Day: May 22, 2020

Bomb threat by woman caller to airport in TN a hoax, say officials

Tamil Nadu not for resumption of flight service from May 25

8:35 pm May 22, 2020

Chennai: With the spike in Coronavirus cases weighing heavily upon it, the Tamil Nadu government is not in favour of restarting domestic air services connecting cities in the state till this month-end and might take up the matter with the Centre, an official said on Friday. As the union civil aviation ministry gears up to […]

Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China

UP court sentences man to death for killing 6 people

8:30 pm May 22, 2020

Etawah (UP): A local court of Uttar Pradesh here has awarded death sentence to a person in connection with the murder of six members of a family seven years ago over a property dispute. Suresh Chand Yadav and his five family members were killed while they were sleeping on the night of May 26, 2012 […]

Early detection of COVID-19 cases has resulted in low fatality rate of 2.66 pc: Vardhan

Vardhan takes charge as WHO Executive Board chairman

8:27 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who is at the forefront of India’s battle against COVID-19 pandemic, took charge as the chairman of the 34-member WHO Executive Board on Friday, officials said. Vardhan, who succeeded Dr Hiroki Nakatani from Japan, offered his condolences at the loss of lives due to the coronavirus pandemic across […]

4,070 new coronavirus cases in Pune district, 73 deaths

95-year-old woman recovers from COVID-19 in Indore

8:21 pm May 22, 2020

Indore: A 95-year-old woman, who had tested COVID-19 positive in Indore, has recovered from the infection and discharged from a city-based hospital, officials said on Friday. This comes a fortnight after the woman’s 70-year-old son died due to suspected coronavirus infection. The officials have termed her recovery as the triumph of her strong will power. […]

INS Sunayna returns to port after anti-piracy deployment

3:21 pm May 22, 2020

Kochi: INS Sunayna, an offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, successfully completed her anti- piracy deployment in the Gulf of Aden and arrived here early Friday morning, a Defence spokesman said. The ship, based under the Southern Naval Command here, had to sustain herself without entering any port for 80 days due to COVID-19 […]