Month: August 2020

Siddaramaiah tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital Advertisement

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors. The Manipal hospital, where the 71-year-old leader of opposition in the state assembly is undergoing treatment, said he is […]

Sushant’s death case to be handed over to CBI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Patna, Aug 4:  In a serious twist in the actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, the Bihar government on Tuesday decided to recommend a CBI inquiry into the sensational death by suicide case of the Bollywood star on a request from his father, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. […]

China factory activity expands at fastest pace in nearly a decade – Caixin PMI

BEIJING – China’s factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in nearly a decade in July as domestic demand continued to improve after the coronavirus crisis, though export orders and employment remained weak, a private business survey showed on Monday. The Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index(PMI) rose to […]

John Hume, Northern Irish Catholic leader and Nobel Peace laureate, dies at 83

BELFAST – John Hume, a key Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died on Monday at the age of 83, his SDLP party said. Hume, a veteran […]

Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse

BEIRUT — Power cuts that last up to 20 hours a day. Mountains of trash spilling into streets. Long lines at gas stations. It may seem like a standard summer in Lebanon, a country used to wrestling with crumbling infrastructure as it vaults from one disaster to another. […]

Afghan troops retake prison attacked by IS group; 29 killed

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Afghan forces said they retook a prison in the country’s east on Monday afternoon, following an hours-long battle a day after the facility was targeted by the Islamic State group in an attack that killed 29 people. The prison is believed to be holding hundreds […]

There may never be a ‘silver bullet’ for COVID-19, WHO warns

GENEVA – The World Health Organization warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with […]

Top Indian ministers in hospital as virus cases breach 50,000 for fifth day

BENGALURU – India’s interior minister and the chiefs of two big states have been hospitalized with COVID-19 as the country’s daily cases topped 50,000 for a fifth straight day on Monday. The country reported 52,972 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 […]

With a heavy hand, India rides out Kashmir’s year of disquiet

SRINAGAR, India – The scars of last summer remain in Soura, an enclave that became a symbol of Kashmir’s resistance to India’s central government a year ago on Wednesday. Coils of concertina wire, remnants of makeshift road blocks, lie close to the broken tar of roads dug up […]

India crosses a milestone, conducts more than 2 crore COVID tests

Tests Per Million increases to 14640 open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 3: In a landmark achievement, India has tested 2,02,02,858 COVID-19 samples so far. This is pursuant to the key strategy followed by State/UT governments under the guidance of Centre for management of COVID-19 to “Test […]

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