Month: May 2020

10 Reasons Co-living will bounce back post COVID

(Eds: Disclaimer: The following content is a press release. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) This year has been really testing the globe, in all ways one could imagine. Major economies have come crashing down, giants suffering a major slump in their business. India has been […]

14 migrant workers crushed to death by goods train in Maha

Aurangabad, May 8: At least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers were injured in the accident which took place at 5.15 am under the Karmad Police station […]

AP Exclusive: Admin shelves CDC guide to reopening country

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump […]

HI to conduct Special Congress online on May 13

New Delhi, May 7: Hockey India will hold its Special Congress online on May 13 during which the status of Olympic preparations of both the national men’s and women’s teams, besides resumption of the sport after the COVID-19 pandemic will be up for discussion. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president […]

US officials warn against "COVID-19 parties"

Officials in the northwestern US state of Washington on Wednesday expressed concern over reports of people organizing “COVID-19 parties” to intentionally spread the virus. “Gathering in groups in the midst of this pandemic can be incredibly dangerous and puts people at increased risk for hospitalization and even death,” […]

Israel top court approves coalition deal, new govt to be sworn in May 13

Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday approved a coalition deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival-turned-ally Benny Gantz, paving the way for a unity government to be sworn in next week. The alliance formed last month between the right-wing incumbent and his centrist challenger followed three inconclusive […]

5 dead, hundreds in hospital after gas leak at India chemical plant

At least five people have been killed and several hundred hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant on the east coast of India, police said Thursday. They said that the gas had leaked out of two 5,000-tonne tanks that had been unattended due to India’s coronavirus […]

Asian giant hornets spotted for first time in US

A deadly giant insect known as the “murder hornet” has been spotted for the first time in the United States, prompting fears it could decimate the honeybee population and creating a buzz on social media. Two of the wasps — the world’s largest hornet species — were discovered […]

Gas leak at Indian chemical plant kills at least 7

At least seven people were killed and hundreds hospitalised after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant in eastern India on Thursday that left unconscious victims lying in the streets, authorities said. The gas escaped out of tanks at a complex owned by South Korea’s LG Chem […]

French teens, Normandy vets swap stories of life in lockdown

CABOURG, France — French student Marion Nivard starting writing last year to a World War II veteran in Britain, thanking him for taking part in the Normandy invasion that freed her country from the Nazis. As VE Day approached, Nivard and her classmates in the Normandy region thought […]

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