COVID-19

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

Mumbai: 10 restaurant workers test positive, quarantined

8:47 pm March 5, 2021

Mumbai: Ten out of 35 employees of a restaurant in Andheri area of Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus and were shifted to the mega COVID care centre in Bandra Kurla Complex, a civic official said on Friday. He said the restaurant management has been given strict instructions to depute new staff and follow all […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Japan to extend virus emergency for 2 weeks for Tokyo area

2:27 pm March 5, 2021

Tokyo: Japan’s government will extend a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained by COVID-19 patients, the minister in charge of virus response said Friday. “For two more weeks, we will keep the measure in place … so that we can firmly ease strains […]

COVID-19: India records 16,838 fresh cases, 113 more fatalities

2:00 pm March 5, 2021

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,11,73,761 with 16,838 fresh cases reported in a day, while the number of patients who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,08,39,894, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,57,548 in the country […]

13 new COVID-19 cases in Noida, tally 25,568

10:16 pm March 4, 2021

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday that pushed the district’s infection tally to 25,568, official data showed.The active cases in the district remained at 69 as it was the previous day, according to data released by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department for a 24-hour period. Another 13 […]

London Mayor sets tough emissions fines for large polluting vehicles

10:50 pm March 3, 2021

London: The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has tightened the city-wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ) rules, which means that heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), buses and coaches that fail to meet emissions standards will be hit with a daily charge of up to 300 pounds. The new standards, Euro VI (NOx and PM), apply to heavy […]