Month: April 2020

Health concerns shall precede over that of economy for post lockdown road map, says Vice President

Third week of lock down crucial for decision making on lock down exit: Vice President; People should continue to cooperate with leadership’s decision even if hardship continues: VP; Indians’ response so far for good of all highlights spiritual dimension of motherland: VP; Tablighi Jamaat episode an avoidable slip: […]

PM's message on World Health Day Posted On: 07 APR 2020 1:50PM by PIB Delhi

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 07: Following is the text of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s message on World Health Day. “Today on World Health Day, let us not only pray for each other’s good health and well-being but also reaffirm our gratitude towards all those […]

Omar demands Mehbooba Mufti be set free

Srinagar, Apr 7: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday demanded that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti be set free, saying merely shifting her home while keeping her under detention was a cop out. Mehbooba, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been detained under the […]

COVID-19 death toll rises to 114, number of cases climbs to 4,421: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Apr 7: The death toll due to novel coronavirus rose to 114 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 4,421 on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 3,981, as many as 325 people were […]

Central Zoo Authority advises zoos in India to remain on high alert in view of a Tiger found COVID 19 positive in New York.

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 06: The United States (USA) Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories, in a statement dated 5th April, 2020, has confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in a Tiger housed in the Bronx Zoo, New York. https://wvvw.aphis.usda.gov/aphisinewsroominews/sa_by_date/sa-2020/ny-zoo-covid-19 Taking cognizance of the same, the Central […]

Updates on COVID-19

Outsourced supplies of PPEs begin landing in India open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 06: Supply lines from abroad opened up today with the receipt of 1.70 lakh Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) coveralls from China which have been donated to the Government of India. Along with domestic […]

Coronavirus pandemic denting tourism, hospitality sector at astonishing pace: Industry body

Kolkata, Apr 6:  The cascading effect of the global coronavirus pandemic is crippling the country’s tourism and hospitality industry at an “astonishing pace”, an industry body said. Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTA) has come down by about 67 per cent annually in the January-March quarter, while for domestic tourists, […]

Virus sparks boom for local farmers in import-dependent Hong Kong

After a coronavirus-fuelled wave of panic-buying briefly left Hong Kong’s supermarket shelves bare, residents are turning to local producers for fresh food in a city almost entirely reliant on imports. COVID-19 has threatened global supply chains as countries impose lockdowns and border restrictions, but for Hong Kong’s dwindling […]

Apple to ship 1 mn face shields a week for medical workers

Apple has said it will soon be producing one million face shields a week for medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. The tech giant had already sourced 20 million surgical masks from around the world to help address a global shortage, chief executive Tim Cook said in a […]

British PM hospitalised with coronavirus but 'still in charge'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in hospital on Monday undergoing tests after suffering “persistent” symptoms of coronavirus for 10 days, but colleagues insisted he remains in charge of the government. Johnson announced on March 27 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the most high-profile world […]

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