Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday warned Pakistanis that they are not immune to the threat posed by the coronavirus, but exuded confidence that Pakistan would emerge stronger from the challenge, as the number of cases in the country rose to 2,818. Khan’s remarks came as he visited Lahore to […]
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Confirmed coronavirus cases in US surpass 300,000: Johns Hopkins University
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has topped 300,000 and there have been more than 8,100 deaths, Johns Hopkins University reported on Saturday. The Baltimore-based university, which has been keeping a running tally of global coronavirus numbers, said there are at least 300,915 confirmed virus cases […]
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‘Will put tariffs on oil imports to protect energy workers if I have to,’ says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would put tariffs on imports of crude oil or take other measures if he has to protect energy workers from the oil price crash. “If I have to do tariffs on oil coming from outside or if I have to do something to […]
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Child aged five among new UK coronavirus victims
Britain on Saturday reported a record 708 daily deaths from COVID-19, including a five-year-old child, who is thought to be the country’s youngest victim. The health ministry said 4,313 people who tested positive for the virus in hospital had died as of 1600 GMT Friday while there were 41,903 confirmed […]
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France to test plasma of coronavirus survivors to treat sick
France is to begin clinical trials involving transfusions of blood plasma from coronavirus survivors into patients who have severe symptoms in a bid to treat the illness, the institutions involved said Saturday. Drugmakers are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment for the pandemic, which has killed over 60,000 people […]
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Queen Elizabeth II to praise coronavirus response in address to Britain
Queen Elizabeth II will urge people to rise to the challenge posed by the coronavirus outbreak, in a rare special address to Britain and Commonwealth nations on Sunday. In extracts released Saturday of what royal officials said was a “deeply personal” speech, the 93-year-old monarch will say she has faith […]
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US concerns natural, will challenge acquittal of Daniel Pearl murder convicts: Qureshi
Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday that the apprehensions expressed by the US goverment over acquittal of four people convicted in killing of Amerian journalist Daniel Pearl were “natural”. He added that the decision will be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court. “Pakistan has made many sacrifices […]
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Here is your horoscope for 5 April, 2020
Aries The Moon spends the day in your solar sixth house, dear Aries, turning your special attention to your routines and daily affairs. As much as you’d like to keep up the organizing momentum, you may experience a short dip. You may not be seeing eye to eye on basics […]
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Covid-19: Odisha asks thousands to self-quarantine as postman tests positive
The Odisha government Saturday asked thousands of people in one of the most densely populated areas of Bhubaneswar to quarantine themselves a day after a postman in the area tested positive for coronavirus. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation commissioner PC Chaudhury said the postman, who serves at the BJB Nagar Sub Post Office […]
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Community spread worries swirl in MP’s Covid hotspot Indore
Around 50%of the Covid-19 patients in Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, have no recent travel history or exposure to another person infected by the coronavirus, indicating that they caught the disease possibly through community transmission, health officials said. Indore recorded its first Covid-19 case on March 25, five […]
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India Inc awaits fiscal push from Centre to keep afloat
As businesses around the country reel under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown it has necessitated, business owners, executives and experts are looking to the government to do enough to keep companies afloat and healthy and, more importantly, to ensure that they do not engage in mass […]
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COVID-19: Dehradun DM orders community surveillance in Bhagat Singh Colony, Kargi-Grant
Dehradun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Dehradun District Magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava has ordered community surveillance in Bhagat Singh Colony and Kargi-Grant areas after five people, who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, tested positive for coronavirus. Six more coronavirus positive cases were reported in Uttarakhand on Saturday, taking the total count in the state to 22. A total of […]
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Three Air India passengers from separate flights test positive for Covid-19
Air India on Sunday via a tweet informed that three of its passengers who travelled on three separate flights have tested positive for Covid-19. A passenger from AI661 which flew from Mumbai to Goa on March 19 has tested positive. #FlyAI : For Kind attention of passengers travelled by AI661 […]
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ISKP chief’s arrest for gurdwara attack brings out clear link to Pakistan’s ISI:
In a massive security operation backed with pin-pointed intelligence , the Afghan security forces wiped out the entire Pakistan-sponsored module of the so-called Islamic State of Khorasan Province with the arrest of chief Mawlawi Abudullah aka Aslam Farooqui and 19 other top terrorists. A Pakistan national and a former Lashkar-e-Tayebba (LeT) operative, […]
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Coronavirus cases Crossed 1 million with 50,000 deaths
Coronavirus cases Crossed 1 million with 50,000 deaths: More than 1,002,000 people have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease worldwide, as the death toll surpassed 51,000 while about 208,000 patients recovered. When the virus was first discovered, doctors likened it to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, the illness that sickened 8,000 […]