Month: July 2020

Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero’

WASHINGTON — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his audience didn’t care much for what he had to […]

At India’s largest COVID-19 hospital, doctors ready to tackle second wave of virus

NEW DELHI – Doctors at India’s largest hospital treating coronavirus patients said on Friday they are prepared if infections increase again in the capital, while rising cases in other parts of the country pushed the number of infections past one million on Friday. The 2,000-bed Lok Nayak Jai […]

Aishwarya Rai and daughter in hospital with COVID-19: media

July 18 – Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter are in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus this week, days after her husband and father-in-law were admitted, the Times of India reported on Saturday. Rai’s father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, 77, and her husband Abhishek Bachchan, 44, also major […]

CBDT to start e-campaign on Voluntary Compliance of Income Tax for FY 2018-19 from 20th July, 2020

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JULY 18: The Income Tax Department is all set to start an e-campaign on voluntary compliance of Income Tax for the convenience of taxpayers from Monday, the 20th of July, 2020. The 11 days campaign ending on 31st July, 2020 focuses on […]

Actual case load of COVID in the country only 3,58,692

Recovered cases increase to 6,53,750 Special Central Team being rushed to Bihar open view news desk NEW DELHI, JULY 18: Timely, proactive, and graded strategy initiatives for effective COVID-19 management in the country, led by the Center and implemented by the State/UT governments, have ensured that actual case […]

Iran estimates it has 25 million coronavirus infections

Tehran, Jul 18:  Iran’s president on Saturday estimated as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak’s beginning, as he urged the public to take the pandemic seriously, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday. Hassan Rouhani cited a new Iranian […]

Raje says Raj people paying for discord in Cong, asks it to not shift blame on BJP

Jaipur, Jul 18:  It is unfortunate that the people of Rajasthan are paying for the discord within the Congress, BJP national vice president and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje said on Saturday in her first reaction on the spiralling political crisis in the state. The Congress is trying […]

Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks with Kabul

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have put the son of the movement’s feared founder in charge of their military wing and added several powerful figures to their negotiating team, Taliban officials said. The shake-up, one of the most significant in years, comes ahead of expected talks with Kabul aimed […]

Iowa drug kingpin who killed 5 set for execution Friday

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A meth kingpin from Iowa who killed five people, including two young girls, is scheduled Friday to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week, following a 17-year pause in federal executions. Dustin Honken, 52, was sentenced to death for killing government […]

U.S. targets Chinese Communist Party members in possible travel ban -source

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States by all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, an idea that China dismissed as absurd. Senior officials discussing the matter had begun circulating […]

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