corona

Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister

11:26 am May 21, 2020

Bangkok: A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on compassionate grounds. Australia had rejected Christine Archer’s request for permission to fly from New Zealand four times before her story attracted media attention. Her only sister Gail Baker was diagnosed with incurable […]

Despite risk of potentially fatal side effects, Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

10:37 am May 19, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump said he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects. Trump told reporters Monday he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a […]

Confusion over Delhi’s COVID-19 toll as govt data, figures from hospitals don’t match

8:14 pm May 9, 2020

New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over the number of deaths due to coronavirus in the national capital, with data from four hospitals showing that 92 people succumbed to the infection as against 68 fatalities reported by the Delhi government. The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based […]

Coronavirus claims life of another CISF official

12:58 pm May 8, 2020

New Delhi: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official posted in Kolkata has succumbed to COVID-19, officials said on Friday. He is the second CISF official to die of coronavirus. The Assistant Sub Inspector rank official was posted at the Indian Museum security unit of the force in West Bengal’s capital city. On Thursday, a […]

Train accident: Survivors raised alarm, but in vain

Maharashtra: 14 migrant workers crushed to death by goods train in Aurangabad

12:51 pm May 8, 2020

Aurangabad: At least 14 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, police said. Two other labourers were injured in the accident which took place at 5.15 am under the Karmad Police station jurisdiction, an official said. The workers, who were […]