coronavirus pandemic

Two arrested for selling fake branded ACs

8:52 pm October 19, 2020

Mumbai: Two persons have been arrested in the city for allegedly selling assembled Air Conditioners (AC) by pasting stickers of well-known brands on them, the police said on Monday. The accused lured buyers by claiming that companies were selling off ACs at cheap rate to clear stocks during the coronavirus pandemic. The crime branch seized […]

IndiGo to charge Rs 100 for check-in at airport counters

7:38 pm October 17, 2020

New Delhi: IndiGo will charge a passenger Rs 100 service fee if he or she wants to check-in at the airport counters from Saturday onwards, the airline said in a statement. The aviation ministry had in May made it mandatory for passengers to do web check-in so as to reduce touch points at the airport […]

49 stranded Indian workers repatriated from UAE: Report

8:34 pm October 13, 2020

Dubai: A total of 49 Indians, who were stranded for several months in the UAE after being abandoned by their employers, have been repatriated after the Indian mission here helped them secure their passports and security deposits from two companies, a media report said on Tuesday. The expats were abandoned and unpaid for the last […]

German population slightly lower as virus hits immigration

8:30 pm October 13, 2020

Berlin: Germany‘s population has contracted slightly for the first time in nearly a decade because immigration shrank as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday. Some 83.1 million people lived in Germany at the end of June, with the population declining by 40,000, or 0.05%, in the year’s first half, according […]

Ewan McGregor says Disney Plus’ Obi-Wan Kenobi series will begin filming in March

2:22 pm October 11, 2020

Los Angeles: Actor Ewan McGregor has confirmed that his Disney Plus series about iconic “Star Wars” character Obi-Wan Kenobi will start shooting in March 2021 after being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The 49-year-old actor made the revelation during an appearance on the BBC’s “The Graham Norton Show”. “It’s the Obi-Wan Kenobi story, I suppose. It’s not all me, but it certainly will […]