Month: July 2020

PM greets CRPF personnel on 82nd Raising Day

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JULY 27: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has greeted the CRPF personnel on the 82nd Raising Day. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Greetings to all @crpfindia personnel on the 82nd Raising Day of this outstanding Force. CRPF is at […]

India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) continues to improve and is 2.28%

Total Recoveries cross 9 lakh More than 30,000 Recoveries/day for 4th Successive Day open view news desk NEW DELHI, JULY 27: The focused efforts of Centre and State/UT governments on early detection and isolation through aggressive testing and efficient clinical management of hospitalized cases have shown results with […]

Sensex, Nifty open marginally higher

Mumbai, Jul 27: Equity gauges Sensex and Nifty started the session with marginal gains on Monday, tracking positive Asian shares. In opening deals, BSE Sensex was trading 54.76 points or 0.14 per cent higher at 38,183.66; while Nifty was up 9.40 points or 0.84 per cent at 11,203.55. Asian […]

Make tocilizumab, plasma therapy available for every COVID-19 patient: Gehlot to officials

Jaipur, Jul 26:  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday directed officials to make available life-saving tocilizumab injection and plasma therapy to every COVID-19 patient in critical condition. In a review meeting on the coronavirus situation in the state, he said that tocilizumab injection costs around Rs 40,000 […]

Police corral crowds as movers leave US Consulate in China

CHENGDU, China — Moving trucks and vehicles with diplomatic plates pulled out of a U.S. Consulate in southwest China on Sunday, as its impending closure over rising bilateral tensions drew a steady stream of onlookers for the second straight day. People stopped to take selfies and photos, jamming […]

Luck? Genetics? Italian island spared from COVID outbreak

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — Stranded on a tiny Italian island, a cancer researcher grew increasingly alarmed to hear that one, and then three more visitors had fallen ill with COVID-19. Paola Muti braced for a rapid spread of the coronavirus to the 800 closely-knit islanders, many of whom […]

100 Days: Trump faces headwinds as Election Day draws near

WASHINGTON — With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position as his reelection bid against Democrat Joe Biden enters a pivotal stretch. […]

Tens of thousands protest against Putin in Russian far east

KHABAROVSK/MOSCOW – Tens of thousands marched in the Russian far east on Saturday, the third such weekend protest in a row, to express their anger over what they say is President Vladimir Putin’s mishandling of a local political crisis. Residents of Khabarovsk, around 3,800 miles (6,110 km) and […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says new COVID-19 test came back negative

SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that he has tested negative for the novel coronavirus after weeks quarantined in his residence due to an infection.     In a photo posted to social media, Bolsonaro appeared with a box of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug […]

Exclusive: Alibaba, Jack Ma summoned by Indian court on former employee’s complaint

NEW DELHI – An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps, documents seen by Reuters showed. […]

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