Day: March 8, 2020

Vaccination drive: Jab and job go hand in hand for doctors

400 quarantined in Assam for coming in contact with US tourist who tested positive for COVID-19

11:40 pm March 8, 2020

Guwahati: At least 400 people in Assam have been quarantined after they came in contact with an American tourist who tested positive for the new coronavirus in Bhutan after travelling through the state recently, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Sarma said tests for five persons have been […]

Efforts on for return of Indian pilgrims from Qom in Iran: Jaishankar

11:38 pm March 8, 2020

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said efforts are underway for the return of Indian pilgrims from Iran’s Qom city and follow up arrangements are being discussed with the Iranian authorities. Jaishankar also said no case of coronavirus has been reported among the Indian fishermen in Iran. Tagging a tweet of NCP […]

CBI books Rana Kapoor, Kapil Wadhawan for cheating and corruption

11:35 pm March 8, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has booked Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor, DoIT Urban Ventures, a company allegedly held by his family members, and DHFL promoter -director Kapil Wadhawan for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption, sources said on Sunday. The agency has alleged that Kapoor, 62, entered into a criminal conspiracy with Wadhawan for extending […]

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

Saudi cordons off Shiite-majority region over coronavirus

11:33 pm March 8, 2020

Riyadh: Saudi authorities Sunday cordoned off the eastern region of Qatif, a centre of the kingdom’s Shiite minority, in a bid to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus as the total number of cases rose to 11. The lockdown on Qatif, home to around 500,000 people, is the first action of its kind across the Gulf region […]

Two avalanches hit Kashmir; no loss of life reported

Avalanches kill six in Austria: police

11:31 pm March 8, 2020

Vienna: Avalanches killed six people in Austria Sunday in two separate incidents, police said. At least five people were swept away Sunday morning by a large avalanche on a mountain in Upper Austria, part of a group walking in snow shoes on the Dachstein range. Local police said five bodies had been recovered from the […]

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