Tag: covid19

Talasani vs JaggaReddy TG politics on fire

Amid this COVID-19 crisis, the Telangana politics are on fire as the Telangana Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav made some sensational comments on the TPCC Chief Uttam Kumar Reddy and the soldiers of Indian Army. It is known that Uttam Kumar Reddy served in the Indian border and now, Talasani said that the soldiers are nothing […]

ICMR partners with Bharat biotech to develop Covid-19 vaccine

Days after a path breaking discovery announced by Israel, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday declared a research collaboration with Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) to amp up the development of COVID-19 vaccine. The ICMR representative stated that for the development of the vaccine, the virus strain has been isolated at the […]

30,000 Stranded Telugu People Returning To India

The evacuation of stranded Indians from all the countries will begin soon, and COVID-19 taskforce committee chairman Krishna Babu urged the people who registered to return to India, to be ready for the travel and quarantine followed by it. With more than 30,000 stranded Telugu people registered to return to Indian from different countries, the […]

Andhra COVID-19 toll now 41 as three more die, cases in state surge to 1887

VIJAYAWADA: The COVID-19 toll in Andhra Pradesh increased to 41 with three more people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. Two of them were Kurnool and one from Visakhapatnam. With 54 new cases, the total number of cases in the state increased to 1887. The number of discharged now stands at 842 […]

UN chief says pandemic is unleashing a ‘tsunami of hate’

UNITED NATION: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering.” The UN chief said “anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread, and COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred.” Guterres said migrants and refugees “have been vilified as […]

Kim Jong-un sends ‘verbal message’ to Xi on coronavirus success

PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a verbal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping, praising Beijing for its success in stemming coronavirus spread, Yonhap News Agency reported. In a message, Kim “congratulated him (Jinping), highly appreciating that he is seizing a chance of victory in the war against the unprecedented epidemic,” according to […]

Telangana government issues fresh set of lockdown norms

HYDERABAD: The State government has issued a new set of guidelines notifying the activities which are allowed and prohibited in the State during lockdown period till May 29. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, on Thursday, issued a GO to this effect. The orders mentioned that it shall be mandatory for everyone to wear a face cover/mask […]

What’s Stopping Naidu From Flying To Vizag?

Leader of the opposition in the AP Assembly and Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday appealed to the Union government to immediately rush highly qualified medical teams to Visakhapatnam to treat the victims of Vizag gas tragedy. He sought a thorough probe into the incident. He also sought permission from the Prime Minister’s […]

South Korea returns largely to normal as coronavirus outbreak controlled

SEOUL: South Korea returned largely to normal Wednesday as workers went back to offices, and museums and libraries reopened under eased social distancing rules after new coronavirus cases dropped to a trickle. The South endured one of the worst early outbreaks of the disease outside China and while it never imposed a compulsory lockdown, strict […]

Pakistan reports 38 new COVID-19 deaths, total cases cross 24,000

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases have crossed 24,000 after 1,523 new infections were detected, while the death toll has jumped to 564 with 38 more people succumbing to the coronavirus, health officials said on Thursday. Even as the country is seeing an increase in the number of coronavirus cases and fatalities, Prime Minister Imran Khan will […]

Coronavirus attack on US worse than Pearl Harbour, 9/11, says Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said the coronavirus outbreak has hit America harder than the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, or the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, pointing the finger at China. Since emerging in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, the coronavirus is confirmed to have infected […]

Women demand voice in Italy coronavirus response dominated by men

ROME: Every evening when health experts updated anxious Italians in televised briefings about their nation’s devastating coronavirus outbreak, the lineup of authoritative figures included only one woman: the sign-language interpreter. And not a single woman was among the 20-member commission appointed to advise the government on how and when Italy could safely re-open its factories, […]

In-Talk: AP Govt started ‘Mission 15’ in Guntur

After Kurnool, Guntur is picking up on the number of Covid-19 cases. In Guntur, Narasaraopet is turning out to be the main red zone with highest number of cases in the district. Out of the 362 cases in Guntur, 163 are from Narasaraopet. Around 10 to 15 new cases were being seen in Narasaraopet region […]