coronavirus

Conspiracy to malign Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray

3:02 pm September 13, 2020

Mumbai: Facing flak from detractors on both political and coronavirus front, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a conspiracy is afoot to malign Maharashtra. “Whatever political storms come, I will face… I will fight coronavirus too,” Thackeray said in a televised public address. A day after COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra crossed the 10-lakh mark, […]

UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange

Assange extradition hearing paused over COVID-19 risk

6:38 pm September 10, 2020

London: The London hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition from Britain to the United States was suspended Thursday because one of the lawyers may have been exposed to the coronavirus. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ordered the proceedings adjourned until Monday while a lawyer representing the US government is tested for the virus. Assange’s attorney, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

COVID-19: Delhi records highest spike in cases in 67 days; death count 4,500

9:36 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 2,737 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the city’s highest single-day spike in 67 days, taking the infection tally to over 1.82 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 4,500, authorities said. This is the third successive day in September in which over 2,000 new cases have been reported. According to the […]

Hotel, restaurant associations welcome Maha govt's move to waive excise license fee

Hotels, restaurants, clubs in Delhi can serve liquor from Sept 9-30 on trial basis

9:32 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Hotels, restaurants and clubs in Delhi were allowed to serve liquor on a trial basis from September 9-30, but not more than 50 per cent of their seating capacity will be allowed so that COVID-19 distancing norms are followed, officials said Thursday. As these outlets prepare to serve liquour after over a five-month […]

German lab head cautions on use for tests

9:13 pm September 1, 2020

Berlin: The head of an association representing German medical laboratories has criticized proposals to use veterinary and industrial labs to process coronavirus tests. Andreas Bobrowksi, chairman of the medical laboratories association BDL, says the capacity to conduct more tests is limited by the shortage of materials required to process them, which he says has been “covered up […]