Covid-19 Epidemic ‘Far From Over’ In Asia: WHO Official
The coronavirus epidemic is “far from over” in the Asia-Pacific region, and current measures to curb the spread of the...
Month: March 2020
Crackdown On Muslim Group Linked To Covid-19 Cases
Authorities sealed off the headquarters of a Muslim missionary group on Tuesday and ordered an investigation into accusations that it...
Doctors Fight Covid-19 With Raincoats, Helmets
Shortages of protective health gear in India are forcing some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the...
Internet Curbs In Kashmir Hamper Covid-19 Fight
The Health Ministry on Monday invited doctors in Kashmir to an online training session on managing ventilators - critical equipment...
Outrage As Migrants Sprayed With Disinfectant
Health workers caused outrage on Monday by spraying a group of migrants with disinfectant, amid fears that a large-scale movement...
Tear Gas Fired At Workers Defying Covid-19 Lockdown
Police in western India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against...
No Plan To Extend Lockdown As The Poor Struggle
India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on...
Sensex, Nifty Fall As Covid-19 Cases Cross 1,000
Indian shares edged lower on Monday morning as the number of coronavirus infections in Asia’s third-largest economy showed no signs...
Vitriol & Violence: A Covid-19 Death Exposes Paranoia
When Satyaki Mitra’s father developed a mild fever in mid-March, the graduate student in Philadelphia wasn’t especially worried. He told...
Covid-19: Modi Seeks ‘Forgiveness’ From India’s Poor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his...
India Needs Atleast 38mn Masks To Fight Covid-19
India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread...
Infosys Techie Held For FB Post Asking People To Sneeze In Public
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday arrested a techie working with Infosys in Bengaluru for allegedly spreading hate messages...
China’s Wuhan Eases Travel Curbs Post Lockdown
The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened...
British PM Johnson Has Coronavirus, Self-Isolates
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his Downing Street residence but...
Coronavirus Call Centres Set Up To Stop Stampede To Hospitals
Health authorities set up coronavirus call centres in urban centres across India on Friday, scrambling to stop people flooding hospitals...
‘Stigmatised’: Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Come Under Attack
Doctors, nurses and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus in India, who have been hailed as "heroes", have...
Covid-19: RBI Cuts Rates As Distress Mounts Across South Asia
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed interest rates in an emergency move on Friday to counter the economic fallout...
Bruised Economy To Be Battered Further By Covid-19: Poll
India’s already-slowing economy weakened to at least an eight-year low this quarter and will slow even more sharply in the...
Migrant Workers Face Long Walk Home Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
After India imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Tuesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the plywood factory near Uttar...
$23-bn Eco Stimulus To Help Poor Hit By Lockdown
India announced on Thursday a 1.7-trillion-rupee ($22.6-billion) economic stimulus plan providing direct cash transfers and food security measures to give...
Coronavirus Cases Up Despite Immense Lockdown
Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services...
Eat It: Hanoi Chef Spreads Joy With ‘Coronaburger’
You’ve got to eat it, to beat it: That’s the philosophy of one Hanoi chef who is attempting to boost...
“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN
The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top official at the world body's...
India Struggles With Coronavirus Shutdown
India’s 1.3 billion people were under lockdown on Wednesday to prevent an explosion of coronavirus cases as the government struggled...
Gunmen Kill 25 In Raid On Afghanistan’s Sikh Complex
Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25...
