COVID

Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter

10:28 pm April 4, 2021

Vatican City: Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions. From vast Roman Catholic cathedrals to Protestant churches, worshippers followed national or local regulations on the coronavirus. In some European countries, […]

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Azharuddin offers to host IPL games in Hyderabad

6:58 pm April 4, 2021

New Delhi: Former India skipper and Hyderabad Cricket Association president, Mohammed Azharuddin on Sunday offered the state body’s facilities to BCCI to host the upcoming IPL matches in case the games are shifted out of COVID-hit Mumbai. The BCCI has decided to keep Indore and Hyderabad as stand by venues for the upcoming IPL beginning […]

13 St Stephen’s students on trip to Himachal test positive for COVID

10:12 pm April 3, 2021

New Delhi: The St Stephen’s College campus’ “inner perimeter” has been rendered out of bounds after 13 resident students and two staffers tested COVID-19 positive, according to a notice issued by the institute’s principal. The notice, issued on Friday, said necessary and stringent measures have been put in place by the dean’s office to ensure […]

Sisodia, his family receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

10:08 pm April 3, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, along with his family, got the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday here at the Azad Medical College. They received a dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Thanking Corona Warriors after receiving his first shot of the vaccine, Sisodia said, “The whole nation today is thankful to our scientists and […]

Italy enters strict 3-day lockdown over Easter

10:03 pm April 3, 2021

Rome: Italy has entered a three-day strict nationwide lockdown to deter Easter travel and help prevent new surges of the coronavirus. Even though the Health Ministry says the rate of infections is coming down, all regions were placed into the strictest “red zone” lockdown through Monday as a precaution. The lockdown, announced last month, means […]