Day: February 11, 2020

Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative

BEIJING — After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country’s dissent-quelling police started to tell. Chen Qiushi looked haggard and disheveled in his online posts, […]

China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000

BEIJING — China remains mostly closed for business, as the daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total above 1,000. Despite the official end of the extended Lunar New Year holiday, many remained at home on Tuesday with around 60 […]

Nepal prepares to evacuate its citizens from virus-hit Wuhan city in China

Kathmandu, Feb 11: Nepal is preparing to bring back its 180 nationals struck in China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people, officials said here. The disease emerged in December in a market in central China’s Wuhan city that sold wild animals, […]

Non-Distribution of Imported Onions

open view news desk Based on the direction of Government, MMTC contracted import of 41,950 metric tonnes (MT) of onions against which 36,124 MT of import materialized. States/UTs were offered imported onions. However, as on 03.02.2020, only about 2501 MT imported onion, in total, were taken by States/ […]

MP: Man booked for giving triple talaq to wife

Anuppur (MP), Feb 11: A 35-year-old man was booked for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over phone in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. An offence was registered against Mohammed Ramzan under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which bans instant […]

Kejriwal wins New Delhi seat

New Delhi, Dec 11: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal won the New Delhi seat defeating BJP’s Sunil Kumar Yadav. Kejriwal is all set to return to power for a third term with his party, according to latest results and trends, winning 34 seats and leading in 29 seats. […]

AAP headed for second term in Delhi, BJP distant second

New Delhi, Feb 11: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday appeared to be heading back to power for a second term in Delhi with the party leading in 52 seats of the 70 and the BJP ahead in 18 as votes for last week’s assembly elections were counted, according […]

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