Four more people, who attended the Tablighi Jamaat’s events, tested positive for Covid-19 in Uttarakhand on Sunday, taking the number of cases in the state from 22 to 26. Out of the 26 Covid-19 patients in the state, there are 18 people who were at the congregation of the Tablighi […]
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Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other […]
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Wuhan, once epicentre of Covid-19, gets ready for life after lockdown
China reported 30 new cases of coronavirus disease Covid-19 on Sunday, including five locally transmitted infections, even as nine of the 13 administrative districts of virus-hit Wuhan city were declared ‘low-risk areas’ signifying a gradual return to normalcy, officials said. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report said other than […]
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Rain, thunder likely over northern India
Two western disturbances (WD) will impact the north-western region from April 6 to 9, according to India Meteorological Department. Officials said the disturbances will bring rain and thundershowers in the western Himalayas and northern plains. Due to the back-to-back WDs, the maximum temperature is also likely to fall by 2 […]
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Japan to declare emergency in Tokyo as coronavirus cases hit 1000 in the capital
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen moving closer to declaring a state of emergency in a matter of days, after confirmed coronavirus infections in Tokyo surged over the weekend to top 1,000 for the first time, a newspaper report said. Abe will make public as soon as Monday his […]
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US navy captain fired for voicing coronavirus concern tests positive
The US naval commander whose widely publicized plea for help for his coronavirus-affected crew led to his dismissal has reportedly himself tested positive for the disease. Captain Brett Crozier’s COVID-19 test result was reported Sunday by the New York Times, just hours after US Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the […]
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Here is your horoscope for 6 April, 2020
Aries With the Moon in your solar fourth house in the first part of the day, dear Aries, it’s best to enjoy some release of ambitions, tension, or pressure. The trick is to allow yourself the luxury! In the second half of the day, the Moon enters the area of […]
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‘Better days will return’: Queen Elizabeth assures Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth assured people in the Commonwealth in a rare broadcast on Sunday evening that “we will succeed” in the fight against coronavirus, and rallied Britons by citing pride in the country’s past to stay resolute in the present. The queen, 93, delivered the assurance as the death toll in […]
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UK PM Johnson taken to hospital, 10 days after testing positive for Covid-19
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, Downing Street said on Sunday night, adding that it is “not an emergency admission” and that he remains in charge of the UK government. A spokesperson said: “On the advice of his doctor, the Prime Minister has tonight been […]
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Anti-malaria drug is the best bet against Covid-19 until a cure is created
A cheap, safe and widely available drug that has been used to treat malaria for at least a century has emerged as the most sought-after medicine in the world after preliminary trials from China said it boosted recovery and lowered the severity of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has sickened 1.2 […]
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Millions join PM Modi’s ‘9pm-9min’ call, light lamps to fight Covid-19
Millions of people across the country switched off the lights of their houses in a show of solidarity in fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Lamps were lit, torches were switched on and mobile lights were flashed from the balconies by countrymen who answered the call given by Prime Minister Narendra […]
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Covid-19: Railway employee becomes second person to die in north Bengal
A 55-year-old railway employee who tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday and was admitted at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital here died on Sunday, marking the second death in the region and eighth in the pandemic in state. North Bengal region’s first victim, a woman who lived in Kalimpong, […]
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Uttarakhand cops fight coronavirus on streets, wives at home, making masks
While about 8,000 personnel of Uttarakhand police are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic on the ground by ensuring the lockdown, wives of some personnel are providing support by making face masks to be used by their husbands and also the public at large. Housewives of some policemen in the state have […]
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Foreign Tablighi workers stopped from leaving at airports; cops say action begins
The special team of Delhi Police on Sunday headed back to the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat that has emerged as the single-biggest source of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections in the country and seized documents including a crucial register that contains details of foreign Tablighi workers in the country. “We […]
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Coronavirus: Govt’s 11-point FAQs on PM Modi’s call to switch off lights for 9 mins at 9 pm
The Union power ministry on Sunday came out with a list of 11 questions around the lights off event later in the evening at the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the FAQs, the government underlined that there are no plans to carry out load shedding for the 9 […]