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Covid-19: Mortality rates drop sharply in India
Sat Apr 25 2020
Amid the coronavirus crisis parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when funeral parlours were bracing for a surge. ...
Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging : Supreme court
Sat Apr 25 2020
Saudi Arabia is to abolish flogging as a form of punishment, according to a legal document seen by media outlets. The directive from the Gulf kingdom's Supreme Court says flogging ...
US pulls bombers from Guam
Sat Apr 25 2020
The United States Air Force has no heavy bombers on Guam for the first time in 16 years. When five B-52s Stratofortresses left Andersen Air Force Base on the Pacific island on Apri...
First human trial of Coronavirus vaccine in Europe has begun
Sat Apr 25 2020
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Half will rec...
Biggest Single Day Spike In India with 1,752 New COVID-19 Cases
Fri Apr 24 2020
In its biggest single-day spike India registered 1,752 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the total to 23,452. The number of deaths reached 723 with 37 more people dying from ...
Covid-19: Disinfectant firm issues warning after Trump comments
Fri Apr 24 2020
Reckitt Benckiser, a leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after US President Donald Trump suggested they could potent...
Covid-19: Indonesia banned holiday travel over Ramadan
Fri Apr 24 2020
The world's most-populous Muslim nation Indonesia has temporarily banned domestic road, air and sea travel starting Friday to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as millions of Musl...
Encouraging Results On Plasma Therapy Trials: Kejriwal
Fri Apr 24 2020
As per news report of NDTV, plasma therapy trials on four coronavirus patients in Delhi have produced encouraging results, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding after a...
SC grants 3-week protection to journalist Arnab Goswami
Fri Apr 24 2020
The Supreme Court Friday granted protection against any coercive steps for three weeks to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with some FIRs lodged against him ...
Covid-19: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment
Fri Apr 24 2020
US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. H...
Coronavirus drug remdesivir fails first trial
Fri Apr 24 2020
As per news report of BBC, a potential antiviral drug for the coronavirus has reportedly failed in its first randomised clinical trial. There had been widespread hope that remdesiv...
Wearing of masks compulsory in Goa
Fri Apr 24 2020
As a preventive measure against coronavirus, the Goa government on Friday made it compulsory for all people in the state to wear masks while stepping out of their houses....
“Linear Increase In COVID-19 Cases ", Says Government
Thu Apr 23 2020
As per news report of NDTV, the increase in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the country is "more or less linear, not exponential", the government said this evening, adding to...
BJP spreading virus of communal prejudice, hatred: Sonia Gandhi
Thu Apr 23 2020
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP of spreading the virus of communal prejudice and hatred in the country, asserting that "grave damage" is being done to s...
Coronavirus Spreads to 430 Districts of India
Thu Apr 23 2020
Coronavirus cases have been reported from 430 districts till Wednesday, up from 211 on April 2, government data has shown. There are six major cities which have registered over 500...
Corona Virus positive Man Alleges Delhi Hospital Refused to Admit Him
Thu Apr 23 2020
A corona virus positive patient in Delhi on Wednesday alleged that he was denied admission at Lok Nayak Hospital for immediate treatment. The Lok Nayak Hospital is the biggest faci...
Modi speaks to old associate from Jana Sangh days
Thu Apr 23 2020
Uttrakhand Senior BJP leader Mohan Lal Bauthiyal could not believe it when he received a call from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), saying PM Narendra Modi wanted to speak to him...
India growth slipping to 0.8% in FY21 sees Fitch Ratings
Thu Apr 23 2020
Fitch Ratings on Thursday slashed India's economic growth projections to 0.8 per cent in the current 2020-21 fiscal saying an unparalleled global recession was underway due to disr...
Refineries scale back output as virus chokes demand
Thu Apr 23 2020
India’s crude processing in March fell 5.7% from a year earlier, its biggest drop since September, as the coronavirus crisis and travel restrictions to curb its spread dented fuel ...
Journalist who 'disappeared' after Wuhan chase reappears
Thu Apr 23 2020
A Chinese journalist who was chased and then detained in Wuhan - the centre of the country's virus outbreak - has reappeared after almost two months. Li Zehua broadcast the chase a...