Day: March 29, 2020

Woman dies of coronavirus in Mumbai: Maharashtra toll reaches 7

4:05 pm March 29, 2020

Mumbai: The test reports of a 40-year-old woman who died in Mumbai on Saturday have come out positive for coronavirus, taking the death toll of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra to seven, a civic official said on Sunday. The woman was admitted to a civic hospital here on Saturday after she complained of severe respiratory distress, […]

SpiceJet to operate 21 new flights from next week

SpiceJet pilot tests positive for COVID-19

3:57 pm March 29, 2020

New Delhi: SpiceJet said on Sunday that one of its pilots who did not fly any international flight in March has tested positive for the coronavirus. “One of our colleagues, a first officer with SpiceJet, has tested positive for COVID-19. The test report came on March 28. He did not operate any international flight in […]

Holy Week celebrations to be held without the faithful, livestreamed in view of lockdown

3:49 pm March 29, 2020

Kochi: The liturgical celebrations of the Holy Week from April 5 would be low-key and held without the presence of the faithful and would be livestreamed in view of the lockdown as part of measures to prevent spread of coronavirus, the Syro-Malabar Church has said. “We are in the 21-day lockdown announced by the Prime […]

COVID-19: Rahane donates Rs 10 lakh

3:41 pm March 29, 2020

Mumbai: India’s Test team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has donated Rs 10 lakh to the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This was confirmed to PTI on Sunday by a source close to Rahane, who joins the list of sportspersons who have contributed towards the fight against the pandemic. Batting […]

UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Very idea of using disease as weapon is viewed with repugnance: UN chief

3:37 pm March 29, 2020

United Nations: The very idea of “using a disease as a weapon” is viewed with repugnance but the international community must remain vigilant as scientific advances are reducing technical barriers that earlier limited the potential of biological weapons, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. The UN chief, in his message on the 45th anniversary of […]