Day: April 10, 2020

Xi calls for tighter supervision of workplace safety as China resumes work after coronavirus battle

8:57 pm April 10, 2020

Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday called for tighter supervision of safety measures at workplaces as China gears up to resume work and production in a big way after over two months of battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Xi asked officials to strengthen monitoring and law enforcement of production safety even as coronavirus cases began […]

Nepal, India agree to enhance cooperation in fight against coronavirus

7:52 pm April 10, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday agreed to enhance cooperation to further intensify the fight against the coronavirus and underlined the need of taking care of the citizens left stranded in each other’s country due to the lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic. Oli and […]

European Council President Charles Michel

EU leaders to discuss economic recovery from pandemic

7:46 pm April 10, 2020

Brussels: European Council President Charles Michel on Friday called an EU leaders’ video conference for April 23 to discuss how Europe can pick itself up from the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “It is time to lay the ground for a robust economic recovery,” he said in a statement a day after EU […]

UP: Two Rohingyas arrested for living illegally in India

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh put under ‘complete lockdown’

7:35 pm April 10, 2020

Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh has imposed a “complete lockdown” in Cox’s Bazar district — home to over a million Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar — to halt the spread of coronavirus, officials have said. Experts have warned that the disease could spread quickly through the cramped, sewage-soaked alleys where the persecuted Muslim minority are housed in […]

No. of coronavirus cases mounts to 903 in Delhi, death toll rises to 14: Authorities

Over 30 booked for stepping out without masks in Delhi

4:21 pm April 10, 2020

New Delhi: Over 30 people have been booked for stepping out of their houses without wearing masks to guard themselves against coronavirus in northwest Delhi, police said on Friday. READ: Delhi hotspots list According to a senior police officer, total 32 people were booked after they were found without masks in different areas of the […]