Day: March 29, 2020

Israel’s Netanyahu, Gantz see ‘significant progress’ toward unity govt

3:33 pm March 29, 2020

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his erstwhile rival Benny Gantz on Sunday announced “significant progress” in talks towards forming an emergency unity government amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Gantz, whose now fractured centrist Blue and White alliance had positioned itself as the alternative to Netanyahu in three inconclusive elections over the past year, […]

French chefs cook up antidote to virus confinement

3:29 pm March 29, 2020

Paris: Frustrated at stay-at-home confinement, France’s celebrity chefs are cooking up an antidote to the gloomy days of pandemic and quarantine with the help of television and social networks. “Today it’s not chef Lignac talking, it’s Cyril who like all French people has to do his shopping near where he lives,” says Cyril Lignac, the […]

North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

North Korea fires missiles into sea, criticized by South

3:22 pm March 29, 2020

Seoul: North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea said, calling it “very inappropriate” at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the projectiles flying from the North Korean eastern coastal city of Wonsan into the waters […]

Coronavirus: Kalyan Jewellers to spend Rs 10 cr to provide food, essential items to needy

3:16 pm March 29, 2020

Mumbai: Kalyan Jewellers has said it will set aside Rs 10 crore towards fighting the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The company will partner with local and government bodies to ensure that the funds are allocated in a meaningful and efficient manner, ensuring availability of supplies and providing food and other essentials to the vulnerable sections of […]

USFDA classifies Sun Pharma’s Halol facility as official action indicated

3:11 pm March 29, 2020

New Delhi: Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical on Sunday said the US health regulator has classified its Halol facility in Gujarat as Official Action Indicated (OAI). The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) had inspected the facility from December 03-13, 2019 and had issued eight observations, the company had earlier said in a regulatory filing […]