Day: March 17, 2020

Iran bans fire festival celebrations over virus

6:19 pm March 17, 2020

Tehran: Iranian police have banned celebrations marking the country’s traditional Persian New Year fire festival as part of efforts to stop a deadly coronavirus outbreak, state media reported. Chaharshanbe Soori is held annually on the last Wednesday evening before the spring holiday of Nowrouz, which starts on March 20. Iranians traditionally jump over fires and […]

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Scammers use coronavirus to trick fearful South Africans

5:56 pm March 17, 2020

Johannesburg: South Africa’s central bank has warned citizens against scammers visiting homes to “recall” banknotes and coins they said were contaminated with the novel coronavirus. The criminals carried fake identification badges and provided false receipts to victims, who were told they could exchange the slips for “clean” cash at any bank. The bank said in […]

Egypt quarantines 300 families in village after virus deaths

5:50 pm March 17, 2020

Cairo: Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after two deaths were recorded this month originating from the area. “We have confined more than 300 families to their homes where they will remain in quarantine,” Health Minister Hala Zayed told late-night television […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

‘Heartbreaking’: Olympic torch events downscaled over virus By Hiroshi

5:39 pm March 17, 2020

Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 organisers said Tuesday they had taken the “heartbreaking” decision to scale back parts of the Olympic torch relay due to the coronavirus, but stressed that spectators would still be allowed to watch from the roadside. Chief executive Toshiro Muto told reporters that the “grand start” of the torch relay from the disaster-hit […]

CCS approves Tejas deal worth Rs 48,000 crore

FOC-Standard LCA Tejas takes to skies on maiden flight

4:29 pm March 17, 2020

Bengaluru: Tejas, the first Light Combat Aircraft in Final Operational Clearance-standard (SP-21) took to the skies for its maiden flight here on Tuesday, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said. Piloted by Air Cmde. K A Muthana (Retd), Chief Test Flying (Fixed Wing), the aircraft took-off from HAL Airport at around 1230 hours, the Bengaluru-headquartered defence PSU […]