Month: April 2020

Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea’s Kim – sources

BEIJING/SEOUL – China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North […]

Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging

Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the state human rights commission said Saturday, hailing a “major step forward” in the reform programme launched by the king and his powerful son. Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn […]

Hopes grow for antibody tests, but experts urge caution

The sun is only just rising in Berlin but Lothar Kopp, 65, is already standing in line outside a clinic in the district of Reinickendorf. Along with a handful of mask-clad people standing two metres apart, he is here to give a blood sample — for antibody tests […]

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s baseless theories on coronavirus

WASHINGTON — Lysol is for toilet bowls and countertops, not human consumption. The company that manufacturers it felt compelled to emphasize the danger of ingesting it after President Donald Trump’s musings about heat, light and disinfectant in the time of coronavirus. Trump also gave weight through his bully pulpit […]

Bloomberg moves past presidential defeat with virus crusade

NEW YORK — Nearly two months after an embarrassing end to his presidential campaign, Mike Bloomberg is again deploying his massive personal fortune – this time to combat the coronavirus. The billionaire former New York City mayor is spending tens of millions of dollars to bolster social services, feed first […]

Cabinet Secretary reviews containment measures, resumption of economic activities

Holds video conference interaction with Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs open view news desk JAMMU, APRIL 25: Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba today held video conference interaction with the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories to review implementation of lockdown restrictions in the country and resumption of […]

Biggest operation for distribution of pulses underway

NAFED to distribute about 5.88 LMT pulses to about 20 crore NFSA households through ration shops for three months under PMGKAY Operation to involve about two lakh truck trips and loading/unloading over 4 weeks open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 25: In order to distribute one kg […]

India, Pakistan ease restrictions for some small businesses amid lockdown

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD – The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas from Saturday, more than a month after the nation went into a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, officials said. Late on Friday the home ministry said retail shops […]

MHA issues Order to States/UTs to allow Opening of Certain Categories of Shops, except those in Single and Multi-brand Malls

These Relaxations in Lockdown Restrictions would not applicable in Hotspots/Containment Zones open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 25: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on 15.04.2020, had issued an order to exempt certain activities under the consolidated revised guidelines to fight COVID-19, in certain areas not included in […]

Press Communique

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 25: At a ceremony held today at 1030 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shri Sanjay Kothari was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner. He made and subscribed the oath of his office before the President.

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