Day: March 28, 2020

Maruti Suzuki sales increase 19 pc to 1,82,448 units in October

Maruti joins hands with AgVa Healthcare to scale up ventilator production

8:27 pm March 28, 2020

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Saturday said it will work with AgVa Healthcare to help it rapidly scale up production of ventilators in the country in wake of coronavirus pandemic. “An arrangement has been entered into with AgVa Healthcare, an existing approved manufacturer of ventilators,” MSI said in a statement. The company would […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

British PM Johnson speaks to Trump after coronavirus diagnosis

8:17 pm March 28, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to US President Donald Trump over the phone to discuss the coronavirus pandemic soon after he took to social media to announce that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has gone into self-isolation. The 55-year-old, who is believed to be the first world leader to have tested […]

Africa's 43% jump in COVID-19 cases in week worries experts

Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa

8:13 pm March 28, 2020

Johannesburg: Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons. Virus prevention measures have taken a violent turn in parts of Africa as countries impose lockdowns and curfews or […]

Iran says no longer at 'red' status, reports 93 new virus deaths

Iran coronavirus death toll tops 2,500: ministry

8:07 pm March 28, 2020

Tehran: Iran announced Saturday that 139 more people had died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 2,517 in one of the world’s worst-affected countries. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 3,076 more cases had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections […]

Pakistan has over 12,000 suspected cases, says top health official as positive infections reach 1,495

China sends medical assistance to Pakistan to combat coronavirus outbreak

8:01 pm March 28, 2020

Islamabad: A special plane from China carrying a team of eight medical experts and relief assistance landed here on Saturday to help Pakistan to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected over 1,400 people in the country, the Pakistani foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood […]