Day: April 18, 2020

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

Humanity will overcome pandemic, says PM as he hails ministries for helping people in lockdown

3:48 pm April 18, 2020

New Delhi: Humanity will surely overcome the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he hailed the efforts put in by various ministries to help people during the lockdown, and in the fight against COVID-19. “The world is fighting COVID-19 together. Humanity will surely overcome this pandemic,” Modi wrote on Twitter while […]

COVID-19: India is not in community transmission stage, says ICMR

Coronavirus: Matterhorn mountain in Swiss Alps lights up with Indian flag in show of solidarity

3:47 pm April 18, 2020

Geneva: Switzerland has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic by projecting the tricolour on the famous Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps to give “hope and strength” to all Indians. Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter has been lighting up the 4,478-meter pyramidal peak straddling between Switzerland and Italy with spectacular […]

Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests

3:33 pm April 18, 2020

Washington: Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protestors rallying against lockdown orders. Evidence is mounting that social distancing successfully slowed the pandemic after more than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — were confined to […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Iran lets some Tehran businesses reopen after virus lockdown

3:27 pm April 18, 2020

Tehran: Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. Iran was slow to respond to the pandemic and held off on imposing widespread restrictions even after other countries in the region with far fewer cases […]

Leopard caged in Bengal tea garden, third in a month

Leopard caught near Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu

3:22 pm April 18, 2020

Jammu: A female leopard was captured alive by the wildlife department near Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The movement of the leopard along with two cubs was reported in Katra town, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the famous shrine, and nearby Tarakote track […]