Daily Archives: May 7, 2020
Covid mortality lowest in India, only 582 on ventilators: Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: As India on Thursday reported 52,952 coronavirus cases, with 1,783 fatalities and 15,266 recoveries, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said India’s...
AI opens bookings for foreigners, visa holders on outbound repatriation
NEW DELHI: Air India has opened bookings for eligible foreign nationals and valid visa holders of the UK, the USA and Singapore...
Spell out lockdown exit strategy: Congress to PM
NEW DELHI: The Congress today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to detail the national lockdown exit strategy, wondering what yardsticks the Centre...
Vizag gas leak: Chilling scenes bring back memories of Bhopal gas tragedy
VISAKHAPATNAM: Unconscious children being carried by parents in their arms, people laying on roads, health workers scrambling to attend to those affected...
80,000 Covid-19 cases reported daily in April: WHO
UNITED NATIONS: An average of 80,000 Covid-19 cases were reported each day in April to the World Health Organization, the top UN...
Italian researchers claim world’s first coronavirus vaccine: Report
ROME: Italian researchers have claimed that they have successfully developed a vaccine to contain coronavirus (Covid-19) which is likely to work on...
China dares Pompeo to ‘prove’ Covid originated in Wuhan lab
BEIJING: China on Wednesday dared US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to show "enormous evidence" he claimed to have to prove that...
US military killed 132 civilians globally in 2019: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: One hundred thirty-two civilians were killed last year in US global military operations, the army said Wednesday, a number far lower...
Japan set to approve remdesivir for coronavirus treatment
TOKYO: Japan plans to authorise Thursday the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approving...
COVID-19: JK reports 9th death as patient from Srinagar expires
SRINAGAR: The death toll due to COVID -19 has mounted to nine in Jammu and Kashmir as one more positive case from Srinagar...