Day: May 24, 2020

COVID-19: Pune count touches 5,694, death toll now 272

11:54 pm May 24, 2020

Pune: Pune district’s COVID-19 tally reached 5,694 on Sunday after 258 people tested positive for novel coronavirus, while the death toll touched 272 as eight people succumbed to the infection, an official said. Pune city accounted for 186 of the 258 new cases, followed by Pimpri Chinchwad with 46 and cantonment and rural areas with […]

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Nepal army developing own track route

Nepal army developing own track route

11:51 pm May 24, 2020

Pithoragarh: The Nepalese army is developing in their territory a track route parallel to the Indian border to reach their high-altitude villages of Tinkar and Changru to minimise their citizens’ dependence on an Indian track route, said an Indian official. “The track route to Changru from Sunsera village of Nepal is being developed by the […]

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Hindon civil airport to resume operations on Monday

Hindon civil airport to resume operations on Monday

11:41 pm May 24, 2020

Ghaziabad: An aircraft will take off from the Hindon airport for Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand on Monday, marking the resumption of domestic flight services after nearly two-month hiatus following the coronavirus lockdown, officials said on Sunday. The Ghaziabad district administration has drafted standard operating procedures (SOPs) to resume the flight services. The first flight after the […]

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Cyclone-hit people get help from various organisations

Cyclone-hit people get help from various organisations

11:37 pm May 24, 2020

Kolkata: Organisations of different types philanthropic and industrial reached out to thousands of people affected by Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal. The Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Ramakrishna Mission and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) have started providing cooked and dry foods to the people who have lost everything because of the cyclone that ravaged the […]

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Goa bustles with tourists but pandemic may play party-pooper

11 new COVID-19 cases in Goa; state tally rises to 66

11:32 pm May 24, 2020

Panaji: Eleven people who travelled to Goa in the Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express train on Saturday, have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 66, officials said on Sunday. As per the health bulletin issued by the state government on Sunday night, the number of the active cases […]

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