COVID

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

India’s metal sector severely hit by COVID-19; to see slow recovery: Report

5:20 pm September 4, 2020

New Delhi : India’s metal sector has suffered a significant blow on account of operational difficulties and poor demand due to COVID-19 and a slow recovery back to pre-pandemic level of production is expected in the coming quarters, Fitch Solutions has said in a report. According to the report, a severe dent in domestic demand for metals […]

Miley Cyrus calls out VMAs directors for sexist comment about her performance

5:15 pm September 4, 2020

Los Angeles: Singer Miley Cyrus has spoken about facing a sexist comment from the directors of her MTV VMA performance when she asked for a certain light on the stage. Cyrus opened up about the incident while speaking to Joe Rogan on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “I was just asking some questions, not even on some diva s***. I wanted the lights […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

COVID-19: Delhi records highest spike in cases in 67 days; death count 4,500

9:36 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 2,737 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the city’s highest single-day spike in 67 days, taking the infection tally to over 1.82 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 4,500, authorities said. This is the third successive day in September in which over 2,000 new cases have been reported. According to the […]

Hotel, restaurant associations welcome Maha govt's move to waive excise license fee

Hotels, restaurants, clubs in Delhi can serve liquor from Sept 9-30 on trial basis

9:32 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Hotels, restaurants and clubs in Delhi were allowed to serve liquor on a trial basis from September 9-30, but not more than 50 per cent of their seating capacity will be allowed so that COVID-19 distancing norms are followed, officials said Thursday. As these outlets prepare to serve liquour after over a five-month […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

Members named to panel probing WHO’s pandemic response

8:42 pm September 3, 2020

London: An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary, the panel said Thursday as it begins the probe. The panel’s co-chairs, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former […]