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British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson calls PM Modi to discuss coronavirus crisis

9:10 pm March 12, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to discuss the coordinated international efforts required to tackle the spread of deadly coronavirus. The deadly virus that first originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year has claimed over 4,600 lives and infected more than 124,330 people across […]

Delhi theatre lockdown more bad news for Bollywood, ‘Sooryavanshi’ pushed indefinitely

8:54 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi/Mumbai: The Delhi government on Thursday closed down all cinema halls in the city till March 31, the latest blow to the film industry reeling under the impact of the coronavirus outbreak with major releases getting pushed indefinitely and all promotional activities at a halt. With hundreds of screens in Delhi, a major entertainment […]

Coming home and staying there in COVID-19 times

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 74: Health Ministry

8:15 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: The number of coronavirus patients in the country has risen to 74 with 14 fresh cases, including nine from Maharashtra and one each from Delhi, Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh as well as one foreign national, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Giving a state-wise breakup, the ministry said Delhi reported […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

COVID-19 forces postponement of Indian Open golf

8:51 pm March 11, 2020

Gurugram: The prestigious Indian Open golf tournament was on Wednesday postponed due to the global novel coronavirus outbreak with the organisers promising to reschedule the event at “some point” later this year. The event was scheduled to take place from March 19-22 at the DLF Golf and Country Club here. “The decision was made following […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

WHO upgrades global risk of virus spread to ‘very high’

10:39 pm February 28, 2020

Geneva : The UN health agency on Friday upgraded the global risk from the new coronavirus to “very high”, saying the continued increase in cases and countries affected was “clearly of concern”. “We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at global […]