Month: July 2020

Priyanka urges govt to provide all help to family of doctor who died of COVID-19

New Delhi, Jul 22: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday urged the government to provide all assistance to the family of a doctor, who died after contracting COVID-19 while working with Delhi’s National Health Mission. Javed Ali, a contractual doctor with Delhi government’s National Health Mission, died […]

Man arrested for attempt to murder in J-K’s Samba

Jammu, Jul 22 : A man was arrested in connection with an attempt to murder case in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. Identified as Parveen Kumar, the man is accused of attacking a person, Krishan Lal, with a sharp-edged weapon on […]

COVID-19 tally in India climbs to 11,92,915, recoveries surge to 7,53,049

New Delhi, July 22: ?India?added?37,724 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday?taking the country’s tally to?11,92,915, while?recoveries surged to 7,53,049 with 28,472 people having recuperated in a day, the highest so far,?according to the?Union Health Ministry?data.? The death toll due to the disease rose to 28,732?with 648 people succumbing […]

Amber Heard denies fabricating injuries in Depp libel trial

LONDON — Amber Heard spent most of her second day of evidence in Johnny Depp’s libel case against a British tabloid dismissing accusations that she fabricated allegations of domestic violence against her ex-husband. Taking to the witness box Tuesday at the High Court in London, the actress faced […]

Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he is putting Russia and other foreign governments “on notice” that he would act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections. The statement came hours after Democratic leaders issued a new warning that Congress appears to be the target of […]

US virus aid far off as EU digs deep to aid ailing economies

MITO, Japan — U.S. lawmakers remained far apart Tuesday on a deal to provide more financial relief for Americans as European leaders thrashed out a plan for their pandemic-ravaged economies. Meanwhile, testing of an experimental vaccine showed it may produce an immune response against the coronavirus. The urgency […]

China vows ‘forceful counter-attack’ in escalating row with Britain over Hong Kong

LONDON/BEIJING – China threatened a “forceful counter-attack” on Tuesday in response to Britain’s announcement that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijing’s introduction of a national security law for the former British colony. On Monday, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told parliament the extradition […]

U.S. holds naval exercises with allies in Asia amid China tension

NEW DELHI/TOKYO – The United States is conducting two military exercises in Asian waters this week involving allies Japan, Australia and India, the U.S. navy said on Tuesday. The exercises come as military rivalry between the United States and China is intensifying and days after the United States […]

Virus vaccine hopes push Indian stocks higher for fifth session

BENGALURU – Indian stocks closed higher for a fifth straight session on Tuesday, hitting a more than four-month peak, as hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine being available as early as this year offset fears over surging domestic coronavirus cases. The NSE Nifty 50 index closed up 1.27% at […]

Wave of promising study results raises hopes for coronavirus vaccines

CHICAGO – Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognize and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects. Whether any of these efforts will […]

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