Day: March 2, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Delhi rumours: 1,880 distress calls on Sunday, 40 arrested, say police

9:37 pm March 2, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi police said they have arrested 40 people in connection with riot-related rumours that had spread in parts of the national capital on Sunday evening, when the department received 1,880 distress calls from people panicked by the false alarm of communal violence. The maximum 481 calls to police control room (PCR) came from […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Man held for spreading rumours about riots in West Delhi

9:35 pm March 2, 2020

New Delhi: A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly spreading rumours about communal riots in West Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area, police said on Monday. The accused has been identified as Abhishek Shukla, they said. “The Cyber Crime Cell of Delhi Police arrested Shukla for spreading rumours about riots in Nihal Vihar. He has over 10,000 […]

NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown

9:33 pm March 2, 2020

Washington: NASA satellite images show a dramatic fall in pollution over China that is “partly related” to the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the space agency said. The reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution was first noticed near Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, but eventually spread across China, according to NASA scientists […]

Supreme Court formally rejects Trump election challenge cases

US Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama health care law

9:26 pm March 2, 2020

Washington : The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election. The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional […]

Miscreants loot cash and gold worth Rs 20 lakh from bank

Woman escapes death by luck as stalker puts gun to her head

9:17 pm March 2, 2020

Pune: In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old stalker carrying a gun accosted a 21-year-old woman, fired in the air and also tried to kill her after she spurned his advances near Alephata town in Maharashtra’s Pune district, police said on Monday. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The accused, identified […]