Day: April 9, 2020

Have augmented number of ICU beds, AAP govt to HC

COVID-19: nine deaths in Mumbai, 79 new cases found

10:35 pm April 9, 2020

Mumbai: Nine coronavirus patients died in Mumbai on Thursday, taking the death toll due to the deadly infection in the city to 65, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. Seventy-nine persons tested positive for COVID-19 during the day, taking the number of such cases in the country’s financial capital to 775, the civic body said. Six […]

Night curfew imposed in Noida, Ghaziabad till April 17

Noida: 3 new coronavirus cases, total rises to 63

10:30 pm April 9, 2020

Noida (UP): Two more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Noida and one in Greater Noida on Thursday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar to 63, according to officials. “The new cases are from Sector 50 and Eldico Utopia in Sector 93A of Noida and Silver City in Sector P12 […]

Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus

8:35 pm April 9, 2020

Tehran: Iran‘s supreme leader suggested Thursday that mass gatherings in the Islamic Republic may be barred through the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment in a televised address as Iran prepares to restart its economic activity while suffering one of the world’s worst outbreaks. […]

German population slightly lower as virus hits immigration

German partial unemployment ‘to exceed 2009 crisis level’

8:30 pm April 9, 2020

Berlin: Almost 650,000 businesses had applied for Germany’s reduced-hours work scheme by April 6, official figures showed Thursday, with the government expecting uptake to exceed levels seen in the 2008-2009 financial crisis. The latest figures released by Germany’s federal labour agency (BA) mark a 40 percent rise in applications, up from 470,000 on the last […]

Spy chief named Iraq’s third PM-designate this year

8:14 pm April 9, 2020

Baghdad: Iraqi President Barham Saleh nominated spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi on Thursday as the country’s third prime minister-designate this year, moments after predecessor Adnan Zurfi ended his bid to form a government. The nomination ceremony was attended by the country’s top political figures, indicating widespread support for Kadhemi, 53, that neither of the previous PM-designates […]