Month: April 2020

Justice Oswal sworn in as High Court Judge

Justice Oswal sworn in as High Court Judge Other Judges of J&K High Court participate in oath ceremony via video link to maintain social distancing open view news desk JAMMU, APRIL 02: Justice Rajnesh Oswal was sworn in as a permanent Judge of the common High Court of […]

Enforce complete ban on female Russian poplar species: Div Com to DCs

Covid-19: preventive measures Enforce complete ban on female Russian poplar species: Div Com to DCs SFC to axe all female poplar species within a week open view news desk SRINAGAR, APRIL 03: In compliance to orders passed by the High Court J&K in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Nos-834/2015, […]

Customers desert South Korea's animal cafes over virus fears

A beige feline paces between two Gaudi-style columns at the empty 2 Cats cafe in Seoul, with upturned stools standing on the tables where humans sat to play with them in pre-virus days. Along with coffee, South Korea’s animal cafes offer the chance to cuddle companion creatures like […]

Untouchable: the baby born to a mum with coronavirus

For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, the mother was not allowed near him after she tested positive for coronavirus, for fear of infecting her newborn. And even though she has since been reunited with her son, neither she nor her husband have been allowed […]

Google to publish user location data to help govts tackle virus

Google says it will publish users’ location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures, brought in to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. The reports on users’ movements in 131 countries will be made available on a special website and […]

US sheds 701,000 jobs, ending a record-long hiring streak

WASHINGTON — A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade as employers cut 701,000 jobs because of the viral outbreak that’s all but shut down the U.S. economy. The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% from a 50-year low of 3.5%. The […]

Straight-talking Fauci explains outbreak to a worried nation

WASHINGTON — If Dr. Anthony Fauci says it, you’d be smart to listen. As the coronavirus has upended daily life across the globe, Fauci has become the trusted voice in separating fact and fiction. The fear and confusion of outbreaks aren’t new to Fauci, who in more than […]

Pakistan re-arrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case

KARACHI – Pakistani authorities ordered on Friday four men, including a British militant, convicted of the 2002 murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, to be detained for three months despite a lower court’s ruling to overturn their convictions. The High Court in the province of Sindh on Thursday […]

PM Modi plans staggered exit from vast coronavirus lockdown

NEW DELHI/COLOMBO – India will pull out of a three-week lockdown in phases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, as officials battle to contain the country’s biggest cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital, New Delhi. The shutdown, which has brought Asia’s third-largest economy to a shuddering […]

Potential COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse study

LONDON – Initial tests in mice of a potential COVID-19 vaccine delivered via a fingertip-sized patch have shown it can induce an immune response against the new coronavirus at levels that might prevent infection, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. Researchers around the world are working to develop potential […]

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