McLaren boss Zak Brown said that the coronavirus pandemic has plunged Formula One into “a very fragile state”, warning that as many as four teams could even be driven out of business. The 2020 world championship has been unable to start with eight races of a scheduled 22 already either […]
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Jaws actor Lee Fierro dies of coronavirus complications
Actor Lee Fierro, best known for playing Mrs Kintner in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, has died of complications due to coronavirus. She was 91. The actor had moved from her home on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where Jaws was filmed, and was living in Ohio at an assisted-living facility. Kevin Ryan, artistic director […]
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Drew McIntyre tames the ‘Beast’ Brock Lesnar at WWE WrestleMania 36
The battle of heavyweights, two behemoths, two larger than life superstars took on each other at WWE WrestleMania 36. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar faced a daunting threat in the form of 6’5, 265 pounds Drew McIntyre. The ‘Scottish Psychopath’ is thought to be the next big thing in the WWE […]
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Maoists in Andhra call for ceasefire amid Covid-19 outbreak
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has announced a unilateral ceasefire and announced that they would not attack security forces because of the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak across the country. CPI (Maoist) Malkangiri-Koraput-Visakha Border (MKVB) division’s committee secretary Kailasam released on Sunday a hand-written statement in Telugu to […]
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Maharashtra govt to focus on containment of Covid-19 in hotspots
The Maharashtra government is focusing on the containment in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) hotspots such as Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur, which have reported the maximum of positive cases in the past few days. Around 85% of Covid-19 positive cases been reported from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune district, the […]
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BJP at 40: Nadda praises PM Modi’s leadership, asks party workers to give up one meal
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagat Prakash Nadda has said that the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the country during the Covid-19 crisis is being praised everywhere. “The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the country at this moment of global crisis due to Covid-19, it is being praised […]
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Dehradun’s Bhagat Singh Colony, Kargi-Grant area under community surveillance amid COVID-19 cases
After five people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event recently in Delhi, tested positive for Coronavirus here, District Magistrate Ashish Kr Srivastava ordered community surveillance in Bhagat Singh Colony and Kargi-Grant areas on Monday. “The district magistrate ordered community surveillance in the affected areas. Police forces have been deployed and […]
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Social media comes down on those who burst crackers in response to PM’s candlelight vigil call
“It’s not a party,” “It’s not Diwali,” netizens vented their ire on social media, as people switched off lights at their homes at 9 pm on Sunday and instead of lighting candles, burst firecrackers in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a nine-minute candlelight vigil. Modi had called […]
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Italy donated PPE to China; now China wants Italy to buy back the same PPE
At the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak in China, Italy had donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to China and now when Italy is in dire need of PPE, China wants to sell them to Italy, according to a report in the Spectator magazine. The China-originated bug, which crossed continents to […]
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In Pakistan’s Covid-19 response, signs of unpreparedness
The coronavirus disease is spreading rapidly in Pakistan, but the country is unprepared to fight it. News agency ANI reported that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) had to allocate five graveyards in the city at the 11th hour for the burial of those who died from Covid-19. Pakistan media quoted KMC […]
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We have pledged and completed the resolutions of our era: JP Nadda tweets on 40 years of BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Monday extended wishes on the 40th anniversary of the party and urged all party workers to work toward helping the needy amid the coronavirus crisis. “I request you to express gratitude and motivate those who work for our health 24×7,” Nadda tweeted out. “We continued […]
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Coronavirus cases in India rise to 4067, death toll at 109
India on Monday morning reported 109 Covid-19 related deaths and 4067 coronavirus disease patients across the country as it entered the 13th day of the national lockdown in place to break the chain of infections. The Union health ministry figures at 9am show there are 3666 active cases of Covid-19 […]
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Railways develops low-cost ventilator ‘Jeevan’, seeks ICMR approval
The Indian Railways has developed a low-cost ventilator, Jeevan, at its Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory that could save thousands of lives at a time the country is grappling with a shortage of the medical equipment in its fight against coronavirus. The prototype is now awaiting ICMR clearance to go into production, the Railways said. “It […]
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Coronavirus: Advertisement placed on OLX to ‘sell’ Statue of Unity, case filed
A case was registered against an unknown person in Gujarat for placing an online advertisement to “sell” the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya in Narmada district for Rs 30,000 crore to meet the government’s expenses for hospitals and medical infrastructure to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The memorial to Sardar Patel, […]
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Canada asks medical workers treating Covid-19 patients to reuse face masks
Even as medical-grade equipment like face masks are in great demand across the world to protect frontline medical professionals who are dealing with Covid-19 patients, Canada’s seniormost health official has said the country has started exploring the possibility of decontaminating such material for their reuse. Personal protective equipment or PPE like face […]