coronavirus

Cannes film festival difficult to hold ‘in original form’: organisers

8:22 am April 15, 2020

Paris: It will be difficult to hold the Cannes film festival in its original form in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said Tuesday, adding they were looking at new ways of hosting the world’s biggest annual celebration of cinema. The festival had already been postponed from its original mid-May dates to late June […]

Tata trusts donate 10,000 masks & gloves to Tripura

Singapore makes wearing masks outside mandatory

8:13 am April 15, 2020

SINGAPORE Singapore has made it mandatory for everyone to wear a mask outside of their homes in the latest bid to curb the coronavirus spread following a sharp spike in cases. The health ministry said in a statement late Tuesday that anyone found without masks will be fined 300 Singapore dollars ($212), while repeat offenders […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump directs halt to payments to WHO during coronavirus pandemic

8:01 am April 15, 2020

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do enough to stop the virus from spreading when it first surfaced in China. Trump, who had telegraphed his intentions last week, claimed the outbreak could have […]

Lockdown is not lock-up, stay put: Uddhav to migrants

11:17 pm April 14, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday tried to reassure migrant workers who are stranded in the state that lockdown is not “lock-up”, and appealed them to face the “challenge” of coronavirus by staying back. He was speaking in a live webcast after hundreds of migrant workers gathered near Bandra railway station here, seeking […]

India sees highest drop in work, social, household travels due to pandemic: Survey

COVID-19: 80 booked for not wearing masks in Chandigarh

11:14 pm April 13, 2020

Chandigarh: As many as 80 people have been booked so far for not wearing masks at public places in Chandigarh amid the coronavirus outbreak, police said on Monday. Last week, Chandigarh Police had made wearing three-ply masks mandatory in public places and warned that violators would be arrested and booked under section 188 of the […]