Day: May 25, 2020

Coronavirus positive Maharashtra minister hospitalised

10:56 pm May 25, 2020

Mumbai: A Maharashtra cabinet minister and senior Congress leader, who has tested positive for coronavirus, was on Monday admitted in a hospital here, a close aide said. He became the second cabinet minister after NCP leader Jitendra Awhad to test positive for coronavirus. The minister had contracted the infection a few days back and is […]

Muted Eid celebration in Assam due to COVID-19 outbreak

10:51 pm May 25, 2020

Guwahati: Assam transport commissioner Adil Khan had never thought that there would be an Eid-ul-Fitr festival without any celebration and feast! But it has happened this time. With flights resuming from Monday, Khan had to leave his home early morning for the airport and kept on shuffling between the railway station and the airport the […]

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

Singapore has to ‘move cautiously’ in exiting COVID-19 ‘circuit breaker’: Minister

8:59 pm May 25, 2020

Singapore: Singapore has to “move cautiously” in exiting its COVID-19 “circuit breaker” period from June 2 as there are still “hidden cases” of infection circulating among the general population, a senior minister said on Monday. National Development Minister Lawrence Wong made the remarks while citing the example of eight pre-school staff members who tested positive […]

Spain opens border to tourists; Trump wants less testing

Spain to end quarantine for tourists on July 1

8:56 pm May 25, 2020

Madrid: Spain says it will lift a 2-week mandatory confinement for all travelers arriving from overseas starting July 1. The government said in a brief statement that Cabinet ministers made the decision to lift the mandatory quarantine during a meeting Monday. Prime Minister Pedro Snchez had already announced over the weekend that his nation was […]

Lucknow airport handles nine flights as domestic air travel resumes

8:48 pm May 25, 2020

Lucknow: Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow handled nine domestic flights with over 800 passengers as the air travel in the country resumed on Monday after a gap of two months. Domestic and international flight operations were stopped by the Union government in March to check the spread of coronavirus. The government last […]