Mexico

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

Indian economy to contract 5% in FY21: Fitch Ratings

11:19 pm May 26, 2020

New Delhi: Fitch Ratings on Tuesday forecast the Indian economy to contract 5 per cent in the current fiscal on account of slump in economic activities following a “very severe” lockdown that has lasted much longer than expected. In its Global Economic Outlook (GEO) for May, Fitch projected growth to rebound to 9.5 per cent […]

Pandemic warms relationship between Trump, Mexican president

9:18 pm April 22, 2020

Mexico City: The COVID-19 pandemic could have been a fraught moment for US-Mexico relations two leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum facing the largest crisis ever confronted by either administration. Instead, presidents Donald Trump and Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador are carrying on like old pals. The men appear so chummy that the Mexican […]

Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests

3:33 pm April 18, 2020

Washington: Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protestors rallying against lockdown orders. Evidence is mounting that social distancing successfully slowed the pandemic after more than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — were confined to […]

In Mexico, beach towns block themselves off because of virus

3:30 pm April 11, 2020

Mexico City: In Mexico, beach towns have begun blocking off roads in some cases, constructing barricades of rubble across roadways to seal themselves off from the outside world in a bid to stop the new coronavirus from entering. The Gulf of California beach town of Puerto Pe asco announced Friday that two of three highways […]

COVID-19: 44 Texas University students test positive after spring break trip

5:35 pm April 2, 2020

Houston: Forty four students of the University of Texas in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 after they returned from a spring break trip to Mexico, avoiding social-distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The university, which is in Austin, had previously confirmed only 28 coronavirus cases. About 70 students flew on a chartered plane […]