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68th Day Of Lockdown
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Uttarakhand minister Satpal Maharaj's wife tests positive for Covid19
The minister and the rest of the family have been home quarantined at their residence in the city
31 May 2020 10:54 AM
Trump wants India to join G7 summit
The US postponed the "outdated" Group of Seven summit that planned to be held in June at the White House
31 May 2020 9:36 AM
Three Indian companies get licence to manufacture NASA's coronavirus ventilators
Apart from Indian firms, 18 other companies, including 8 American and 3 Brazilian are selected to manufacture critical breathing devices
30 May 2020 2:33 PM
Corona checks affect food deliveries in East Africa
The UN’s World Food Programme ships 2,000 tonnes of beans and cooking oil to feed some of Uganda’s 1.4 million refugees
30 May 2020 1:42 PM
Patients who undergo surgery after COVID infection at increased death risk: Study
Mortality rates were higher in men versus women, and in patients aged 70 years or over versus those aged under 70 years
30 May 2020 1:10 PM
Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Spain's
Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind the United States which has 1.7 million infections
30 May 2020 11:02 AM
Merkel gives a firm 'no' for Trump's in-person G7 summit
US president Donald Trump had earlier suggested he will host an in-person summit of G7 leaders despite concerns over coronavirus pandemic
30 May 2020 10:33 AM
US to cut all ties with World Health Organization over virus
Trump accuse Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the WHO and pressured the agency to “mislead the world”
30 May 2020 9:08 AM
Israel looks to export its coronavirus coping skills
Covid-19 patients equipped with "oximeters" are contacted twice daily by medical teams who ask them to report their data
29 May 2020 3:32 PM
New Zealand keeps the borders closed as virus has grim global hold
The country is almost off the coronavirus grid, with only one Covid-19 patient in hospital, and no new positive cases for last one week
29 May 2020 2:34 PM
As pandemic rages, Japan's suicide hotline rings non-stop
Health workers worry the current crisis will reverse Japan’s downward trend in suicide rate
29 May 2020 10:42 AM
Turkey resumes intercity train services as coronavirus curbs ease
The virus has killed more than 4,300 people in Turkey, from nearly 160,000 infections
28 May 2020 3:16 PM
Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire
Lax regulations and poor enforcement have often been blamed for large fires in Bangladesh that have killed many in recent years
28 May 2020 12:27 PM
Bill Gates conspiracy theories viral in Africa
A Kenyan politician's false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation regarding the American business magnate
28 May 2020 9:55 AM
After WHO, France puts ban on hydroxychloroquine
Under the new French rules, the drug can be used only in clinical trials to test its efficacy against coronavirus
27 May 2020 3:42 PM
Mumbai returnee tag stigmatises guest workers
Villagers are scared that guest workers returned from places with high number of corona positives will spread the virus
27 May 2020 11:58 AM
South Korea reports spike in coronavirus cases
More than 2 million students, including kindergarten students, were expected to return to school on Wednesday
27 May 2020 9:43 AM
Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll
Brazil has the second-worst outbreak in the world, with 374,898 cases, behind the U.S. with 1.637 million cases
26 May 2020 2:55 PM
TVS Motor cuts staff salaries by up to 20% as sales plummet
There will be 5 per cent salary reduction at the junior executive level and about 15 to 20 per cent at the senior management level
26 May 2020 2:25 PM
WHO suspends testing hydroxychloroquine on virus patients
Hydroxycholoroquine has been touted by Donald Trump and many others as a possible treatment for COVID-19
26 May 2020 12:16 PM
Columns
In Uttar Pradesh, the Muslim clergy is rubbing its eyes in disbelief at the way chief minister Yogi Adityanath has started behaving
Will the simmering anger lead to aakrosh — a violence born from a virus of indifference?
Being quarantined is, at its very benign, a ‘social fact’ in the life of the Bharatiya aurat
The global pandemic has triggered utter destruction of the world economy and a full stop to China’s Belt and Road Initiative juggernaut
