coronavirus

53 mediapersons test coronavirus positive in Mumbai

8:23 pm April 20, 2020

Mumbai: At least 53 mediapersons from Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus, a city civic official said on Monday. During a special camp organised at the Azad Maidan here on April 16 and 17 for COVID-19 testing of scribes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) collected swab samples of 171 mediapersons, including electronic and print media […]

20-year-old man dies of fever, sparks off tension

7:34 pm April 20, 2020

Erode: The death of a 20-year-old man at the Erode Government Headquarters Hospital sparked off protests from villagers in front of the hospital as they said the man may have died of coronavirus, police said on Monday. The man belonging to Nambiyur village near Gobichettipalayam was admitted to the isolation ward with high fever some […]

Tanker's impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy

Oil prices collapse on storage fears, Asia equities mixed

3:32 pm April 20, 2020

Hong Kong: Oil prices collapsed to more than two-decade lows Monday as traders grow concerned that storage facilities are reaching their limits, while equities were mixed, with some support coming from signs that the coronavirus may have peaked in Europe and the United States. US crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate briefly plunged almost 20 percent […]

First country in pandemic has higher moral obligation: Top WH official

11:33 pm April 19, 2020

Washington: The first country where a pandemic starts has a higher moral obligation to inform the rest of the world and maintain transparency as other countries are making decisions on the basis of that, a top White House official said on Sunday. Deborah Birx, member of the White House Task Force on Coronavirus, made the […]

Delhi Police constable tests positive for coronavirus

8:55 pm April 19, 2020

New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable has tested positive for coronavirus, a senior officer said on Sunday. A resident of Delhi, the constable was immediately quarantined and asked not to visit his home, the officer said. He was posted at Tilak Vihar police post under Tilak Nagar Police Station in west district of the national […]