Month: August 2020

Isaias nears virus-hit Florida after lashing the Bahamas

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Early bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast before dawn Sunday as authorities warily eyed the approaching storm, which threatened to snarl efforts to quell surging cases of the coronavirus across the region. Isaias weakened from a hurricane to a tropical […]

Debate begins for who’s first in line for COVID-19 vaccine

Who gets to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision. “Not everybody’s going to like the answer,” Dr. Francis Collins, director of the […]

Amit Shah tests positive for coronavirus, hospitalised

NEW DELHI – Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that he had tested positive for coronavirus and had been admitted to hospital. Amit Shah, a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and one of the country’s most powerful politicians, heads a key ministry that has been […]

Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok’s US business

NEW YORK — Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the U.S. operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns, according to a person familiar with the discussions who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of […]

India reports 55,000 virus cases, Florida faces storm

NEW DELHI — India reported nearly 55,000 new coronavirus cases Sunday and the Philippines recorded another daily high to surpass 100,000 total infections, while Florida braced for a tropical storm that threatened to hamper anti-disease efforts. A curfew was imposed on Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, following a spike […]

NASA astronauts riding SpaceX capsule poised for Sunday return

The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon are heading home for a Sunday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, capping a two-month voyage in space that marked NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. Crew Dragon […]

Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

The Australian state of Victoria declared a state of disaster and authorities in Vietnam said they would test the entire population of a city for the coronavirus — reflecting worries around the world about getting the disease under control. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking […]

PM addresses Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020

National Education Policy 2020 reflects the aspirations of the 21st century youth says PM NEP aims at transformational reforms; focuses on making Job creators rather than Job seekers , says PM open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 1: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Grand Finale […]

Sisters from Northeast tie Rakhi on Jawans posted in J&K

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 2: In a massive show of love, solidarity, brotherhood, national bonding and togetherness, sisters from North-East tied Rakhi on Jawans from armed forces and paramilitary personnel deployed in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. On the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Self-help […]

TN in total shutdown on Sunday

Chennai, Aug 2: Tamil Nadu went on a total shutdown mode on Sunday with the government imposing intense curbs as part of its anti-coronavirus measures, leaving main roads deserted while most shops, barring pharmacies,remained closed. Roads were virtually empty with no vehicles plying on account of the strict implementation […]

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