Day: December 25, 2020

Four more UK returnees test positive for COVID-19

11:28 pm December 25, 2020

Chennai: Four more returnees to Tamil Nadu from UK have tested positive for coronavirus and their samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for genomic analysis, a senior official said here on Friday. Of the four returnees, two belonged to Thanjavur and one each from here and Madurai,Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said. Along with these […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

Pune: UK returnee found to have tested positive for coronavirus

11:17 pm December 25, 2020

Pune: A man who had returned here from the UK in the second week of December has been found to have tested positive for coronavirus, a health official said on Friday. The person’s swab samples will be sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) to check if he has been infected by the new […]

Japan confirms cases of new coronavirus variant

11:14 pm December 25, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first cases of infection with the new variant of the coronavirus that was identified in Britain. The five people arrived between December 18 and December 21, before Japan stepped up border control on Friday for entrants from Britain. A man in his 60s developed fatigue, but the […]

Police: Explosion in Nashville believed to be ‘intentional’

11:07 pm December 25, 2020

Nashville: An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people. Authorities said they believed the blast was intentional. The FBI is leading the investigation. Police spokesman Don Aaron said the 6:30 a.m. explosion was believed to be ”an intentional act.” Police earlier said they believe a vehicle was involved […]

Man hacked to death by wife’s kin

11:05 pm December 25, 2020

Palakkad : In a suspected case of honour killing, a 27-year-old man, who had got married hardly three months ago, was hacked to death by his wife‘s relatives in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Friday evening, police said. An officer of the Kuzhalmannam police station said the bride’s father and uncle are suspected to be the […]