More Patients Than Beds As India Virus Cases Surge
When Manit Parikh’s mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai’s private Lilavati Hospital,...
Month: May 2020
Cyclone Amphan Damage At $13 Billion In India
A powerful cyclone that tore through West Bengal this week has caused a damage of Rs 1 trillion ($13 billion)...
No New Cases In China For First Time Since Covid-19 Pandemic Began
China recorded no new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland on May 22, the first time it had seen no...
ICMR Issues Revised Advisory On Use Of HCQ
A revised government advisory has recommended use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a preventive medication for asymptomatic healthcare workers in non-COVID-19...
Pak Airliner Carrying 99 Plunges Into Karachi Homes
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of...
How One Indian Co. Could Be World’s Door To A COVID-19 Vaccine
If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a good chance it will pass through...
Biggest 24-Hour Rise In Virus Cases As Lockdown Eases
India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country’s biggest jump in 24 hours, as...
RBI Cuts Rates Again To Soften Coronavirus Blow
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed its key policy rate for a second time this year in...
Khashoggi Family Forgives Those Who Killed Their Father
The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that they have forgiven those who murdered their father,...
Fare Caps, Protective Suits For Crew As Flights Resume
Ticket pricing restrictions, protective suits and goggles for flight attendants and no food served on board planes are among the...
Cyclone Amphan Kills Atleast 72, Causes Extensive Flooding
The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India in over a decade killed at least 72 people, officials said, as...
Airlines To Follow Ticket Price Rules As Some Flights Resume
Airlines should stick to ticket price guidelines issued by India’s Civil Aviation Ministry when they restart some domestic flights, two...
Cyclone Amphan: Rescue Teams Look For Survivors
Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India, a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated...
Explainer: Do children spread COVID-19?
As countries begin to emerge from shutdowns imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, the issue of how the virus affects children...
Strongest Cyclone In Over A Decade Slams Into India
A powerful cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Wednesday with heavy rain, wind and waves as millions of people were...
Lakhs Evacuated As India Braces For Super Cyclone
India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a...
India To Help Migrants Leave Cities, But Infections Mount
India will run more special trains and buses to allow millions of distressed migrant workers to leave big cities, the...
Trump Threatens Permanent Freeze Of WHO Funding
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did...
Long-Lasting Global Recession Likely: WEF Report
Risk managers expect a prolonged global recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the World Economic...
Cash-Strapped Economic Plan Unlikely To Soften Covid-19 Blow
India’s $266 billion economic rescue package rests mostly on boosting company credit but contains scant new public spending, tax breaks...
India Covid-19 Infections Surge Past 100,000, Deaths Top 3,000
Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching the number of intensive care unit beds in the country, while...
Outbreak At Factory Shows Challenges Of Easing Lockdown
Chinese smartphone maker OPPO suspended operations at a recently re-opened plant in India after workers tested positive for the coronavirus,...
India Evacuates Thousands Threatened By East Coast Cyclone
India began evacuating thousands of villagers and halted port operations ahead of a cyclone expected to hit its east coast...
Why India’s Migrant Labourers Give Me Hope
by ANONYMOUS I have lived in India for the past five years. When I left my country to work in...
India To Privatise State-Run Companies & Halt Fresh Insolvencies
India said on Sunday it would privatise state-run companies in non-strategic sectors and stop fresh insolvency cases for a year,...
