Day: April 26, 2020

France to give details on easing lockdown

5:10 pm April 26, 2020

Paris: The French government will detail to parliament on Tuesday how it plans to pull the country out of the coronavirus lockdown that has plunged the eurozone’s second-largest economy into a deep and alarming freeze. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe tweeted that he will unveil the national deconfinement strategy in an address at the National Assembly. […]

COVID-19 cases in Wuhan hospitals to zero for 1st time: official

5:06 pm April 26, 2020

Beijing/Wuhan: The number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in China’s Wuhan, where the virus first emerged before turning out to be a pandemic, on Sunday dropped to zero for the first time, marking yet another milestone for the city which was opened up on April 8 after a 76-day lockdown. The result has been achieved with […]

MP: Man flees after marrying 2 women in 5 days

Wedding conducted with only eight guests due to lockdown

4:59 pm April 26, 2020

Coimbatore: Amid the lockdown, a marriage was solemnised at the Ayyappan Temple here on Sunday in a simple way, with just eight guests. The date for the marriage was fixed four months ago, even before the coronavirus attack and the elders decided to go ahead though in a simple manner. The lockdown and the spread […]

Singapore reports 41 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: report

Coronavirus cases cross 3000-mark in Singapore, foreign workers worst-affected

4:50 pm April 26, 2020

Singapore: Coronavirus cases in Singapore crossed the 13,000-mark on Sunday after 931 positive cases were confirmed with majority of them continued to be foreign workers, including Indian nationals, living in dormitories. The vast majority of the news cases are work permit holders residing in dormitories for foreign workers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in […]

Anantkumar Hegde says his Twitter account blocked

4:46 pm April 26, 2020

Bengaluru: Former Union minister and controversial BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde on Sunday said his Twitter account has been blocked and accused the microblogging site of taking an ‘anti-India stand’ and acting “with very prejudiced intentions’. The MP from Uttara Kannada has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the ‘Digital colonisation’ by a a […]