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COVID-19: Cases climb to 59,662 in India
Sat May 09 2020
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hou...
US Afghanistan envoy Khalilzad calls for direct talks between New Delhi and Taliban
Sat May 09 2020
Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has called on New Delhi to directly engage with the Taliban, asking India to play a “more active” part in the Afghan peac...
Kim Jong-un sends VERBAL MESSAGE to China’s Xi
Fri May 08 2020
Delivering another blow to subsiding death rumors, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has apparently reached out to his Chinese counterpart, praising Beijing’s battle against the Covi...
In Maharashtra 14 migrant workers crushed by train
Fri May 08 2020
In Aurangabad district of Maharashtra at least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers...
COVID-19: In India death toll rises to 1,886
Fri May 08 2020
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,886 and the number of cases climbed to 56,342 on Friday, registering an increase of 103 fatalities and 3,390 infections in the las...
COVID-19: WHO warns 190,000 could die in Africa
Fri May 08 2020
Across Africa as many as 190,000 people could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. The...
Restaurant businesses start shutting down in UAE
Fri May 08 2020
Restaurant businesses in the UAE are starting to put up ‘For Sale’ signs, with their owners realizing there is no escape from the destruction set off by the COVID-19 pandemic. As p...
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday
Thu May 07 2020
Pakistan's coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, despite the fact that the number of cases in the country is still accelerating. ...
Gas leak at factory in India kills 13, hundreds hospitalised
Thu May 07 2020
At least 13 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with 800 others taken to hospital. The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the city ...
COVID-19 : In India, number of cases climb to 52,952
Thu May 07 2020
In India, the death toll due to COVID- rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 ho...
Vizag gas leak disturbing : Amit Shah
Thu May 07 2020
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday described the gas leak at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam as "disturbing" and said the central government is closely mo...
Russia overtakes Germany, France in Coronavirus cases
Thu May 07 2020
Russia’s coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise, and Moscow’s mayor said the real figur...
Hizbul Mujahideen Top Kashmir militant killed
Wed May 06 2020
Indian security forces have killed a prominent militant leader in Kashmir, officials say. Riyaz Naikoo had taken over command of Hizbul Mujahideen group, succeeding Burhan Wani who...
U.S. rearms to nullify China's missile supremacy
Wed May 06 2020
The United States has largely stood by in recent decades as China dramatically expanded its military firepower. Now, having shed the constraints of a Cold War-era arms control trea...
COVID-19: In India cases rise to 49,391
Wed May 06 2020
In India the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 h...
Maharashtra seeks Central facilities to ramp up ICU beds
Wed May 06 2020
Maharashtra government has requested the hospitals under the Railways, the Army and other Central undertakings to make their facilities in the state available to the government whi...
Italians claim world's first coronavirus vaccine
Wed May 06 2020
Italians are claiming they have made the world's first coronavirus vaccine that work on humans, Science Times reported on Tuesday."According to the tests carried out at Rome's infe...
India records its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases
Tue May 05 2020
India has seen its largest ever one-day jump in Covid-19, both in terms of cases and fatalities, with 195 people succumbing to the illness in the space of 24 hours and 3,900 new in...
Israel isolates coronavirus antibody
Tue May 05 2020
Israel has isolated a key coronavirus antibody at its main biological research laboratory, the Israeli defence minister said on Monday, calling the step a “significant breakthrough...
Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus
Tue May 05 2020
An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confront...