coronavirus

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As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

10:40 pm November 13, 2020

New York: A resurgence of the coronavirus in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning. The city’s public school system this fall became one of just a few large, urban districts in the U.S. to welcome students back into classrooms. A little more than a quarter of the […]

Wall Street scuffles as worsening pandemic slows its rally

10:29 pm November 12, 2020

New York: U.S. stocks are scuffling Thursday amid worries about worsening coronavirus counts across the country. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in morning trading, a rare stumble in what’s been a banner month for the benchmark index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 109 points, or 0.4%, at 28,288, as of 10:40 a.m. […]

Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

DMRC to post social media updates on average waiting time at ten stations

9:58 pm November 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will provide real-time average waiting time at selected busy stations during morning and evening peak hours, in case the waiting time goes beyond 20 minutes. Starting from Thursday, the official social media pages/handles of DMRC will post updates on the average waiting time at ten stations during […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Third spike in COVID-19 cases has come now in Delhi: ICMR

10:03 pm November 10, 2020

New Delhi: A third spike in COVID-19 cases has come now in Delhi which is showing more cases than before, with factors like pollution, cold weather and festivals playing a major role in the rise of the infections, the ICMR said on Tuesday. Over the last few days, Delhi has reported a record daily spike […]

Bengal registers record recovery of 4,283 COVID patients

8:45 pm November 6, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal on Friday reported the highest single-day recovery of 4,283 COVID-19 patients, taking the total number of cured people to 3,54,732, the health department said in a bulletin. The death toll mounted to 7,177 after 55 more people succumbed to the disease. The bulletin said that 3,942 people tested positive for the infection […]