Day: May 21, 2020

Barabanki emerges as COVID-19 hotspot; 95 new cases Barabanki

6:26 pm May 21, 2020

Barabanki (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district has emerged as the new COVID-19 hotspot as 95 new cases of the virus were reported in a single day, half of them migrant workers returning from other states. District Magistrate, Barabanki, Aadarsh Kumar, said on Wednesday that of the 245 samples sent for testing on May 15-16, 95 […]

Pakistan conducts highest number of coronavirus tests over 24-hour period as cases cross 48,000-mark

2:26 pm May 21, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan conducted the highest number of tests per day during the last 24 hours as the coronavirus cases crossed 48,000-mark on Thursday, the health ministry said. Pakistan recorded 2,193 new cases, taking the total number of infections to 48,091. The death toll stands at 1,017 with 32 new fatalities. As many as 15,346 coronavirus […]

New Zealand PM wants employers to consider four-day work week to promote tourism

2:21 pm May 21, 2020

Wellington: New Zealand’s prime minister wants employers to consider switching to a four-day work week as a way to promote tourism, which has been hard-hit by the pandemic. Jacinda Ardern said on Facebook Live people had learned a lot about work flexibility during the lockdown that was eased last week. The nation’s borders remain closed […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Building a genocide case for IS crimes against Yazidis

2:17 pm May 21, 2020

Qasr Al-Mihrab (Iraq): It was clear he was in charge when he entered the wedding hall-turned-slave pen in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where dozens of Yazidi women and girls huddled on the floor, newly abducted by Islamic State militants. He beat them at the slightest sign of resistance. At one point, he dragged a […]

Pakistan’s counter-terrorism steps important but not irreversible: US

2:12 pm May 21, 2020

Washington: The Trump administration is pressing Islamabad to take “credible steps” to dismantle the terror groups operating from its soil, a top US diplomat has said, describing Islamabad’s recent counter-terrorism measures like the prosecution and conviction of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed as important but not irreversible. Speaking at an Atlantic Council-organised virtual discussion, Alice Wells, […]