Delhi government orders FIR against Nizamuddin Maulana Saad Kandalwi
New Delhi: The Delhi government directed Monday the police to register an FIR against Maulana Saad Kandalwi of Nizamuddin Markaz, after several cases of suspected coronavirus was found in the Nizamuddin area. The Maulana has been accused of organising a...
Spain reports 812 new COVID-19 deaths, Italy 756
Madrid: Spain overtook China in confirmed coronavirus infections Monday as the pandemic stretched scores of Spanish hospitals to their breaking point. As confirmed virus deaths in New York surpassed 1,000, President Donald Trump extended stay-at-home recommendations for a month in...
Fake coronavirus news creates new ‘infodemic’ on social media
New Delhi: As India battles the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a fake news ‘infodemic’ is also spreading on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms with numerous false claims, including about an impending emergency declaration and an extension of the...
UP officials sanitise migrant workers with bleach in Bareilly, attract nationwide flak
Lucknow: Some officials were seen forcefully sanitising a group of migrants Monday with ‘chemicals’ which later on turned out to be bleach. The incident occurred in Bareilly district – about 270km from Lucknow. The batch of migrants had returned to...
Prince Charles recovers from COVID-19, comes out of self-isolation
London: Britain’s Prince Charles came out of self-isolation on Monday, seven days after it was confirmed that he had tested positive for coronavirus, a royal spokesperson said. The 71-year-old heir to the British throne had been self-isolating on the Queen's...
Good news: Johnson & Johnson hopeful new COVID-19 vaccine will be available early 2021
New Delhi: Global healthcare major Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said Monday it expects to start human testing of its COVID-19 vaccine by September 2020. It also said that it is hopeful that the first batch of vaccine could be available for emergency use authorisation in early 2021. Through a partnership,...
Read moreBlood banks face lockdown effect
Bhubaneswar: With the three-week lockdown in force, the Capital city’s blood banks here have reported acute shortage of blood units as the state government ordered a temporary ban on collection of blood to contain spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Although health experts and WHO (World Health Organization) have maintained that ‘spread of COVID-19 or any respiratory viruses doesn’t transmit through blood or blood components,’ widespread misinformation and ban on blood camps have...
Read moreCorona uncertainty looms over Puri car festival
Puri: The outbreak of coronavirus and subsequent 21 days of nationwide lockdown have made many people skeptical about the annual car festival of Lord Jagannath and his siblings here scheduled for June 23. According to sources, after the ‘Rath anukul’ ceremony was observed January 30, the Forest department has supplied required number of logs. The fifth and final lot arrived at the Holy City Monday and as per the tradition, the...
Read moreJharsuguda siblings Rishi, Vaishnavi spread coronavirus awareness through paintings
Jharsuguda: Amid the largest isolation exercise in India, awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic has steadily been rising. Both the Centre and the Odisha government are coming out with innovative ideas to develop awareness among the citizens about the importance of lockdown. Two siblings from this town are also contributing to this awareness campaign in their own unique manner. The duo is making paintings that portray the importance of ‘social distancing’ in...
Read moreNo plans to extend 21-day lockdown: Govt
New Delhi: The government Monday said there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came intro force Tuesday midnight. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tweeted, saying Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming that the government will extend the lockdown. "There are rumours & media reports, claiming that the Government will extend the #Lockdown21 when it expires. The Cabinet Secretary has...
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Blood banks face lockdown effect
Bhubaneswar: With the three-week lockdown in force, the Capital city’s blood banks here have reported acute shortage of blood units as the state government ordered a temporary ban on collection of blood to contain spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Although health experts and WHO (World Health Organization) have maintained that ‘spread of COVID-19 or any respiratory viruses doesn’t...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu goes into quarantine after close aide tests positive
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close advisers have been placed under quarantine after an aide on Parliament affairs tested positive for coronavirus, his office said Monday. The step is a precaution and is being taken even before the epidemiological investigation has been concluded, according to a statement issued by Netanyahu’s office. “Even before the...
Wuhan’s ground-zero market from where COVID-19 originated fading into oblivion
Wuhan (China): In the Chinese city of Wuhan, the wet market that spawned the pandemic which has brought the world to its knees now slumbers quietly behind a tidy-looking blue-and-white partition. But there are ample clues that something toxic once lurked inside the Huanan Seafood Market – police tape, chest-high red barriers, and staff in head-to-toe white...
Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar requests closing mosques amid coronavirus crisis
Mumbai: Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar Monday supported the demand to shut mosques amid the coronavirus outbreak, saying even Kaaba and Medina have been closed due to the pandemic. Tahir Mahmood, a former chairperson of the National Minorities Commission, on Saturday had urged Dar-ul-Uloom, Deoband, to issue a fatwa for the closure of all mosques in the country....
‘Ram’ Arun Govil watches ‘Ramayan’ with grandchildren, picture goes viral
Mumbai: A snapshot of Arun Govil watching Ramayan on television with his grandchildren has gone viral on social media. In the picture, the veteran actor who played Ram in the popular 1980s serial, is seen catching up the show all over again at home. While Ramayan is being re-telecast on ‘Doordarshan’ along with several other popular serials...
NOT CORONA, BANKS
Let us change from Corona Virus to some other topic. Need a distraction. Merger bells are tolling for ten state-run banks, which will re-assert themselves into four bigger banks from April 1. Styled as the ‘mega bank consolidation plan’, the amalgamation raises some hope that there would be better management of the banking sector and the era...
Pet store owners are abandoning animals amidst the lockdown
The nationwide coronavirus lockdown imposed in India means that everything from your favourite restaurant to your designated Saturday night hotspot to the neighbourhood temple has been shuttered to break the cycle of infection. And while it’s understandable that our social life must take a back seat for a greater cause, humans aren’t the only ones having a...
Facebook offers $100 million to help coronavirus-hit news media
Washington: Facebook said Monday it was donating USD 100 million to support news organisations globally hurting from the coronavirus pandemic, citing the need for reliable information about the crisis. “The news industry is working under extraordinary conditions to keep people informed during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Facebook’s news partnerships director, Campbell Brown. “At a time when journalism...
Good news: Johnson & Johnson hopeful new COVID-19 vaccine will be available early 2021
New Delhi: Global healthcare major Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said Monday it expects to start human testing of its COVID-19 vaccine by September 2020. It also said that it is hopeful that the first batch of vaccine could be available for emergency use authorisation in early 2021. Through a partnership, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority...
Urvashi Rautela turns up the heat in a bikini; see pics
Mumbai: Actress Urvashi Rautela Monday took to social media and shared a throwback picture that sees her strike a scorching pose in a blue bikini. Sharing the stunning image, Urvashi gave her fans a message amid the coronavirus outbreak. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-WbifiAlIy/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet "Spread smiles, not germs," she wrote. Reacting to the post, a user commented: " Beautiful." Another...
