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India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted

11:10 pm April 28, 2021

New Delhi: Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of India’s largest state. But the hospital wouldn’t let him in without a registration slip from the district’s chief medical officer. By the […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Ensure smooth supply of firewood to crematoriums, North Delhi Mayor urges CM

11:05 pm April 28, 2021

New Delhi: With municipal-run crematoriums facing a shortage of wood for funeral pyres in the face of surging Covid-19 fatalities, North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash Wednesday urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to direct the forest department ensure smooth supply of firewood to these facilities. The national capital has reported 4,063 Covid-19 deaths in April so […]

Nobody expected a tsunami: Khattar on rising COVID-19 cases

11:01 pm April 28, 2021

Chandigarh: Calling the huge surge in COVID-19 cases an “unexpected tsunami”, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said the state government is putting all its might to tackle the crisis. “One expects that floods can come during rainy season, but no one expects a tsunami,” he said on the rising cases of the […]

Stock indexes edge lower, pulling S&P 500 below record high

10:48 pm April 27, 2021

New York: Stocks edged lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors pored over the latest batch of company earnings. The slight pullback comes a day after the S&P 500 hit its latest all-time high. The market has been choppy over the last few weeks as investors gauge how companies fared during the […]

CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask

10:40 pm April 27, 2021

NEW YORK: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some cases, too. The new […]