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Montenegro health minister urges citizens to help keep country ‘corona-free’

6:47 pm May 25, 2020

Podgorica (Montenegro): Montenegro’s health minister has urged citizens to help keep the small Balkan country “corona-free” in the future after authorities said there are no more cases of infection at the moment. Minister Kenan Hrapovic on Monday described the current situation in the country as a joint success of the health authorities and the citizen […]

Russia reports nearly 9,000 new coronavirus infections, 92 deaths

6:41 pm May 25, 2020

Moscow: Russia’s coronavirus caseload exceeded 350,000 on Monday, with health officials reporting almost 9,000 new infections over the past 24 hours and 92 deaths, which brought the overall death toll to 3,633. The country’s comparatively low mortality rate raises questions among experts both in Russia and in the West, with some suggesting the government may […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Even COVID-19 crisis has not made tensions abate in Indo-Pacific region: France; Says monitoring developments

7:56 pm May 20, 2020

New Delhi: Even the coronavirus crisis has not made tensions “abate” in the Indo-Pacific, and both India and France are aware of the ongoing activities in the region, French Ambassador said on Wednesday, in an oblique reference to China’s muscular military deployment in the strategic waters at a time when the world is battling the […]

Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London

12:35 am May 17, 2020

Frankfurt: Demonstrations took place Saturday in several European cities against restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, with tear gas used on protesters in Poland and arrests made at a gathering in London’s Hyde Park. Police in several German cities enforced distancing rules as thousands of people gathered to express a mix of […]

Africa's 1st COVID-19 vaccine trial starting

COVID-19 & THE CITY: Future of Travel

10:29 pm May 16, 2020

By Dr Rajita Chaudhuri A city is very often described by its traffic. A neighbourhood by the cars parked on the curbs. It’s all going to change or probably has already changed to a large extent. A lot of European cities are opening up this month after the lockdown and the one thing they have […]