Day: April 22, 2020

North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

South Korea downplays concerns over Kim Jong Un’s health

8:53 am April 22, 2020

Seoul: South Korean officials reported no unusual activity in North Korea on Tuesday following unconfirmed media reports that leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile health after surgery. But the possibly of high-level instability raised troubling questions about the future of a nuclear-armed state that has been steadily building an arsenal meant to threaten the […]

Two held for making Tiktok video on police

1:30 am April 22, 2020

Mumbai: Two persons from suburban Mankhurd in Mumbai were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making a TikTok video targeting the police by violating the coronavirus lockdown norms, an official said. The video was made by Salim Sheikh (24) and Fahad Salim Sheikh (27) saying that the police “don’t beat celebrities”, apparently in the context of […]

4-yr-old killed by pigs in Hyderabad

1:26 am April 22, 2020

Hyderabad: A four-year-old boy was fatally attacked by pigs at a garbage dump near his house here on Tuesday, police said. They said the boy had stepped out of his house to play in the evening while his parents stayed indoors. He went near the garbage dump, where some pigs attacked him, police said. Locals […]

Businessman killed over property dispute in Nagpur

1:14 am April 22, 2020

Nagpur: A businessman was killed in Nagpur on Tuesday evening over a property dispute, police said. Haribhau Savarkar had sold a parking plot to one Bunty Sheikh who constructed an illegal structure there, said an official of Sakkardara police station. “The structure was demolished recently by the civic corporation and Bunty accused Savarkar of playing […]

UK study finds arthritis drug tocilizumab effective in reducing COVID-19 deaths

Health Ministry seeks ban on export of anti-TB drugs

1:08 am April 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has sought a ban on the export of anti-tuberculosis drugs over concerns that the lockdown due to COVID-19 has affected the production of such medicines. Delay in production and receipt of supply may cause acute shortage of these drugs, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan said as she requested an […]