COVID-19 pandemic

Dasara festivities begin in Mysuru amid COVID-19 shadow

5:51 pm October 17, 2020

Mysuru: The famous 10-day long Dasara festivities commenced in this palace city on Saturday with religious fervour, amid the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic. Celebrated as ‘Nada Habba’ (state festival), the festivities began with Dr C N Manjunath, Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa showering […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

NOCs of nine pvt schools cancelled in Punjab

11:13 pm October 16, 2020

Chandigarh: No Objection Certificates (NOCs) given to nine private schools were cancelled by the Punjab Education Department for violating government instructions, state Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said on Friday. Singla said he had been personally monitoring complaints against such schools and after reviewing the cases of these nine schools, he decided to cancel their […]

Smoky haze shrouds Delhi-NCR; air quality enters ‘very poor’ zone

10:51 am October 15, 2020

New Delhi: A layer of smoky haze lingered over Delhi-NCR on Thursday with air quality in the region hitting ‘very poor’ levels, even as stricter anti-air pollution measures, including a ban on electricity generators, came into force under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). NASA’s satellite imagery showed a large cluster of farm fires near […]

France launches flu vaccine campaign amid COVID-19 crisis

11:52 pm October 13, 2020

Paris: France launched a flu vaccine campaign Tuesday in an effort to avoid facing another epidemic peak as the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the country. French health authorities have issued official recommendations to prevent potential shortages of flu vaccine, which they fear might happen amid increased demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical staff are advised […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

EU nations set to adopt common travel rules amid pandemic

11:59 pm October 12, 2020

Brussels: European Union countries are getting ready to adopt a common traffic light system to coordinate travelling across the 27-nation bloc, but a return to a full freedom of movement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic remains far from reach. In addition to causing the deaths of at least 151,000 EU citizens and plunging […]