Day: April 25, 2020

Delhi govt to implement MHA order on opening of shops

8:38 pm April 25, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday decided to implement the Centre’s latest guidelines on opening of shops, officials said. A Delhi government official said that non-essential shops will be allowed to open, but not in coronavirus containment zones. “No activity will be allowed in containment zones,” the official said. Standalone shops and and shops […]

British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Row over Boris Johnson’s top aide at secret Covid-19 science meetings

8:30 pm April 25, 2020

London: Downing Street on Saturday went into strong denial mode after a political row broke out over a UK media report claiming that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top aide had attended secret meetings of the scientific group advising the government on its Covid-19 response strategy. The Guardian’ claimed that Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s chief strategic […]

Outbursts, panic: Lockdown ordeal for special-needs families

8:23 pm April 25, 2020

Paris: After weeks of France’s strict lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his house, hoping that he could finally go out. His explanation: Too long at home, too hard to wait.” Coronavirus lockdown is proving a particularly trying ordeal for children with disabilities and their families […]

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

Iran deaths rise, hardest hit in Middle East

8:16 pm April 25, 2020

Tehran: Iran says it registered 76 more deaths in the previous 24 hours. That puts the reported death toll from Covid-19 at 5,650 and confirmed cases at over 89,000. Iran is the country hardest hit by the virus in the Middle East. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour says more than 1,100 new confirmed cases were […]

Italy to ease lockdown on May 4, give free masks

8:07 pm April 25, 2020

Rome: Italy will start distributing free protective masks to nursing homes, many of which have been devastated by coronavirus infections and deaths. Domenico Arcuri, the government’s commissioner for the pandemic, says doing so is a gesture of solidarity and nearness and support to these places ever more at the epicenter of this great crisis. Arcuri […]