Day: March 23, 2020

Spain death toll tops 2,000 after 462 deaths in 24 hours: govt

9:58 pm March 23, 2020

Madrid: The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged to 2,182 after 462 people died within 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. The death rate showed a 27-per cent increase on the figures released a day earlier, with the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rising to 33,089 in Spain, one of the worst-hit […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Presidents in health crises: Trump more hands-on than many

9:51 pm March 23, 2020

Washington: Woodrow Wilson was more focused on the end of World War I than a flu virus that was making its way around the globe, ultimately sickening hundreds of thousands of Americans, including the president himself. George W. Bush stood with a bullhorn on a pile of rubble after the 9/11 attacks on lower Manhattan […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN experts voice alarm as rights lawyers disappear in China

9:42 pm March 23, 2020

Geneva: A group of independent UN rights experts said on Monday they were “gravely concerned” about the welfare of three human rights lawyers “forcibly disappeared” by Chinese authorities shortly after their arrests last December. Virus advances around the world as medical supplies dwindle Ding Jiaxi, a prominent Beijing-based disbarred lawyer, previously jailed for protesting against […]

Italy sees slowdown in rate of new virus cases

Czechs send Italy replacements for seized masks

9:36 pm March 23, 2020

Prague: Czech authorities said on Monday they had sent 110,000 face masks to Italy as compensation for a contingent seized from traffickers that turned out to be part of a donation from China to Italy. Described as a “theft” by some media, the seizure angered Italy, currently the global epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with […]

Centre's new agri laws "farmer-friendly", says Chouhan

Chouhan 4th time lucky; to be sworn in Madhya Pradesh CM

9:24 pm March 23, 2020

Bhopal: BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be sworn in Madhya Pradesh chief minister for the fourth time at 9 pm on Monday. He was elected state BJP Legistature Party leader here in the evening. The legislature party members – wearing masks due to coronavirus threat and sitting two chairs away from each other – […]