Day: April 14, 2020

‘Balconies, life, art’: Berlin’s shut-in artists show their work

12:56 am April 14, 2020

Berlin: Berlin’s art galleries are closed, but the art scene is rising to the occasion as around 50 artists join a community exhibition from their balconies. “At a time when our freedom of movement is suspended, (balconies) have become unique performance sites,” organisers said as they launched the project in the trendy Prenzlauer Berg district […]

Vaccine needed to fully halt spread of COVID-19: WHO

12:44 am April 14, 2020

Geneva: The World Health Organization said on Monday that a safe and effective vaccine would be needed to fully halt the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 114,000 people worldwide. “Our global connectedness means the risk of re-introduction and resurgence of COVID19 will continue,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing […]

India condemns Pakistan attack on Indian fishermen

12:32 am April 14, 2020

New Delhi: India on Monday strongly condemned an attack by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency on two Indian fishing boats off the coast of Gujarat and warned the neighbouring country to not repeat such “heinous” acts, official sources said. They said the personnel from the Pakistani agency targeted Indian fishermen on board two Indian fishing boats, […]

Man found hanging in Bihar quarantine centre

12:27 am April 14, 2020

Darbhanga (Bihar): A 43-year-old man, who was suffering from tuberculosis, was found hanging inside a quarantine centre of Bihar’s Darbhanga district on Monday. Authorities said he committed suicide. He was taken to the quarantine centre set up in a school after he somehow managed to reach home in Kumrauli village from Delhi on April 10. […]

SC rejects plea against PM CARES Fund

12:18 am April 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking quashing of the decision to set up the PM CARES Fund, where people can donate money, to deal with the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde described the PIL filed by lawyer […]

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