Day: April 9, 2020

Sonia slams Centre for ‘anti-people’ activities, ‘exploiting’ farmers

Indian Newspaper Society slams Sonia’s suggestion of ad ban

2:46 pm April 9, 2020

New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society on Wednesday condemned Congress president Sonia Gandhi‘s suggestion of imposing a ban on media advertisements by the government and PSUs for two years, saying such a proposal tantamounts to “financial censorship”. The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) asked the Congress chief to withdraw the suggestion in the interest of a […]

Health Ministry issues advisory for healthcare workers

Frontline nurse lives life in isolation

2:32 pm April 9, 2020

Jaipur: When his mother died, nurse Ram Murti Meena was at work at SMS Hospital’s coronavirus isolation ward. He saw the last rites being performed on a video call on his mobile phone. Certainly, it was a painful thing for me to skip the funeral of my mother, who died at the age of 93 […]

MP records 1,357 new coronavirus cases, ten deaths

11 Indians die of coronavirus in US

3:11 am April 9, 2020

Washington: At least 11 Indians have died of COVID-19 in the United States with another 16 testing positive for the infection which has claimed more than 14,000 lives and afflicted more than four lakh people in the US. All Indian citizens who have succumbed to the deadly infection in the US are male, with ten […]

India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

Finland discovers masks bought from China not hospital-safe

2:46 am April 9, 2020

Helsinki: Two million protective masks purchased by Finland from China have turned out to be unsuitable for use in hospitals, the Finnish government admitted on Wednesday. On Tuesday Finland’s Health minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen had tweeted a picture of the first shipment of two million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks being unloaded at Helsinki airport […]

US to donate ventilators to India to fight coronavirus: Trump

Trump thanks India on HCQ decision, says will not be forgotten

2:35 am April 9, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s decision to allow the export of malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to the United States. Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten! Trump said in a […]