Day: April 23, 2020

India Post mobile app helps deliver masks, medicines

India Post helping people get pension money at doorstep

8:13 pm April 23, 2020

Kolkata: Over 1,000 elderly people of Kolkata and five districts of south Bengal have received pension at their doorstep during the last fortnight of the lockdown, thanks to the efforts of the India Post. Payments to the tune of more than Rs 90 lakh have been made to these people of North and South 24 […]

Four Australian police officers killed in accident involving Indian-origin truck driver

8:06 pm April 23, 2020

Melbourne: Four Australian police officers were killed in the line of duty when a speeding Indian-origin driver ploughed his truck into them here after he apparently suffered a “medical episode,” police said. The truck driver Mohinder Singh Bajwa from Cranbourne suburb, on Wednesday veered into the emergency lane from one of the freeway lanes and […]

Human trials of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University begin in UK

7:57 pm April 23, 2020

London: Human trials of an eagerly-awaited vaccine, developed by the prestigious Oxford University, against the novel coronavirus began in the UK on Thursday, with scientists giving it an 80 per cent chance of success. The UK government has pledged 20 million pounds to support the “ChAdOx1 nCoV-19” coronavirus vaccine trial programme, with UK Health Secretary […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

Stop cheap politics, join hands with govt in fighting coronavirus: BJP to Cong

7:51 pm April 23, 2020

New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of deliberately trying to create divisions in the society, the BJP on Thursday asked the opposition party not to practice “cheap and small politics” but come together with the Union government in fighting the coronavirus outbreak. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the Congress is trying to […]

Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan

11 juveniles escape from Delhi correctional home

7:46 pm April 23, 2020

New Delhi: Eleven juveniles escaped from a correctional home in Central Delhi after allegedly injuring its security in-charge and three police personnel, amid the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. All of them are in the age group of 16 to 18 years and they escaped from the correctional home near […]