Tag: corona virus

China rejects food imports after coronavirus detected in Beijing’s wholesale market

BEIJING: New coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in China, and authorities are turning their attention to concerns that the virus could spread through imported food. Those worries have risen since a June outbreak in Beijing that was linked to the city’s largest wholesale market. Testing has been stepped up on incoming food shipments, and on […]

Covid-19: HC responds to PIL filed against exorbitant charges by hospitals

HYDERABAD: In a case of hospital negligence and public apathy, a man was left to die on the road after he collapsed. The heart-wrenching incident happened at ECIL Crossroads here on Wednesday afternoon. The person, identified as Prithvi Raj, a resident of Jawaharnagar, collapsed while waiting to be shifted to another hospital after treatment was […]

BJP Vs. TRS: War of words

Union Minister of Home Affairs, Kishan Reddy has recently said that he met with the Union Minister of Health, Harsh Vardhan, to discuss the situation of Coronavirus in the state of Telangana. He said that the situation of Coronavirus in the state is very much worrisome, and that he had discussed various options to help […]

Russian court fines coronavirus-denying rebel monk

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about the pandemic. The court in the Ural Mountains region ordered Father Sergiy to pay 90,000 rubles (USD 1,250). The 65-year-old monk, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging followers to disobey church leadership and […]

Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in federal coronavirus aid

WASHINGTON: Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump’s own ethics policy, according to a report. The lobbyists identified Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen either worked in the Trump executive branch, […]

Scribe Booked For Writing False News On KCR!

A senior journalist who has been running a small-time Telugu daily was booked for writing an alleged false report that CM KCR had gone into hiding as he was suffering from Coronavirus. The Jubilee Hills police in Hyderabad registered a case against Anam Chinni Venkateshwara Rao, who is editor and publisher of Aadab Hyderabad Telugu […]

US dips under 50,000 new coronavirus cases

BALTIMORE: The United States has dipped under 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time in four days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but experts fear celebrations for the July 4th Independence Day weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging outbreak. Johns Hopkins counted 45,300 new coronavirus infections in […]

AP Covid Tests: Less Words – More Work!

According to Andhra Pradesh Health department, the state government has completed a massive 1 million COVID tests across the state. While the first 1 lakh samples were tested in 59 days, it took just 65 days to test the 9 lakh samples. The number of new cases reported on Sunday, 998, took the total number […]

Coronavirus: Serbian capital Belgrade declares emergency as cases jump

BELGRADE: Serbian authorities have declared an emergency in the capital Belgrade because of a surge in the new coronavirus cases. The Belgrade crisis team on Friday said nightclubs and cafes will be closed between 11 pm and 6 am and public gatherings limited to 100 people indoors and 500 outdoors. Those not wearing masks in […]

No Covid-19 Tests In Telangana For Next 4 Days!

The Telangana government has once again ordered the private labs in the state not to conduct Covid-19 tests. This is for the second time, the Telangana government has ordered to do so in less than a week’s time. The fresh order of the government will last for four days. However the state government did not […]

Big Hero’s Staff Tested Positive For Covid-19

Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan’s upcoming film ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’ initially planned for a Christmas Day release this year. The movie is a remake of Hollywood classic ‘Forrest Gump'(1994) starring Tom Hanks. Advait Chandan is directing the film. Like all the film units in the industry, ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’ team also stalled the shooting after the […]

Telangana Home Minister tests positive for COVID-19

Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has tested positive for COVID-19. He was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday night. Health officials described his condition as stable. Ali had participated in Haritha Haram, a plantation programme, with top police officials on June 25. He is the first minister to be found infected […]

COVID-19 effect: Thailand’s low-cost airline NokScoot shuts down amid losses

BANGKOK: Thailand’s low-cost carrier NokScoot, which is partly owned by Singapore Airlines, said its board of directors decided to liquidate the company as the coronavirus pandemic dimmed prospects for its recovery. The airline, a joint venture between Singapore-based Scoot and Nok Airlines Plc., has not recorded a full-year profit since its inception in 2014. “Unprecedented […]

Israel enlists help of tech startups to stem second wave of COVID-19

Tel Aviv: Israel’s armoury in the battle against the novel coronavirus includes thermal cameras scanning crowds and algorithms trawling vast medical databanks for real-time indicators of an infection spike. The Jewish state is enlisting the help of local startups in the hope of stemming a “second wave” of the virus. The chaos of daily life […]