Day: March 7, 2020

Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Pope to deliver Sunday prayer by livestream due to virus

7:37 pm March 7, 2020

Vatican City: The Vatican said Pope Francis will deliver Sunday’s Angelus Prayer by livestream instead of in person from his window overlooking Saint Peter’s Square out of concern over spreading the new coronavirus. “The prayer will be broadcast via livestream by Vatican News and on screens in Saint Peter’s Square,” the Vatican said in a statement.

Coronavirus outbreak: Kuwait suspends flights from India, 6 other countries

7:30 pm March 7, 2020

New Delhi: Kuwait on Saturday suspended operations of all flights to and from India and six other countries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The General Administration of Civil Administration has issued a circular to airlines operating at Kuwait International Airport in this regard. The watchdog has decided to suspend “all flights to and […]

Saudi Arabia reopens area around sacred Kaaba amid virus measures

7:26 pm March 7, 2020

Mecca: Saudi Arabia reopened Saturday the area around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site, reversing one of a series of measures introduced to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Saudi authorities this week suspended the year-round umrah pilgrimage, during which worshippers circle the Kaaba seven times, and also announced the temporary closure of […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Coronavirus: Delhi gurudwara committee to distribute masks free of cost

7:24 pm March 7, 2020

New Delhi: In view of coronavirus, the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) will distribute protective masks free of cost as a precautionary measure, its chairman Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Saturday. The masks will be distributed through gurudwaras in the city managed by the DSGMC, he said. The committee will initially distribute 10,000 masks […]

Kabul victims describe scenes of carnage after attack

7:19 pm March 7, 2020

Kabul: Kabul was reeling Saturday after Islamic State jihadists killed 32 people and wounded dozens more, with injured survivors describing scenes of terror as gunmen opened fire in the deadliest attack to hit Afghanistan since a US-Taliban deal. The attack at a crowded gathering in the capital has raised questions about Afghanistan’s abysmal security situation […]