Month: May 2020

Medium-intensity earthquake hits Delhi

New Delhi, May 10: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit Delhi on Sunday, a third in less than a month, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The epicentre of the quake was near Wazirpur in northeast Delhi, J L Gautam, Head (Operations) at the NCS, an institute […]

75 pc COVID-19 cases in Delhi are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms: Kejriwal

New Delhi, May 10: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said 75 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the city are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms. The chief minister said the government has also issued an order for requisition of ambulances of private hospitals, adding that the decision […]

UK expected to stick to lockdown as Johnson outlines future

LONDON — Taking a different tack than most other nations, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to extend the bulk of the country’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions for three weeks or so when he speaks to the nation Sunday evening. Following a week of mixed messages that started […]

White House Virus Task Force members face quarantine

WASHINGTON — Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation’s most secure buildings is immune from the virus. Fauci, the […]

Virus cases rise in China, South Korea; Obama bashes Trump

ROME — Both China and South Korea reported new spikes in coronavirus cases on Sunday, setting off fresh concerns in countries where local outbreaks had been in dramatic decline. Former President Barack Obama, meanwhile, harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster,” […]

Rajouri Admn facilitates Gujjar, Bakerwal migration

open view news desk RAJOURI, MAY 9: Nationwide lockdown was imposed across the country to combat the spread of Covid-19 and break the chain of deadly Corona virus infection. While it has restricted the movement of people outside their homes and has imposed a total ban on non-essential […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

open view news desk JAMMU, MAY 09: The Government Saturday informed that 13 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 01 from Jammu division and 12 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 836. According […]

Dr. Harsh Vardhan engages with North Eastern States to review preparedness and containment measures taken for COVID-19 management

“Let’s focus and work together by converting the orange zones to green zones and maintain the protective status across the States”: Dr. Harsh Vardhan open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 9: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare held a high level meeting today […]

Arrange transportation of 9.5k migrant workers to home states, will pay their fare: Delhi Cong to CM

New Delhi, May 9: The Delhi Congress has forwarded two lists of nearly 9,500 migrant workers to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that they want to return back to their native states and the party is ready to pay for their train fares. A day after sending names of […]

With attention on virus, Amazon deforestation surges

It has not gotten much attention with the world focused on coronavirus, but deforestation has surged in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of a repeat of last year’s record-breaking devastation — or worse. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four […]

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