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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Hand-in-Hand to combat COVID-19 pandemic

4:10 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: As the world continues to take steps to tackle COVID-19, Congress leader Manish Tewari recently tweeted that coronavirus is a bio-weapon created by the communist giant. At this critical moment, such irresponsible remarks to create gimmicks are really a despicable practice. People in all countries are victims of COVID-19, and it is still […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

3:43 pm March 24, 2020

Beijing: China reported 78 new confirmed cases, including 74 imported infections, while the death toll from the novel coronavirus increased to 3,277 after seven more fatalities were confirmed from the COVID-19, health officials said on Tuesday. The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland have reached 81,171 by the end of Monday. This included 3,277 […]

China to lift travel curbs on Hubei province, including Wuhan

3:29 pm March 24, 2020

Beijing: China’s central Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged late last year, is to lift travel curbs after two months under lockdown, local officials said Tuesday. Healthy residents will be allowed to leave the province from midnight Tuesday, while Wuhan, the initial epicentre of the outbreak, will lift restrictions from April 8.

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN experts voice alarm as rights lawyers disappear in China

9:42 pm March 23, 2020

Geneva: A group of independent UN rights experts said on Monday they were “gravely concerned” about the welfare of three human rights lawyers “forcibly disappeared” by Chinese authorities shortly after their arrests last December. Virus advances around the world as medical supplies dwindle Ding Jiaxi, a prominent Beijing-based disbarred lawyer, previously jailed for protesting against […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

‘Little upset with China’ over coronavirus: Trump

3:08 pm March 23, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he is “upset” with China over its late sharing of information on coronavirus. “They should have told us about this,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in the White House on Sunday. “I’m a little upset with China. I’ll be honest with you, because as much as […]