coronavirus

Singapore reports 41 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: report

Singapore reports 673 foreign workers infected by coronavirus

3:14 pm May 13, 2020

Singapore: Singapore has reported 675 new COVID-19 cases, mostly foreign workers living in dormitories, taking the number of infections in the country to 25,346, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Out of the new infections, only two coronavirus cases are Singapore citizens or permanent resident (foreigner), the ministry said. The latest count takes the national […]

Latest stimulus package among largest in the world

11:25 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: The mega Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi includes previously announced measures to save the lockdown-battered economy, and focuses on tax breaks for small businesses as well as incentives for domestic manufacturing. The combined package works out to roughly 10 percent of the GDP, making […]

PM announces special economic package

10:02 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a special economic package, and said the recent decisions by the government, the decisions by the RBI combined with Tuesday’s financial package announcement come to about Rs 20 lakh crore – nearly 10 percent of India’s GDP. There is unprecedented crisis but India will neither get tired nor […]

18 more arrested by CID in Palghar lynching case

3:25 pm May 12, 2020

Mumbai: Eighteen more people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police’s CID in the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) is probing the incident in which three persons, including two seers, who were lynched by a mob of villagers in neighbouring Palghar district last month. With the latest arrests, the […]

1,118 fresh COVID-19 cases; 26 more deaths in Delhi

Ahmedabad COVID-19 tally crosses 6,000-mark; 19 more die

11:51 pm May 11, 2020

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad reported 268 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the count in the district to 6,086 on Monday, while the death toll reached 400 after 19 more patients succumbed here, a health department official said. A total 109 patients were discharged from hospitals here, taking the number of such people to 1,482, the official said. With […]