Day: July 8, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Street shooting leaves 4 dead, 3 wounded in New Jersey

11:33 pm July 8, 2020

Paterson: A street shooting in a northern New Jersey community has left four people dead and three others wounded, authorities said. The gunfire in Paterson, New Jersey, erupted shortly after 11 pm Tuesday. Four victims found at the scene were taken to a hospital, where they all died a short time later, authorities said. Three […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

Germany laments US exit from WHO, says EU seeks to reform it

11:29 pm July 8, 2020

Geneva: Germany’s health minister on Wednesday lamented the formal US notification of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization as a “setback for international cooperation” and said Europe would work to reform the UN health agency. The comments from German Health Minister Jens Spahn epitomized concerns in Europe over the WHO’s largest contributor preparing to pull out following the Trump administration’s complaints that the agency […]

Surat overtakes Ahmedabad in daily increase in COVID-19 cases

11:26 pm July 8, 2020

Ahmedabad: Despite strict measures to contain the pandemic, Surat district in Gujarat recorded its highest one-day spike in coronavirus cases at 273, which was also the highest daily increase in the state on Wednesday. With 273 new patients found since previous evening, the tally of coronavirus cases in the district rose to 7,274, second highest after Ahmedabad, the Health Department […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Survive, revive, thrive: Delhi govt panel’s approach for economic recovery from COVID-19

11:22 pm July 8, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government‘s panel for economic recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday decided to emphasise on revisiting licensing norms, reviving demand and simplifying pandemic-related regulations as an immediate focus to boost businesses. In its first meeting, the committee took a decision to adopt a “survive, revive, thrive” approach to tide over the economic cost of the […]

Flood waters continue to recede in Assam; one dead

11:17 pm July 8, 2020

Guwahati : The situation in Assam improved on Wednesday as flood waters receded from a district, but the deluge claimed another life, raising the death toll to 40, the State Disaster Management Authority said. Over 1.7 lakh people across 12 districts have been affected by the flood waters, the ASDMA said. On Tuesday, nearly two lakh people were affected […]