Day: March 9, 2020

Several Madhya Pradesh MLAs land in Bengaluru

11:08 pm March 9, 2020

Bengaluru: Several legislators, including a few ministers, from Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh, arrived in the city on Monday, amid reports of infighting in the party’s state unit and allegations of poaching. They landed here earlier in the day by chartered flights and staying at an undisclosed location, sources said. The development came even as senior Madhya […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Coronavirus: Elderly couple among 17 from TN stranded on cruise ship docked in Egypt

10:39 pm March 9, 2020

Coimbatore: An elderly couple from here is among the 17 passengers from Tamil Nadu stranded in a cruise ship anchored in River Nile in Egypt after 45 people onboard it tested positive for coronavirus, according to their family. After the ship with 171 tourists docked in the Nile near Luxor City in Egypt, all the […]

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

No correlation between temperature variations and coronavirus spread: Experts

10:36 pm March 9, 2020

New Delhi: With the mercury decreasing over the last few days and fear of coronavirus looming, experts have said there is no established correlation between the variations in temperature and spread of COVID-19. The experts said COVID-19 spreads through human contact. Mass gathering has to be avoided and people need to take precautions like washing […]

35 killed in Ghana bus collision: officials

10:33 pm March 9, 2020

Accra: Thirty-five people, including women and children, were killed on Monday when two buses collided on a busy road in Ghana, officials said. The accident, which happened on the Kintampo-Tamale highway in Bono East region, around 430 kilometres outside the capital Accra, also left six people in critical condition. “I can confirm that the death […]

Death toll in collapse of hotel used as quarantine facility in China rises to 11

10:29 pm March 9, 2020

Beijing: The death toll from the collapse of a hotel used as a quarantine facility in China’s Fujian province amid the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 11, local officials said on Monday. The Xinjia Hotel in Licheng district in Quanzhou city was used to quarantine and observe people who had come to the province during […]