Dr. Jitendra Singh releases National Corona Survey conducted in 410 Districts of the Country.

open view news desk NEW DELHI APRIL 2: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions today released the National Preparedness Survey on COVID 19 – Responses of District Collectors and IAS Officers (2014-2018 batches). A copy of the report is available at https://darpg.gov.in. The […]

MHA writes to States/UTs to ensure smooth Disbursal of Money to beneficiaries of PM-GKY during 21-day Lockdown to fight COVID-19

open view news desk NEW DELHI APRIL 2: The Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance had issued detailed guidelines on disbursal of money to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PM-GKY) through banks, during 21-day lockdown to fight COVID-19. In pursuance of these guidelines, Secretary, Union […]

COVID-19 Robust contact tracing led to detection of 62 positive cases in JK: Kansal

Nearly 2000 contacts of positive cases have been identified J&K steps up testing process J&K’s testing rate second only to Kerala, will be further boosted 4 lakh masks, 1.60 lakh sanitizers ordered, stock position normal open view news desk JAMMU, APRIL 01: Principal Secretary Planning, Information and Government […]

2 held for hiding travel history in J-K's Samba

Jammu, Apr 2: A man from UP who did not share his travel history with the authorities and a ‘moulvi’ who gave him shelter in a mosque have been apprehended in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the Chak Doulat […]

India's stranded migrant workers struggle under virus lockdown

MUMBAI – India’s 21-day lockdown to fight the coronavirus has left hundreds of migrant workers stranded in Mumbai, with no money, little food and even fewer options of leaving their squalid makeshift accommodation soon. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the lockdown, tens of thousands of migrant workers […]

Infection rate steepens as India searches for 9,000 exposed to Delhi cluster

NEW DELHI – India reported its biggest single day increase in coronavirus cases as officials on Thursday raced to track down some 9,000 people exposed to the country’s biggest infection cluster during a Muslim missionary group’s gathering in the capital last month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed […]

Global virus cases near million as US records youngest death

A six-week-old baby died of COVID-19 and global agencies warned of food shortages as coronavirus infections around the world neared one million Wednesday. Governments expanded lockdowns to affect about half of the planet, with funeral parties banned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, New York locking up its […]

Activists slam China's use of bear bile in virus treatment

China has approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears it could undermine efforts to stop the illegal animal trade which is blamed for the emergence of the new disease sweeping the globe. The move comes just weeks after China banned […]

Pakistan overturns Briton's death sentence in Daniel Pearl murder

A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl. Defence lawyer Khawja Naveed told AFP his client’s sentence had been reduced to seven years in prison. Since Omar […]

Chinese smartphone health code rules post-virus life

WUHAN, China — Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen. Green is the “health code” that says a user is symptom-free and it’s required to board a subway, check into a hotel or just enter Wuhan, the central […]

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