Day: August 2, 2020

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

6 undertrials escape from juvenile home in Noida, held within 48 hours

11:43 pm August 2, 2020

Noida: Six undertrials lodged at the COVID-19 isolation ward of a juvenile home in Noida escaped from the facility but were nabbed again within 48 hours, police said on Sunday. The juveniles were brought to the facility recently and had been lodged at the isolation centre in view of the COVID-19 outbreak. They escaped on the intervening […]

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Suicide car bomb, gunmen attack prison in east Afghanistan

Suicide car bomb, gunmen attack prison in east Afghanistan

11:39 pm August 2, 2020

Kabul: A suicide car bomb and multiple gunmen attacked a prison in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan officials said, killing at least three people and injuring 24 others. The gunbattle between Afghan security forces and insurgents in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, was still ongoing Sunday evening, and casualties were likely to rise, according […]

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Confident HM Shah will defeat coronavirus soon: Adityanath

Confident HM Shah will defeat coronavirus soon: Adityanath

11:33 pm August 2, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday wished Union Home Minister Amit Shah a speedy recovery from coronavirus, saying he was confident that he will defeat the infection soon. Earlier, Shah, 55, said in a tweet that he has tested positive for coronavirus and though his health is fine, he is getting admitted to a hospital on […]

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Plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients begins in Goa: Minister

11:27 pm August 2, 2020

Lucknow: The Goa government on Sunday said that plasma therapy treatment for critical patients of COVID- 19 has begun in the state. State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane made this announcement on Twitter. “As committed to the people of Goa, we have started Plasma Therapy in the state for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients. Happy to announce that two patients […]

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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Mnuchin hopes economy will bounce back in 3rd quarter this year as US battles COVID-19 pandemic

11:24 pm August 2, 2020

Washington: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday expressed hope that the US economy, which has taken a hard hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, will bounce back, albeit a bit slow, in the third quarter this year. The US has so far reported 4,635,279 coronavirus cases and 154,598 fatalities due to the disease. Due to the coronavirus […]

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