London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to put the country on a diet as part of a wider strategy to counter obesity, seen as a major risk factor in those impacted by coronavirus. Johnson, 56, who is on a slimming regime himself, is expected to outline plans by next month to increase fitness […]
Read MoreAhmedabad: Five former Congress MLAs from Gujarat, out of the total eight who had resigned as legislators in March and June- ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections- joined the BJP on Saturday. Former Congress MLAs Jitu Chaudhary, Pradyumnasinh Jadeja, J V Kakadiya, Akshay Patel and Brijesh Merja joined the BJP in the presence of party’s […]
Read MoreAmravati: As many as 19 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while one person succumbed to the infection in Maharashtra’s Amravati district on Thursday, a health official said. With the detection of these cases, the district’s COVID-19 tally now stands at 472, a release from the civil surgeon’s office stated. A 48-year-old man from Badnera, who tested positive for […]
Read MoreJohannesburg: South Africa’s economy is expected to decline by 7.2 per cent this year, its worst performance in 90 years, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on sub-Saharan Africa’s most developed country. This was revealed in an emergency budget delivered by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday, a day after the country’s statistics body revealed its […]
Read MoreDehradun: The Uttarakhand government is issuing a notice to yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali for launching a drug claiming to be a cure for coronavirus when it had only applied for an immunity booster against cough and fever, an official said on Wednesday. State Ayurved Department’s licence officer Y S Rawat said the notice is being issued […]
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