coronavirus

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

India cases up as scientists appeal to Modi to release data

2:39 pm April 30, 2021

NEW DELHI: Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. With 386,452 new cases, India now has reported more than […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

As COVID engulfs India, diaspora watches with despair

2:31 pm April 30, 2021

Los Angeles: Bad news, knowing no time zones, arrives in a jarring burst of messages, calls and posts informing millions of members of India’s worldwide diaspora that yet another loved one has been sickened or lost to the coronavirus. Sometimes it comes in a barrage of WhatsApp messages first thing in the morning, and sometimes […]

‘India must think about US diplomacy’

7:37 pm April 29, 2021

New Delhi: India is currently facing a massive surge in COVID-19 infections. The country on Wednesday added a record over 3.75 lakh new coronavirus cases in a single day. As India’s health care system has collapsed due to shortages of intensive care beds, medical supplies and oxygen, these debilitating numbers are attached with a reasonable […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

American jobless claims drop 13,000 to 553,000 as economy heals

7:04 pm April 29, 2021

Washington: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last March and another sign the economy is recovering from the coronavirus recession. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims were down from 566,000 a week earlier. They have fallen sharply […]

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

6:59 pm April 29, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden declared that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the coronavirus pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net on a scale not seen in decades. Biden’s nationally televised address to Congress, his first, raised the stakes for his ability […]