Day: March 12, 2021

Sao Paulo state stops professional sports as COVID-19 rages

11:51 am March 12, 2021

Sao Paulo: Professional sports in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo will stop from Monday until March 30 because of a rise in coronavirus cases, Gov. João Doria said. The decision includes the local soccer championship, which started less than two weeks ago. Doria said that activities that produce large gatherings need to stop before the state’s health system collapses. More […]

Myanmar junta kills more protesters, adds Suu Kyi accusation

11:50 am March 12, 2021

Mandalay: Myanmar’s security forces shot to death at least 10 people protesting the military’s coup Thursday, spurning a UN Security Council appeal to stop using lethal force and as an independent UN expert cited growing evidence of crimes against humanity. The military also lodged a new allegation against the deposed government leader Aung San Suu Kyi, alleging that […]

Maha: Three cops among six booked for abetting man’s suicide

11:29 am March 12, 2021

Thane: An FIR has been registered in Thane district of Maharashtra against six persons, including three policemen and a mother-daughter duo from Nagpur, for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 38-year-old man, an official said on Friday. The accused allegedly blackmailed the victim and tried to extort money from him, following which he killed himself last month, the police official […]

Biden announces all Americans to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1

11:26 am March 12, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced that all Americans will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1 with an aim to get the country, worst-hit by the pandemic, closer to normal by July 4th, Independence Day. In his first prime-time address to the nation on Thursday since assuming office in January, Biden also announced the deployment of more than […]

UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding, side deals

11:24 am March 12, 2021

United Nations: The United Nations chief criticised the ”many examples of vaccine nationalism and vaccine hoarding” as well as side deals with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that undermine access to all people in the world. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement marking one year since the UN World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic that ”the global vaccination campaign represents the […]