Month: April 2020

PMO reviews efforts to check coronavirus spread

New Delhi, Apr 10: The production of personal protective equipment (PPE) is being ramped up, a meeting held by the Prime Minister’s Office to review the efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus was informed on Friday. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P K Mishra chaired the meeting […]

The Beatles' legend lives on, 50 years after break-up

When The Beatles went their separate ways in the early 1970s, few thought that half a century later the pioneering band would still influence pop music culture. But, with Friday marking 50 years since their unofficial break-up, the so-called “Fab Four” are still popular and present, in spirit […]

Point of contagion: Mass gatherings and the coronavirus

Congregations of a secretive South Korean sect, an assembly of French evangelists and major European football matches: as the new coronavirus radiated across the planet it seeded clusters of infections at mass gatherings that helped magnify its spread. With around half of humanity under lockdowns that have radically […]

Biden’s next big decision: Choosing a running mate

Joe Biden faces the most important decision of his five-decade political career: choosing a vice president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee expects to name a committee to vet potential running mates next week, according to three Democrats with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity […]

New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda — Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries had seen in 70 years. Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the […]

PM Johnson recovering from COVID-19 as Britons told to shun outdoors

LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson was resting in hospital on Friday as he recovered from COVID-19 while Britons were told to avoid the temptation of spring sunshine during the Easter break with the coronavirus outbreak approaching a peak. The flamboyant 55-year-old leader’s visible decline shook the nation, […]

South Asian nations weigh tighter lockdowns as coronavirus cases hit 12,000

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD – India accounts for more than half the tally of those infected with coronavirus across south Asia, which crossed 12,000 on Friday, government data showed, despite a harsh weeks-long clampdown to control the outbreak. India’s capital of Delhi, and its financial hub of Mumbai, have emerged […]

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India contribute Rs 28.80 crore towards PM CARES Fund to combat COVID-19 outbreak

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India, the three Professional Institutes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, have come forward to donate an amount of Rs 28.80 crore […]

PM remembers Jesus Christ on Good Friday

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has remembered Jesus Christ’s commitment to truth, service and justice on Good Friday. “Lord Christ devoted his life to serving others. His courage and righteousness stand out and so does his sense of justice. On Good […]

India is ready to do whatever possible to help our friends to fight the pandemic says PM

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said that India is ready to do whatever possible to help it’s friends to fight against pandemic. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi replied to the tweet from the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who expressed […]

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