Month: April 2020

“We can and we will defeat this Virus” – Dr. Harsh Vardhan

India stands on better footing then the rest of the world in fight against COVID -19 open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 15: The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan held an interactive session through Video Conferencing today with senior officials and field […]

Continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly till May 3: Cabinet Secretary to Chief Secretaries

open view news desk JAMMU, APRIL 15: Government of India has asked all States and Union Territories to continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly for the extended period till May 3, 2020 as announced by the Prime Minister as an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the […]

Trump says close to plan to reopen economy possibly, in part, before May 1

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is close to completing a plan to end the coronavirus shutdown and reopen the battered U.S. economy with some parts of the country likely to be ready to go before May 1. Standing in the White House Rose Garden, […]

Lockdown Measures for containment of COVID-19 pandemic in the country to continue to remain in force up to May 3, 2020

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 14: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in his address to the Nation today, has announced that the lockdown measures imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in India, would have to be extended till May 3, 2020. In pursuance of […]

India permits resumption of some industries in rural areas from April 20

NEW DELHI – India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to millions of people because of a prolonged lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus, the government said on Wednesday. The government will also allow farm […]

Rahul Gandhi asks govt to bring back Indian workers stuck in Middle East

New Delhi, Apr 15: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged the government to organise flights to bring back Indian workers stuck in the Middle East and desperate to return. He said the workers are in deep distress there due to shutting of businesses in the Middle East due […]

New Zealand PM takes pay cut as virus hits economy

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday she will take a 20 percent pay cut in a symbolic act of solidarity with people struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic. Ardern said her personal salary, those of her fellow ministers and of top public servants would be slashed […]

Virus hit 'like a bomb' as toll rises in Ecuador's business capital

Ecuador’s economic capital Guayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city “like a bomb,” its mayor said. Cynthia Viteri has emerged from her own bout with the virus to battle the worst crisis the port city of […]

Trump freezes WHO funds as world weighs lockdown lift

Donald Trump ordered a freeze on funding for the World Health Organization for “mismanaging” the coronavirus crisis, as world leaders weighed easing lockdowns that threaten to tip the global economy into a second Great Depression. The death toll from the pandemic has topped 125,000, with nearly two million […]

AP Interview: Sanders says opposing Biden is ‘irresponsible’

Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that it would be “irresponsible” for his loyalists not to support Joe Biden, warning that progressives who “sit on their hands” in the months ahead would simply enable President Donald Trump’s reelection. And lest there be any question, the 78-year-old Vermont senator confirmed that […]

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