Day: July 6, 2020

Second executive arrested in Wirecard scandal in Germany

11:17 pm July 6, 2020

Frankfurt: Another executive with bankrupt payment company Wirecard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of aggravated fraud, prosecutors said on Monday. The suspect, the head of a company subsidiary in Dubai, had returned to Germany to face proceedings. The arrest comes after former CEO Markus Braun was taken into custody on June 23 on charges of market manipulation and falsifying financial results and […]

IIT-M researchers working on effective drugs against HIV/AIDS

AIDS report: Kids are lagging and COVID-19 is harming care

11:13 pm July 6, 2020

Washington DC: New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment. “We are making great progress against the HIV epidemic … but the bad, […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

37-yr-old journalist undergoing treatment for COVID dies by suicide at AIIMS Trauma Centre

8:44 pm July 6, 2020

New Delhi: A 37-year-old journalist undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the AIIMS Trauma Centre here died after allegedly jumping off the fourth floor of the hospital building on Monday afternoon, officials said. The journalist used to work for a Hindi daily and was a resident of northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura, they said. The incident took place around 2 pm. […]

UP CM calls for invoking NSA against Lakhimpur Kheri rape-murder accused; NHRC issues notice

NHRC notices to UP govt, police chief over deaths in Ghaziabad factory fire

8:39 pm July 6, 2020

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government and the state police chief over the deaths of people in a fire at an “illegal” candle-making factory in Ghaziabad, officials said on Monday. Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, the commission said it is “necessary for the local administration to fix the responsibility […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics seek COVID-19 defenses, but what exactly?

8:36 pm July 6, 2020

Tokyo: As the president of the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori knows that experts will have to come up with defenses against COVID-19 for the the postponed games to open a year from now. These might include quarantines for athletes, few fans at the venues, and many other ideas being floated by the organizing committee, the city of Tokyo, and the […]