COVID

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Melbourne eases lockdown as cases decline

3:14 pm October 18, 2020

Melbourne, Australia: Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has loosened lockdown restrictions as new and active COVID-19 continue to decline. From midnight Sunday, Melbourne residents will no longer face limits on the time they can spend away from their homes for education or recreation. Previous restrictions allowing Melburnians to travel only 5 kilometers (3 miles) from home […]

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

Torrential rain damages equipment at Narang’s Gun For Glory academy

11:22 pm October 15, 2020

Hyderabad: Seepage of water due to torrential rain has damaged equipment worth Rs 1.3 crore, including rifles and pistols, in the city’s Gun For Glory shooting academy helmed by Olympic medallist, Gagan Narang. In a post on social media platform Facebook, a gutted Narang spoke about the extent of damage the rain has caused. The […]

IndiGo celebrating Durga Puja at six airports

Docs asked not to leave city during Durga Puja

5:55 pm October 15, 2020

Kolkata: Amid apprehensions of a probable surge of COVID-19 cases in the state during Durga Puja, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked doctors not to leave the city during the four days of the festival. The WBCERC has also urged private hospitals to keep a note of the contact details of […]

‘No’ Ramlila in Delhi this year; oraganisers say too many restrictions

9:00 pm October 12, 2020

New Delhi: Various committees organising huge Ramlila celebrations across Delhi, including at Red Fort grounds, have decided to “not hold the event” this year as the situation is not feasible and there are “too many restrictions” in the fresh guidelines issued for holding events, an official of their umbrella body said on Monday. Representatives of […]

UK at ‘tipping point:’ England braces for more restrictions

11:16 pm October 11, 2020

London: Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government’s leading medical advisers warned Sunday that the country is at a crucial juncture in the second wave of the coronavirus. England’s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said […]