Brazil’s health minister said Wednesday that authorities should hold talks with drug gangs and militia groups in impoverished favela neighborhoods on how to contain the new coronavirus. Brazil, the country hardest hit by the pandemic in Latin America, is bracing for potential devastation if big outbreaks erupt in its favelas, […]
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Covid-19: Brazil President thanks India for ‘timely help’ after nod to hydroxychloroquine
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro thanked India for the “timely assistance” in the form of nod to exporting ingredients for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a medicine which is widely used in treatment of coronavirus disease Covid-19. “As a result of my direct conversation with the Prime Minister of India, we will receive, until Saturday, […]
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Covid-19 update: Boris Johnson going through tough time, but seems to be doing better, says Donald Trump
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is in intensive care battling the Covid-19 disease, seems to be doing better, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after saying he had spoken with unnamed representatives of the United Kingdom. “I just spoke with the representatives of the UK and I think […]
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Turkey witnesses disturbing spike in coronavirus cases
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up measures to stem rapidly growing coronavirus cases in Turkey, but his refusal to impose a full lockdown to keep the economy afloat is drawing criticism. Turkey has been reporting some 3,000 infections a day in the last few days, with cases shooting up […]
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Spain’s coronavirus daily toll up again as EU fights over money, policy
Spain recorded a second successive daily rise in Covid-19 deaths at 757, lifting its total toll to 14,555 on Wednesday, as European Union’s disease monitoring agency said there is no sign yet that the peak of the region’s outbreak has been reached. As the pandemic continued to infect and kill […]
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Covid-19: Restriction on cemetery visits during Shab-e-Barat in Bengal
To restrict movement of people during Shab e Barat, the West Bengal government on Wednesday urged members of the Muslim community not to take out processions and visit burial grounds to pay homage to their ancestors as is the normal practice on the occasion. Muslims observe it as a night […]
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Covid-19: South Africa’s minister who flouted lockdown rules sent on leave
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday placed on special leave a minister seen lunching at a friend’s house in violation of the coronavirus lockdown. Ramaphosa has ordered a three-week national lockdown to try to brake the virus, which has infected 1,749 people, killing 13 of them, according to an […]
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Covid-19: What you need to know today
On Wednesday morning, some TV channels that use the health ministry’s data on Covid-19 put out an alarming number – that the number of cases had increased by 773 in the previous 24 hours, after increasing by only 354 in the 24 hours prior to that. This wasn’t entirely accurate, […]
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Jodhpur’s first Covid-19 patient recovers, uncle dies in Spain
Jodhpur’s first Covid-19 patient, Himanshu Uttamchandani, walked out of hospital this week after being declared infection free. But the same day, thousands of miles away in Madrid, his uncle Mohan breathed his last after battling the same infection for nearly a week. Himanshu, 37, and his uncle last met in […]
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Covid-19 update: New York hits new coronavirus peak but curve flattening
New York recorded a new single-day high for coronavirus deaths on Wednesday but Governor Andrew Cuomo said the epidemic appeared to be stabilizing. Cuomo said 779 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll in New York state from Covid-19 to 6,268. The previous high […]
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Here is your horoscope for 9 April, 2020
Aries Starting the day with too-high expectations from others is not a great strategy today, dear Aries. Doing your own thing is probably most satisfying and reliable! Instead of waiting for people to sense what you want or need, express yourself and take action, or wait for a more cooperative […]
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₹18,000 crore released as tax refunds
The finance ministry on Wednesday released Rs 18,000 crore of tax refunds to 1.4 million income-tax payers and 100,000 businessmen awaiting Goods and Services Tax (GST) and customs refunds and asked government departments to restrict their expenditure in the fiscal first quarter (April-June) — the first to improve the cash […]
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No dearth of anti-malaria drug, say states amid local concerns
A day after India said it will allow limited exports of the anti-malaria hydroxychloroquine, officials across several states insisted there is no shortage of the drug. Hydroxychloroquine has emerged as the most sought-after medicine after preliminary trials in China suggested it boosted recovery and lowered the severity of the coronavirus […]
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‘Will not be forgotten!’: Trump thanks Modi for hydroxychloroquine export
Barely two days after he threatened retaliation, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India sending consignments of hydroxychloroquine to fight coronavirus. “Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be […]
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ITBP reaching out to people in far flung areas of Himalayan range, facilitates distribution of essential items
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Troops are reaching out to people living in far flung areas to provide and facilitate distribution of essential items across the country. The force has been asked keep good care of people who are living in areas where there is hardly any communication. Areas in Leh, […]