago, it was[Read More…]
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) With 75 more people being confirmed positive for the Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours, the total number of Corona cases in the state has risen to 257. Of the total cases, at least 98 are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in[Read More…]
Kanpur, April 5 (IANS) Yet another case of Tablighi Jamaat members, admitted to a hospital here, misbehaving with the hospital staff has come to light. The Jamaatis admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur, have allegedly refused to take medicines and have misbehaved with the medical staff, prompting the[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 5 (IANS) As the country and the world has been struck by the coronavirus pandemic, Palm Sunday was a closed door affair for churches across the Kerala. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the ‘Passion Week’. If it wasn’t for the pandemic, starting Palm Sunday churches would be[Read More…]
Buenos Aires, April 5 (IANS) Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez said that the country’s football competitions – halted since March 17 because of the coronavirus outbreak – are unlikely to resume before June. Fernandez said health experts had predicted that COVID-19 infections in the South American country would continue rising throughout[Read More…]
By Vinod Mirani Marriage puts paid to a female stars career while some are wise enough to marry and settle down sensing the peak is over. Some of them do stage a comeback after a gap in character roles, because a known face as a character artiste playing mother or[Read More…]
London, April 5 (IANS) Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone feels that the 2020/21 Championship should be cancelled. With the first eight races, including the iconic Monaco Grand Prix, either cancelled or postponed, the 89-year-old feels that it is difficult to imagine enough races to go through due to the[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, April 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hydroxychloroquine and the Indian leader has agreed to bring the “full strength” of India-US partnership to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine is in short supply in the US after Trump promoted[Read More…]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) might delay the release of a third tranche worth $450 million for Pakistan in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a media report said on Sunday. Under the existing arrangement of $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), approval of the third[Read More…]
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, April 5 (IANS) US president Donald Trump warned Americans that the country is headed into a few brutal weeks ahead where “there will be a lot of death”, and also circled back to his riff on reopening the economy as the coronavirus death toll surged[Read More…]
BY MOHAMMED SHAFEEQ Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) There is very little data available at this stage to suggest that Indian strand of coronavirus is less virulent compared to the countries suffering large numbers of fatalities, a top Indian scientist said. “There is very little data available, and at the same[Read More…]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan might be over 50,000 by the end of April — 2,392 critical patients needing intensive care, 7,024 serious patients and 41,482 others who would have mild symptoms and just require isolation at their homes, the Supreme Court was informed.[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Asim Riaz has shared a lovey-dovey post for his “Bigg Boss 13” housemate and lady love, Punjabi singer-actress Himanshi Khurrana. With a picture he posted on Instagram, where he can be seen with, Himanshi, Asim wrote a romantic Punjabi poem. “Apa gala gala ch shuru kr[Read More…]
