Day: February 19, 2020

Massive forest fire damaged hundreds of trees in J-K's Bhaderwah

Forest fires erupt in Himachal’s Kinnaur district

5:47 pm February 19, 2020

Shimla: Several forest fires erupted in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district in recent days, burning trees spread over many hectares. The fire broke out in areas including Suru, Labana-Sadana and Chaura a few days ago, the residents of nearby villages said. While the blaze in Chaura has been put out, it is still on in Suru […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

2 crew members of Chinese ship under isolation in TN

5:44 pm February 19, 2020

Chennai: Two Chinese crew members of a ship, which arrived from the novel coronavirus-hit China have been kept in isolation due to fever, while the vessel has been “kept away from access”, the Chennai Port Trust said on Wednesday. The blood samples of the isolated individuals have been collected and sent to a city-based institute […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Two held for illegal sand mining in HP’s Solan district

5:42 pm February 19, 2020

Shimla: Two persons, including a Punjab resident, have been arrested for illegal sand mining in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district, the police said on Wednesday. Gurdeep Singh of Punjab’s Mohali district and Hardev Singh of Solan’s Kotla village were caught at around 1 am on Wednesday, Baddi Superintendent of Police Rohit Malpani said. The SP said […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

Death toll from China virus surges past 2,000

5:40 pm February 19, 2020

Beijing: The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in China crossed the 2,000-mark on Wednesday with the death of 136 more people, while the overall confirmed cases climbed to 74,185, authorities said. The National Health Commission said in its daily report that 2,004 people had died of the disease known as COVID-19. NHC said 1,749 […]

11 Indian universities in top 100 for emerging economies

5:37 pm February 19, 2020

London: Indian universities had a good performance year within the emerging economies of the world as a record 11 made it to the top 100 Times Higher Education’s (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020. Only China has more universities than India in the top 100 at 30 from a total of 47 countries and territories […]

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