Covid-19 diagnosed trucker escapes from quarantine

Charmaine Ngatjiheue and Sonia SmithHEALTH minister Kalumbi Shangula on Sunday morning confirmed a positive case of covid-19 at Walvis Bay.

Delta publishes updated June flying schedule

The airline has reduced of 80 per cent in US domestic capacity and 90 per cent internationally due to the coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: United States bans travel from Brazil

Latin American country has nearly 350,000 Covid-19 cases with 22,000 deaths

Denmark asks lovestruck travelers to show proof of romance

If you have a partner in Denmark, you might be allowed to visit them — but only if you show evidence of your relationship to the Danish police. The rule applies to travelers from Germany and the Scandinavian countries.

Brussels Airlines to operate 40 per cent of long-haul programme by August

The carrier intends to gradually ramp up operations to a total of 59 European and long-haul destinations…

EU eyes first face-to-face summit in months to haggle over budget

EU eyes first face-to-face summit in months to haggle over budget

Taiwan rejects Beijing's reiteration of 'one China' principle

Taiwan is a democratic country, China has no right to make irresponsible remarks: MOFA

Taiwan offers help to Hong Kong activists as China tightens grip

Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with "necessary assistance", President Tsai Ing-wen said, after a resurgence in protests in the Chinese ruled territory against newly proposed national security legislation from Beijing.

Uganda’s Covid-19 cases rise to 212

The country tested 1,739 samples on Sunday.

Maharashtra govt proposes to relax conditions for recruitment of locals in hi-tech industries

Prison officers, others defy ban on social gathering

Two prison officers were spotted consuming alcohol Sunday night at Koforidua the Eastern Regional capital with dozens of others in blatant disregard to the ban on public gathering and closure of drinking spots.

Ghana treating frontline health workers better than US – Report

Health workers at the Frontline of the coronavirus fight in Ghana are being treated better than their counterpart in the US, The Washington Post, has revealed, with calls on the US government to emulate the intervention of the Ghanaian Government for health workers.

National engagement on easing coronavirus restrictions starts

Following the Minister of Information’s call to engage the media in the national discourse while the virus remains in the world’s ecosystem, on Friday 22nd May 2020, Dr Da Costa Aboagye, the leader of the national risk communication and social mobilisation talked about the institutionalisation of the control and preventive measures whilst living with Covid-19 in safety.

Eid celebrated in Jammu Kashmir 

Srinagar, May 24: Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as Shawal moon was sighted in the region.   Kashmir, like rest of the world will be celebrating the festival with sobriety due to continued lockdown.   No congregational Eid prayers will be offered and people have been advised to stay home in order […]

Coronavirus: Creative solutions to social distancing

As some lockdown restrictions ease, countries are finding inventive ways to keep people safe in public spaces.

Calls for MSR's 'immediate release' grow louder as Spanish journalist condemns detention

Ana Ballesteros says it seems that free flow of information and free dissent is a crime in Pakistan

Govt hints at reimposing lockdown after Eid as COVID-19 cases surge past 56,000

Pakistanis are under the wrong impression that the prevalence of the disease is reducing, says Dr Zafar Mirza

Airbus team to arrive in Karachi today to investigate plane crash

The European aerospace company will run an independent investigation into the plausible reasons for the crash

Coles lifts all purchase limits on grocery items

Toilet paper hoarding stopped a little while ago and now Coles has lifted restrictions on the last of the pantry staples.

New eased coronavirus restrictions: How many friends can I invite over?

Coronavirus restrictions are lifting across Australia, giving us more freedom after months of lockdown to do the things we love. 

Domestic flight ops to remain halted in Tripura

Domestic air operations will not resume in Tripura from Monday as all flights operating to and from Agartala stand cancelled, according to Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport’s officials.

Coronavirus: Impoverished Indian migrant couple try to sell their two-month-old, amid lockdown

COVID-19 India: Tweeps say poverty in lockdown forced the couple to take the drastic step

Wife, son of J-K Lt Governor’s advisor test positive for COVID-19

The officials said the advisor's wife and son had returned from Delhi a few days back and were staying at a guest house. The results of their samples came on Sunday night and they had tested positive for the disease, they said.

No Gifts, Prayers At Home: India’s Muslims Celebrate Lacklustre Eid Amid Lockdown

New Delhi (Sputnik): Muslims in India celebrated the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan on Monday, sans the usual festivity, as the country is...

Domestic flights resume today, over 80 cancellations at Delhi airport, 20 in Bengaluru

India domestic flights resume: By 10 am, several took to Twitter to accuse national carrier Air India of either cancelling without any prior notice or goofing up departure schedules.

In pictures | Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations amid unfamiliar times

Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations across India were a low-key affair as most of the faithful marked the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan by offering thanksgiving prayers at home in view of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

Explained: Migrants' 'ghar wapsi' behind COVID-19 spike in India?

Monday is the fourth-straight day that India has reported the biggest one-day rise in the number, with 6,977 new infections, reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 1,38,845, while the death toll rose to 4,021.

Coir, coir product exports weather Covid disruptions

India’s coir and coir product exports seem to have weathered the Covid-19 crisis, even as several other sectors have taken a hit in the global markets.“Coir and coir products could fetch an export r

Covid-19: Situation under control in Delhi, says Kejriwal

Kejriwal said despite the surge in cases in the past few days, hospitals are not stressed and a large number of beds remain unoccupied.Delhi has a recovery rate of approximately 48%

Two Terrorists Killed in Encounter in South Kashmir

New Delhi (Sputnik): Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a rise in terror activities since April, which recorded the deaths of 29 terrorists in more than 20 terror...

DH Toon | Indian Olympic Association on maintaining 'hardship stimulus'

The gutsy girl from Bihar, Jyoti Kumari, who brought her ailing father from Gurugram to Darbhanga, pedalling over 1200 kms, is likely to get the tag of health ambassador. An indication in this regard

Maharashtra accounts for a third of all cases, shapes Covid map

Unlike many other states, the growth of infections in Maharashtra has been unabated, and it never had any “passive” phase.

Playing under Adam Gilchrist in IPL was dream come true, reveals David Miller

David Miller, who made his IPL debut with Kings XI Punjab in 2012, has labelled the experience of playing under Adam Gilchrist as a dream come true and branded the Aussie as one of his childhood heroes. Having spent eight years with the Kings XI, Miller described his IPL journey as 'incredible'.

Data of 29 million Indian job seekers leaked to the dark web

As more and more people have been stuck home due to the post Covid-19 lockdowns, the instances of cybercrime for data theft have been increasing.

Ramzan greetings from Haz association chief

India Hajj Association president Abu Bakar has said Ramzan is being celebrated this year when the world is facing an unprecedented crisis. Continue Reading →

Maharashtra PWD Minister Ashok Chavan Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Chavan is the second minister in Uddhav Thackeray's cabinet after Jitendra Awhad to test positive for the infection.

One wound-up Franklin scheme ‘erroneously’ sold ICICI debt

The fund house said it has compensated the scheme for the erroneous trade.

Covid-19 has made migrant workers’ plight, state apathy visible

It’s only now, with the images we see everywhere, that we have begun to see them: An exhausted child asleep on his mother’s suitcase as she drags it along, a young man cradling his friend as he breathes his last after walking hundreds of miles.

State has been a huge let-down

A minimalist state is all very well, but what about providing services such as health and education?

Girl claims gangrape inside ICU at Bilaspur hospital, accuses ward boys as culprits

New Delhi: A teenaged first-year graduate student, admitted at an ICU of a private nursing home in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, left the state police baffled after she alleged gangrape by ward boys of the hospital, through a hand-written note. The victim’s father approached the Civil Line police station in Bilaspur after which the police […]

Last 10 days, positivity curve begins to steepen

The latest trends come as India ramps up testing from under 30,000 daily in mid-April to over 1 lakh tests now. More than 6000 new cases have been reported for the last four days in a row.

Anxious passengers wait for flights to resume from today

With state govt and Centre differ on allowing airlines to fly, many are in a state of dilemma over status

Passengers flood airline booking sites with queries, KIA all set

As hundreds of passengers flooded ticket-booking sites with quarantine-related queries countrywide, the Kempegowda International Airport awaited the arrival of the first domestic flight early Monday morning.

Corona affects more than 5.5 million people worldwide

Health » The global epidemic of coronavirus (COVID-19) is on the rise, with more than 5.5 million people infected worldwide, compared to 3.47 million so far, have

'Air travel will come back much bigger'

'Air travel will come back much bigger'. 'The safety regulations drastically reduce the chances of contracting the virus on a two-hour flight.'

B’pur ITI develops cheapest sanitiser machines

The Government ITI here has once again attracted public attention as it designed low-cost scientific equipments to combat Covid-19 pandemic war in the country. It has designed the cheapest ever foot-operated and automatic sanitiser dispenser machines to effectively counter the Chinese competition

Innocent victims of political games

By Barnes MawrieIt is a well known fact that “it is unfortunate to be poor in India and it is even more unfortunate to be poor during these years of the BJP rule.” The present government is proving more and more to be an anti-poor government. The ant

Maruti employee tests Covid +ve

An employee of the Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) at Manesar plant tested positive for coronavirus, an official spokesman of the company said on Saturday. The country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) had re-opened the Manesar facility earlier this month after around 50 days of

Bharti Telecom to sell $1 bn stake in Airtel

 Bharti Telecom is selling upto $1 billion of its shares in Bharti Airtel through a secondary market block deal on Tuesday.

Indiana reports 354 more confirmed COVID-19 cases

State health officials said Monday that 354 more Indiana residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and an additional eight people have died from the disease.