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NHL camps to open July 10 if league, players agree to resume

11:56 pm June 11, 2020

Washington: The NHL and NHL Players’ Association gave the go-ahead Thursday for teams to open training camp on July 10 in the next step forward toward completing the pandemic-delayed season. The league and union have already approved a 24-team playoff format but still, need to decide on testing and health and safety protocols along with […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

India supports move at WHO to seek origin of coronavirus

2:24 pm May 18, 2020

New Delhi: India is expected to join over 60 countries at a two-day crucial conference of the World Health Organisation in Geneva in pushing for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive” evaluation of the global response mechanism to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to find out the “zoonotic source” of the deadly infection. The two-day […]

UK airlifts 268 stranded foreign nationals

12:45 am April 16, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the nation-wide lockdown, the first flight from Kerala to the UK took off on Wednesday evening with 268 tourists who had been stranded in south India since the coronavirus pandemic put a check on public transportation. The British Airways plane left the state capital at 7.30 pm with London as the destination and […]

US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

G7 to discuss coronavirus pandemic on Thursday: White House

11:54 pm April 15, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump and other G7 leaders will discuss international coordination of the coronavirus response by video conference on Thursday, the White House said. The remote meeting convened by Trump follows up on another virtual summit held last month and comes as the leading world economies remain under lockdown due to the pandemic. Trump […]

17 foreign tourists booked for ‘bathing in sea’ during lockdown in Kerala

8:30 pm April 15, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Seventeen foreign tourists have been booked for allegedly bathing in the sea off the famous Kovalam Beach here in violation of COVID-19 lockdown regulations, police said on Wednesday. Cases have also been registered against the owners and managers of five hotels where the tourists are staying since March 22 due to the lockdown, they […]