coronavirus pandemic

Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus

8:35 pm April 9, 2020

Tehran: Iran‘s supreme leader suggested Thursday that mass gatherings in the Islamic Republic may be barred through the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment in a televised address as Iran prepares to restart its economic activity while suffering one of the world’s worst outbreaks. […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO urges virus unity after Trump attack

2:23 am April 9, 2020

Geneva: World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged leaders to stop politicising the coronavirus pandemic following stinging criticism of the WHO from US President Donald Trump. The WHO director-general urged the US and China to join forces in fighting the disease rather than indulging in a blame game. Tedros hit back after […]

HC asks BMC to restore power & water supply to building

11:48 pm April 8, 2020

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to restore the electricity and water supply to a building in central Mumbai that was declared dilapidated and its residents were ordered to vacate the same. Justice A A Sayed was hearing a petition filed by residents of Shahid Bhagat Singh CHS […]

IndiGo suspends international flights till Apr 30

8:46 pm April 8, 2020

New Delhi: Amid the nationwide lockdown implemented to contain the spread of novel coronavirus in India, budget carrier IndiGo said on Wednesday it is suspending its international flights till April 30. Air India has already suspended domestic and international flights till April 30. “Our International operations are temporary suspended till April 30, 2020. Your money […]

UP lockdown: Firozabad admin to make violators write 'mask lagaana hai ' 500 times as fine

Germany caught up in mask fraud scheme

1:29 am April 8, 2020

Berlin: Authorities in Germany have fallen victim to a multi-million-euro fraud involving masks much needed in the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said on Tuesday. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state and one of the hardest hit, paid 14.7 million euros for some 10 million masks in March only to discover they did not exist, according to […]