Month: June 2020

UPDATES ON COVID-19

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 6: During the last 24 hours, a total of 4,611 COVID-19 patients have been cured. Thus, so far, a total of 1,14,073 patients have been cured of COVID-19. The recovery rate is 48.20% amongst COVID-19 patients. Presently, there are 1,15,942 active […]

PM condoles the demise of Shri Ved Marwah

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 6: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of former Police Commissioner of Delhi and former Governor of Manipur,  Mizoram and Jharkhand, Shri Ved Marwah. “Shri Ved Marwah Ji will be remembered for his rich contributions to public […]

INDIA-CHINA BORDER SITUATION

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 6: Indian and Chinese officials continue to remain engaged through the established military and diplomatic channels to address the current situation in the India-China border areas.  At this stage, therefore, any speculative and unsubstantiated reporting about these engagements would not be […]

Trump says India, China will have more COVID-19 cases with more tests

Washington, Jun 6:  US President Donald Trump has said that countries like India and China would have much more coronavirus cases than America, the worst-hit country in the world, if they conduct more tests. Trump, in his remarks at Puritan Medical Products in Maine, said that the US […]

India now sixth worst-hit nation by COVID-19, surpasses Italy with an infection tally of 2,36,657

New Delhi, June 6:  India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657 India’s death toll due to COVID-19 rose to?6,642 with a record increase […]

Rights leader says Floyd ‘changed the world’ as protests march on

Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vowed mass protests will continue until “we change the whole system of justice.” Largely peaceful demonstrations took place later in […]

Siberia 10C hotter in warmest May on record: EU

Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average last month in Siberia, home to much of Earth’s permafrost, as the world experienced its hottest May on record, the European Union’s climate monitoring network said Friday. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said May 2020 was 0.68C warmer than the […]

Trump heads to rural Maine but won’t escape demonstrators

WASHINGTON — Maine’s Democratic governor is urging President Donald Trump to watch his tone during a visit to the state Friday to showcase a company that makes specialized swabs for coronavirus testing. And the sheriff in the state’s most rural county is urging those expected to protest Trump’s […]

Sri Lankan cafe owner feeds and shelters stranded tourists

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The tourists came to see the magical waterfalls and mountain views of the lowland jungle and rainforest. But then the pandemic hit, and they were stranded in Sri Lanka. When flights were canceled and the airports shut down, Darshana Ratnayake came to the rescue. […]

Protests shift to memorializing Floyd amid push for change

ATLANTA — The tenor of the protests set off by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has taken a turn from the explosive anger that has fueled the setting of fires, breaking of windows and other violence to a quiet, yet more forceful, grassroots […]

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