Day: April 3, 2020

PM discusses COVID-19 with top sportspersons, seeks support for awareness campaigns

4:08 pm April 3, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed the the rapidly-growing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic with India’s top athletes, including cricket icon Virat Kohli and star shuttler P V Sindhu, urging them to support awareness campaigns on social distancing More than 40 athletes, along with sports minister Kiren Rijiju, participated in nearly an […]

COVID-19 cases rise to 172 in UP

3:55 pm April 3, 2020

Lucknow: There has been a steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh with at least 46 fresh cases being reported in the last 24 hours, taking to 172 the total number of coronavirus patients in the state as on Friday, a senior health official said. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in UP […]

Shiv Sena slams organisers of Nizamuddin gathering

3:43 pm April 3, 2020

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Friday said holding a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area at the time of coronavirus pandemic was an “inhuman” act and came down heavily on the organisers of the last month’s event. The mega gathering at Tablighi Jamaat’s headquarters at Nizamuddin in the national capital, attended by delegates from across […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

3:37 pm April 3, 2020

Dhaka: Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, with officials warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. With about 40,000 people per square kilometer (103,600 per square mile) living […]

Coronavirus: US says small business aid will start Friday

3:30 pm April 3, 2020

Washington: The US Treasury Secretary promised small and medium-sized businesses Thursday that financial aid from the USD 2.2 trillion stimulus package aimed at cushioning the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic will flow as early as Friday. “This will be up and running tomorrow. You’ll get the money, you’ll get it the same day,” promised […]