Day: April 24, 2020

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Bird flu in Bihar s Nawada district

8:04 pm April 24, 2020

Nawada: Already grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, Bihar has also reported bird flu cases from Nawada district, officials said on Friday. Nawada District Magistrate Yashpal Meena said that samples collected from a poultry farm in Rajahat village under Akbarpur block of the district have been found positive for bird flu. A total of 6,800 chicken have […]

Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases

UK Opposition to review impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minorities

7:09 pm April 24, 2020

London: The UK’s Opposition Labour Party on Friday announced a review into the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s minority ethnic populations, including those of Indian-origin. Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer hosted a digital roundtable alongside ministers from his shadow cabinet and representatives from Britain’s minorities communities to kick-start the process of […]

Iran says no longer at ‘red’ status, reports 93 new virus deaths

7:03 pm April 24, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s health ministry said on Friday that the virus-hit country was no longer at “red” status as it announced another 93 deaths from its COVID-19 outbreak. Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the novel coronavirus fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours took Iran’s overall death toll to 5,574. Jahanpour also announced 1,168 new cases […]

EDMC kicks off month-long anti-dengue campaign

Fight against malaria could be set back 20 years, WHO warns

6:57 pm April 24, 2020

Cape Town: One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll. The WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where it already kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, […]

Donations for Ayodhya mosque made tax-free

Pandemic brings gloom to Muslims marking month of Ramzan

6:54 pm April 24, 2020

Jakarta: Millions of Muslims in Asia on Friday started the holiest month on the Islamic calendar under the coronavirus lockdown or strict social restrictions, deepening their anxiety over the disease. For many, Ramzan is a time to get closer to God, family and community, but the pandemic has upended those traditions. Many face unemployment, travel […]