Month: April 2020

PM salutes CRPF personnel, on its Valour Day today

NEW DELHI, APRIL 09: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has saluted CRPF personnel, on its Valour Day today.   Prime Minister said, “The courage of CRPF is widely known. On CRPF Valour Day today, I salute this brave force and remember the bravery of our CRPF personnel in Gujarat’s Sardar […]

GoM reviews current status, and actions for management of COVID-19

Dr. Harsh Vardhan emphasizes accessing Health Ministry and related authentic websites to avoid misinformation regarding COVID-19 open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 09:A high level meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held at Nirman Bhawan, here today, under the chairpersonship of Dr. Harsh […]

Industrial production grows 4.5 pc in February

New Delhi, Apr 9:  The country’s industrial output grew by 4.5 per cent in February, mainly on account of higher output in mining, manufacturing and electricity sector, government data showed on Thursday. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had grown by 0.2 per cent in February 2019. According […]

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 166; cases climb to 5,734

New Delhi, Apr 9: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 166 and the number of cases to 5,734 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,095, as many as 472 people were cured […]

Key China coronavirus hospital says HIV drug beneficial to patients

WUHAN, China – Chinese doctors at the primary hospital treating severe coronavirus patients in the city of Wuhan said they have been using the HIV drug Kaletra since January and believe it is beneficial, despite a previous study that it was ineffective. They have been prescribing Kaletra, an […]

Trump thanks India for decision on anti-malaria drug

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for its decision to increase exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, an unproven treatment that Trump has promoted in the fight against the novel coronavirus. India said on Tuesday it will allow some exports of hydroxychloroquine after Trump urged […]

Supreme Court order for free coronavirus testing may hinder fight, say business leaders, health experts

NEW DELHI – A decision by the Supreme Court of India to make testing for coronavirus free places an unfair financial burden on medical firms and could see a reduction in testing, already among the world’s lowest, said business leaders and health experts. The concern is that private […]

Strays feel the bite as pandemic spreads

As coronavirus forces billions of people around the world into lockdown, another sizeable population has also been hard hit — stray animals. While pet owners in many countries are still allowed to walk their dogs, thousands of other animals — the exact numbers are unknown — are starving […]

India's poor hit hardest by virus lockdown

With his rickshaw sitting idle outside his one-room shack, Sailesh Kumar is one of the hundreds of millions of poor Indians hit the hardest by the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown. His family of six are stuck in their slum home outside New Delhi earning nothing and waiting desperately […]

103-year-old Italian says ‘courage, faith’ helped beat virus

ROME — To recover from the coronavirus, as she did, Ada Zanusso recommends courage and faith, the same qualities that have served her well in her nearly 104 years. Italy, along with neighboring France, has Europe’s largest population of what has been dubbed the “super old” — people […]

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