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Telangana reports 11 deaths, 2,384 new COVID-19 cases

12:42 pm August 23, 2020

Hyderabad: Telangana logged 2,384 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the states tally to 1,04,249, the government said on Sunday. The toll rose to 755 with 11 more COVID-19 deaths, a state government bulletin said, providing data as of 8 PM on Saturday. The total number of people who recovered from the infectious disease so far was […]

Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

12:34 pm August 23, 2020

Thane: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official said on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said. Kalyan town in […]

COVID caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

12:29 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Virus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle

3:35 pm August 17, 2020

Washington: In a bid to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a wary public that measures like mandatory face masks and hospital-grade air filters make sitting in a plane safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic. It isn’t working. Surveys indicate that instead of growing comfortable with air travel, more people […]

On V-J Day, UK’s Johnson pays tribute to campaign’s veterans

8:09 pm August 15, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is paying tribute to veterans of the multinational World War II campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe. In an open V-J Day anniversary letter released Saturday and addressed to “Veterans of the Far East Campaign,” Johnson hailed the courage of […]