FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers wearing personal protection equipment (PPE) take a food delivery outside Elmhurst Hospital Center, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in the Queens borough of New York City. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump attacked the United Nations health body as a Chinese “puppet” on Monday (May 18) […]
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Sixty-one countries had moved a resolution at the the WHO’s decision-making body — asking for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation” of the WHO’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as identification of “the zoonotic source” of the coronavirus. Amid calls by a majority of the member countries, including […]
The epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of eight kilometres and it was felt in Huize County of Qujing City as well as the cities of Zhaotong, Xuanwei and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, medical staff transfer an injured person after […]
In an abrupt reversal of the re-opening taking place across the nation, cities in Jilin province have cut off trains and buses, shut schools and quarantined tens of thousands of people. Some 108 million people in China’s northeast region are being plunged back under lockdown conditions as a new and […]
The Office of National Statistics says jobless claims surged by 856,000 to 2.1 million in April as compared to the month before. Unemployment claims in Britain jumped 69 per cent in April, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and hit the labor market, UK authorities said Tuesday. The Office of […]
The comprehensive evaluation, sought by a coalition of African, European and other countries including Australia, is intended to review “lessons learned” from WHO’s coordination of the global response to COVID-19. Australia on Tuesday welcomed international support for an independent coronavirus pandemic investigation as China ratcheted up a bilateral trade rift […]
GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic should serve as a “wake-up call” to the world which must be more united in responding to the crisis, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday (May 18). The secretary-general said COVID-19 was the “greatest challenge of our age” and had demonstrated the world’s fragility, as […]
CBSE Board Class 10, 12 Datesheet 2020 LIVE: Check revised schedule. CBSE Board Class 10, Class 12 Remaining Exam Date Sheet 2020 Live Updates: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the revised datesheet of the class 10, 12 pending exams. The exams will be conducted from […]
The government launched the Aarogya Setu application more than six weeks ago. With the use of a phone‘s bluetooth and location data, it lets users know if they were near a person with Covid-19 after scanning a database of reported cases of infection. Aarogya Setu remains out of bounds for […]
The paint shop was owned by three brothers who lived along with their family on the upper two floors. Seven people, including four woman and three children, were killed after a fire broke out in a three-storey building that housed a paint shop on the ground floor in Gwalior’s Inderganj […]