Day: April 24, 2020

India has acquired enough strength and resources to take on the worst challenge thrown by the corona virus: Dr. Harsh Vardhan

India stands on better footing then the rest of the world in fight against COVID-19 India’s response has been proactive, pre-emptive and graded in handling situation arising out of COVID-19 outbreak”, said Dr. Harsh Vardhan “We will defeat this Virus for sure” – Dr. Harsh Vardhan open view […]

SC grants 3-week protection to journalist Arnab Goswami

New Delhi, Apr 24:  The Supreme Court Friday granted protection against any coercive steps for three weeks to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with some FIRs lodged against him in various states for alleged defamatory statements made during the news shows on recent Palghar mob-lynching of […]

Republicans leap to reopen economy; Democrats more cautious

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Announcing plans to begin reopening his state, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster cited the ongoing economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. “South Carolina’s business is business,” he declared this week as he lifted restrictions on department stores, florists, music shops and some other businesses that previously had […]

Canada mass shooting erupted from argument, official says

TORONTO — Canada’s worst mass shooting erupted from an argument between the gunman and his girlfriend, who survived the attack, a police official said. The official confirmed to The Associated Press late Thursday that the weekend shooting rampage in Nova Scotia stemmed from a domestic dispute involving the […]

Immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, adapt to new jobs

NEW YORK — Ulises García went from being a waiter to working at a laundromat. Yelitza Esteva used to do manicures and now delivers groceries. Maribel Torres swapped cleaning homes for sewing masks. The coronavirus pandemic has devastated sectors of the economy dominated by immigrant labor: Restaurants, hotels, […]

Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’

WASHINGTON — What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America’s very institutions? When the coronavirus pandemic came from distant lands to the United States, it was met with cascading failures and incompetencies by a system that exists to prepare, protect, prevent and cut […]

MHA clarifies Misplaced Apprehensions of Industry Associations regarding Legal liability on Company CEOs, if employees found COVID-19 positive

No Separate/Fresh Permissions required from Authorities for Industries already permitted to operate prior to 15.04.2020, in areas falling outside Containment Zones open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 23: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on 15.04.2020, had issued an order to exempt certain activities under the consolidated revised guidelines to […]

Abducted J-K policeman set free

Srinagar, Apr 24:  Militants have set free a policeman abducted by them from his home in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here on Friday. Constable Javaid Jabbar was set free by the militants, hours after his abduction late Thursday night, the officials said. The militants […]

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