Day: May 8, 2020

Meet 8 people around the world hustling to survive pandemic

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling to get by on the economic margins have had their lives made even harder by pandemic lockdowns, layoffs and the loss of a chance to earn from a hard day’s work. The toll for families […]

IAF MIG-29 (UPG) AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 8: On 08 May 20, at 1045h, one Mig-29 aircraft airborne on a training mission from an Air Force base near Jalandhar met with an accident. The aircraft had developed a technical snag and the pilot ejected safely as he was […]

National School of Drama of M/o Culture to hold a series of webinars

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 8: National School of Drama of Ministry of Culture has planned  daily webinars for a week from 10th May 2020 onwards by theatre veterans in the time of national lockdown due to COVID19. Interested people can join these webinars on NSD’s […]

Rabindranath Tagore-far and near

open view news desk KOLKATA, MAY 8: Right opposite the main gates of Tel Aviv University’s sprawling campus is Rehov Tagore. Probably not many of the Ramat Aviv residents who walk or drive along Rehov Tagore have even a passing knowledge of the gentleman after whom the street is […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

open view news desk JAMMU, MAY 08: The Government Friday informed that 30 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 823. According to the daily Media Bulletin […]

Power shutdown

open view news desk JAMMU, MAY 08: In order to carry out various upgradation/repair works , the power supply to Samba, Bainglad, Reaian, Ghagwal, Rajpura, MES, Nichla, BSF, Kootah, Sherpur, Mawa, Jatwal and its adjoining areas fed from 66 KV Samba-Ghagwal Line shall remain affected on May 10, […]

China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: official

China’s new prototype spacecraft “successfully landed” on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon. The spacecraft — which was launched Tuesday — arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after […]

Coronavirus deals 'powerful blow' to Putin's grand plans

The bombastic military parade through Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday was slated to be the spectacle of the year on the Kremlin’s calendar. Standing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron, President Vladimir Putin would have overseen a 90-minute procession of Russia’s military might, showcasing […]

Battle to prevent fresh gas leak at Indian plant

Engineers battled Friday to prevent more toxic gas escaping at a chemical plant on India’s east coast, a day after a pre-dawn leak killed 12 people and knocked locals unconscious in the street. Although the death toll was lower than feared, the accident which left hundreds hospitalised outside […]

Remembering humanity's triumph over a virus, 40 years on

As scientists scramble for a COVID-19 cure and vaccine, the world marks on Friday a pertinent anniversary: humanity’s only true triumph over an infectious disease with its eradication of smallpox four decades ago. On May 8, 1980, representatives of all World Health Organization (WHO) member states gathered in […]

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