Former US president Barack Obama took a veiled swipe Tuesday at his successor Donald Trump, chastising those who have “denied warnings” of a deadly coronavirus pandemic and cautioning against ignoring the consequences of climate change. The popular two-term Democrat took to social media as the Trump administration finalized a controversial […]
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Coronavirus update: States rush to track down over 3,000 who attended Delhi’s Nizamuddin event
State governments across India scrambled on Tuesday to identify at least 3,200 people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi that has emerged to be the biggest Covid-19 hotspot in the country. At least 11 state governments and union territories put hundreds of people under quarantine and tested them for […]
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Vaccine against Covid-19 at least a year away, says EU agency
It will be at least another year before a vaccine against the new coronavirus will be ready for approval and available in sufficient quantities, the EU medicines agency said Tuesday. As the number of declared coronavirus cases worldwide passed 800,000 on Tuesday, according to an AFP tally, the race is […]
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Veteran Indian-origin British MP discharged from hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis
Veteran Indian-origin British lawmaker Virendra Sharma on Tuesday urged everyone to strictly follow the government’s social distancing advice to help control the coronavirus pandemic as he revealed his own COVID-19 diagnosis and discharge from hospital. The 72-year-old Opposition Labour MP for Ealing Southall in west London had revealed on Twitter […]
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Coronavirus the worst global crisis since World War II, says UN chief
The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, expressing concern that it could trigger conflicts around the world. Guterres said that the scale of the crisis was due to “a disease that represents a threat to everybody in the world […]
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Coronavirus update: Income-Tax officials work from home, assist taxpayers on phone, online
Income-tax (I-T) officials have been working from home during the nationwide lockdown up to April 14 under elaborate guidelines that include sending daily report to their supervisors about their works, a finance ministry official said requesting anonymity. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has asked officials to act as […]
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Islamic missionary at centre of India’s Covid-19 outbreak
By early March, coronavirus disease (Covid-19 )cases were surging across the world. In India, where their number had just begun to rise, there was an air of caution though a lockdown was still several days away. Ignoring the pandemic, an estimated 2,500 Sunni Muslim men belonging to several nationalities, each […]
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Here is your horoscope for 1 April, 2020
Aries With today’s Mercury aspects, it can be all too easy to feel you should rush a decision, dear Aries, or argue a point that causes more trouble than it’s worth. Feelings of pressure are real, but you won’t do yourself or anyone favors if you push so hard that […]
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British Airways stops flights from Gatwick
British Airways suspended operations at its second London hub at Gatwick airport as the airline industry enters deep hibernation to weather the impact of the coronavirus. With just over a week to go until the Easter holidays, the IAG SA-owned carrier is contacting customers with the news that flights are […]
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FRRO, immigration bureau probe irregularities
Organisations under the Union home ministry like the Bureau of Immigration and Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) have a greater responsibility to monitor activities of foreign members of groups such as Tablighi Jamaat, people familiar with developments said on Tuesday. However, there is little that can be done by authorities […]
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Russian doctor who met Putin last week diagnosed with coronavirus
A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow’s main coronavirus hospital last week said on Tuesday he had himself been diagnosed with the virus. Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital last Tuesday where he chatted to the doctor, Denis Protsenko. Neither man was wearing protective equipment during […]