Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 21-day national lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus was bound to cause disruptions but the choice was stark...
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7th Apr 2020 | Updated at 08:38am 7th Apr 2020
Johnson leads the government despite hospitalisation
On Sunday 5th April, following Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s televised speech, reports surfaced of Prime Minister Boris Johnson being rushed to an undisclosed hospital as he continued to show “persistent symptoms” of coronavirus.
Nandy appointed the Shadow Foreign Secretary
On Sunday 5th April, the MP for Wigan was appointed as the Shadow Foreign Secretary by newly elected Labour leader Keir Starmer. Indian-origin MP Lisa Nandy came third in the Labour leadership election and has replaced Emily Thornberry in a...
There will be disruptions, but it’s the only way: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 21-day national lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus was bound to cause disruptions but the choice was stark as social distancing and isolation were the only and best means to ensure the disease...
Railways to make ventilators, coaches to be isolation units
As the government prepares for a long battle against Covid-19, isolation wards in trains for rural and remote areas, and manufacturing of ventilators in its factories are at the top of the agenda for the Indian Railways
Beijing blocks UNSC discussion on coronavirus
- 01 Apr 2020
China blocked a discussion in the UN Security Council on the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, sought earlier this week by Estonia, in a sign that reflects the limitations of the apex body of global governance to debate the burning issues...
Do we need artificial humans? Samsung's Pranav Mistry, creator of Neon Life, explains
- 25 Mar 2020
Is it possible to have a fully virtual, computationally created being that looks and behaves like us?
875 COVID-19 cases in Pakistan
- 25 Mar 2020
As the government prepares for a long battle against Covid-19, isolation wards in trains for rural and remote areas, and manufacturing of ventilators in...
Tamil Nadu recorded 17 more Covid-19 positive cases on Monday and at least a score more suspected to be infected, while the state's anti-Covid machinery swung into action to trace the 980 Tamil Muslims who took part in a Tablighi Jamaat (TJ)...
In a move to curb the movement of migrant workers on roads and highways, the Centre on Sunday used the Disaster Management Act to fix responsibility on...
An iconic ethnic Indian newspaper in the US that catered to the Indian diaspora for the last 50 years has announced that it will cease the print edition from March 30 due to pre-existing troubles in the publishing industry worsened by the cancellation...
India may well determine the future trajectory of Covid-19, declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), especially in the manner India handles the unprecedented crisis now on
China blocked a discussion in the UN Security Council on the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, sought earlier this week by Estonia, in a sign that...
Pkistan has sought USD 3.7 billion additional loan from three multilateral creditors to cope with the economic crisis being posed by the coronavirus outbreak, as the pandemic spread further in the country, infecting over 1,650 people and killing...
On Tuesday 31st March, the UK’s Foreign Office in collaboration with the Indian government executed its operation of airlifting hundreds of British nationals...
On Tuesday 31st March, the UK’s Foreign Office in collaboration with the Indian government executed its operation of airlifting hundreds of British nationals...
