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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew to combat coronavirus pandemic

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan has imposed a nationwide curfew from Friday until Monday to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 9,000 lives globally, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office has…

admin March 20, 2020

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Coronavirus: 81-year-old woman dies in Australia, death toll reaches 7

MELBOURNE: An 81-year-old woman died in Australia's New South Wales after contracting coronavirus, becoming the seventh victim in the country as the confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped to 785, health officials…

admin March 20, 2020

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Donald Trump cancels in-person G7, summit to be held via video-conference

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has scrapped this year's in-person G7 summit set to be held in the US in June due to the coronavirus crisis and will instead hold the…

admin March 20, 2020

International NRI

EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says he has COVID-19

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has the coronavirus, he announced on Thursday. "I tested positive yesterday for Covid-19. I'm as well as I can be, strictly confined to…

admin March 19, 2020

International NRI

Coronavirus death toll in Spain soars nearly 30 per cent to 767 over past 24 hours

MADRID: Spain on Thursday announced that deaths from the novel coronavirus had jumped by nearly 30 per cent over the past 24 hours to 767. The number of people who…

admin March 19, 2020

International NRI

Goa shuts malls, pubs, weekly markets till March 31

PANAJI: The Goa government on Thursday ordered a further clampdown on public spaces by directing the closure of pubs, malls, weekly markets and coaching classes till March 31. An order…

admin March 19, 2020

International NRI

PM Modi calls for Janta Curfew, urges people to stay indoors

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made a fervent appeal to all Indians to stay indoors as much as possible to avoid getting infected by coronavirus, saying the…

admin March 19, 2020

International NRI

Bombing of government office in southern Thailand injures 20

BANGKOK: Bombers attacked a major government office in Thailand's insurgency-plagued far south as hundreds of local officials and Muslim clerics met Tuesday to discuss fighting COVID-19. At least 20 people…

admin March 17, 2020

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Two COVID-19 cases at World Health Organization headquarters

GENEVA: Two cases of COVID-19 have been registered at the World Health Organization headquarters, a spokesman said Tuesday. The WHO, based in the Swiss city of Geneva, is coordinating the…

admin March 17, 2020

International NRI

US delays ASEAN summit due to COVID 19

Washington: The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said…

admin February 29, 2020

International NRI

HC to hear tomorrow plea seeking FIR, arrest of persons involved in Delhi violence

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it would hear a plea seeking registration of an FIR and arrest of persons involved in the ongoing violence in North…

admin February 25, 2020

International News NRI

‘Most handsome man in the world’

In 2019, it was popular model Bella Hadid, who was chosen as the most beautiful woman in the world by the Daily Mail paper and this year, among male actors,…

admin February 7, 2020