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Vijay Fan Dies in Altercation with Rajinikanth Devotee Over COVID-19 Donations

A Thalaiva fan has allegedly killed an admirer of Vijay over which star contributed more to the COVID-19 relief fund.




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Kalyan-Dombivli mayor dons her old nursing uniform to motivate Corona warriors




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Thane: Man takes help of Pakistani to blackmail ex-girlfriend, held

A 29-year-old man with the help of a Pakistani friend blackmailed his ex-girlfriend and demanded Rs 1 lakh in exchange of their intimate photos and videos, the accused was arrested by the Thane anti extortion cell.




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Dutch Restaurant Trials Glass Booths for Dining Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Organisers call the project 'Serres Séparées' (Separate Greenhouses) because they say it sounds better in French.




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Former Iraqi Intelligence Chief Approved as New Prime Minister of Iraq

Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, who gave up the intelligence post when he became the prime minister-designate, assumes the premiership as Iraq faces unprecedented crises due to Covid-19.




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How Lax Rules, Missed Warnings Led to Japan's Second Coronavirus Cruise-ship Hotspot

The Costa Atlantica now hosts one of Japan's biggest clusters of the coronavirus, which infected one-fourth of the more than 600 people then on board.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan Calls for Ethnicity Record of Covid-19 Deaths

London's Pakistani-origin mayor fears it's not possible to understand the full extent of this disparity as, unlike in Scotland, ethnicity is not recorded on death certificates in England.




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Israeli Parliament Passes Bills for Formation of Benjamin Netanyahu-Benny Gantz Unity Govt

The Knesset or Parliament voted by 71 votes to 37 to back the power-sharing deal between Netanyahu's Likud and his main rival former military chief Benny Gantz's Blue and White parties.




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Trump's Admin Shelves CDC's Guide to Reopening Country After Coronavirus Lockdown

The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions.




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US Scientists Scramble to Study Life-threatening Syndrome in Kids Linked to Coronavirus

This emerging syndrome, which may occur days to weeks after a COVID-19 illness, reflects the surprising ways that this entirely new coronavirus infects and sickens its human hosts.




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Thousands of Migrants Stranded Worldwide by Pandemic: United Nations

Migrant camps were "very prone" to spreading the disease, IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino told reporters in an online briefing.




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UK Statistics Find Indians Among Ethnicities With Higher Risk of Covid-19 Deaths

When taking into account age in the analysis, black males were found 4.2 times more likely to die from a COVID-19-related death and black females 4.3 times more likely than white ethnicity males and females.




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Saudi Arabia Forms Police Unit to Enforce Coronavirus Curbs on Social Gatherings: Report

The kingdom had previously said such gatherings were prohibited and said on Thursday that those breaching the rules would be punished by law.




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GSK Tests Experimental Arthritis Drug to Treat Pneumonia from Covid-19

Drug otilimab - in which GSK acquired rights from German biotech firm Morphosys in 2013 - may possibly ease the devastating effect of the virus on the lungs, while not suppressing the virus directly, a company spokesman said.




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US Companies Got Emergency Govt Loans Despite Having Months of Cash

Some of the companies that took loans said publicly they were financially secure, with some seeing increased demand for their products around the time they asked for the aid.




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Pakistani Man Shoots Wife Dead for Not Serving Him Hot Meal for Sehri, Arrested

The father of the deceased filed a complaint with the police alleging that his 19-year-old daughter was killed by her husband for failing to serve him a hot meal for Sehri in the ongoing month of Ramzan.




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World Thalassaemia Day 2020: Date, Theme and Significance

The World Thalassaemia Day 2020 theme is '’the dawning of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients'.




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Solemn Europe to Mark World War II Anniversary Despite Coronavirus Damage

Large-scale parades that had been envisaged to commemorate the victory over the Nazis have been downsized as the world grapples with coronavirus crisis.




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Singapore Coronavirus Infections Touch 21,707 with 20 deaths: Health Ministry

Singapore on Friday reported 768 new cases of coronavirus, mostly among the foreign nationals living in dormitories, taking the total number of infections in the country to 21,707 with 20 deaths, the health ministry said.




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'Can Learn from Smallpox for Covid-19 Response': Remembering Humanity's Triumph Over a Virus, 40 Yrs On

On May 8, 1980, representatives of all World Health Organization (WHO) member states gathered in Geneva and officially declared that the smallpox-causing variola virus had been relegated to the history books, two centuries after the discovery of a vaccine.




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To Mask or Not to Mask? World Leaders Scrutinised Over Covering Face Amid Pandemic

As a consensus has emerged that masks, even homemade ones, do help -- though levels of protection vary -- political leaders have had to adjust their messaging.




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Iran Earthquake Kills at Least One, Sparks Panic in Capital

A shallow 4.6 magnitude quake hit near the city of Damavand, about 55 kilometres east of Tehran.




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Afghanistan Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Afghanistan has recorded more than 100 deaths from the virus out of more than 3,700 confirmed cases.




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Iranians Urged to Take Coronavirus 'Seriously' as Cases Stay High

Experts and officials both in Iran and abroad have cast doubts over Covid-19 figures, saying the real number of cases could be much higher than reported.




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Melinda Gates Slams Trump Administration's Handling of Covid-19, Gives it 'D-minus'

She asserted that more money is required for testing and vaccine development in the US and across the world.




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Spanish Cat Who Died of Pre-existing Respiratory Condition Tests Positive for Coronavirus

The cat, named Negrito, was the sixth feline to be detected with the disease globally. It belonged to a household in the Barcelona area where several family members had caught the virus.




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US Driving Wedge Between Communist Party, Chinese People Over Covid-19: China

US is currently weighing punitive actions against China over its early handling of the global health emergency.




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Trump: Not Sure We Even Have a Choice' on Reopening States

Texas is among a long list of states that have been gradually allowing business to reopen despite failing to reach the guidelines spelled out by the White House last month.




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Pakistan Claims Water Flow in Chenab Reduced Significantly; India Terms it Baseless Narrative

The annual meeting between Indus Commissioners was postponed after New Delhi proposed deferment of consultations due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.




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Turkey Charges Seven People Over Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn's Escape: Lawyer

Turkey formally charged Turkish private jet operator MNG Jet's four pilots and a executive with 'migrant smuggling', a crime carrying a maximum sentence of eight years in jail.




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Live Animal Markets Shouldn't be Shut Despite Virus as They Provide Food, Livelihoods for Millions: WHO

The WHO said reducing the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans in these often overcrowded markets could be addressed in many cases by improving hygiene and food safety standards, including separating live animals from humans.




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'Never Despair': Queen Elizabeth Tells Coronavirus-hit Britain on 75th anniversary of WW2 End

Her message was filmed at Windsor Castle, where she and her husband Prince Philip have been staying since the coronavirus outbreak began.




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Trump Administration Working to Temporarily Ban Work-based Visas Like H1-B: Report

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers from countries like India and China in speciality occupations.




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World Migratory Bird Day 2020: Theme, Significance and All You Need to Know

Each year a variety of events, including bird watching are held across the globe to raise awareness on World Migratory Bird Day observed on May 9.




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Docs Show Top White House Officials Buried Reports of Top Disease Control Experts on Reopening US

The trove of emails show the nation's top public health experts at the CDC spending weeks working on guidance to help the country deal with a public health emergency, only to see their work quashed by political appointees with little explanation.




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'Countries Know we Have Tremendous Amounts': Trump Says US Planning to Ship 8,000 Ventilators Abroad

In recent weeks, Trump has been recounting other countries' calls for help. He said he'd offered Russia's Vladimir Putin ventilators during a call on Thursday.




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US-based Rights Group Says Saudi Arabia is Holding a Senior Prince Incommunicado Since March

The US-based rights group, citing a source with ties to the royal family, said Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, a son of late monarch King Abdullah, was detained by security forces on March 27 while self-isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic at a family compound northeast of the capital Riyadh.




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President Vladimir Putin Calls For 'Invincible' Unity as Russians Mark Victory Day on Lockdown

Celebrations of this year's Victory Day were muted after the Kremlin grudgingly agreed to postpone plans for a grand parade with world leaders due to coronavirus




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Europe Wasn't Well-prepared: Acknowledges German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that initially most countries were focused on coping with the outbreak at home.




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Seven Killed in Protests Over Food Distribution in Afghanistan, Says Local MP

Police opened fire after some among the around 300 protesters threw stones and started firing guns and trying to enter the governor's house, said Mohammad Arif Aber, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Ghor.




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Apurva Agnihotri Pens Heartfelt Post On Kushal Punjabi’s Birth Anniversary

Kushal Punjabi, who would have turned 43 year old today, was found dead in his Bandra apartment in December last year.




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Bikini-clad Urvashi Rautela Flaunts Her Perfectly Toned Body In This Viral Pic; See Here

In the photograph she shared on Instagram, Urvashi is seen striking a pose in a bottle green coloured bikini laying on a trunk of a tree.




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Ashok Mastie Unites Over 30 Artistes To Spread Message About Covid-19

The Khadke Glassy fame singer has brought together over 30 artists together, including Mika Singh and Daler Mehendi for his song on Coronavirus pandemic. The song is titled Haunsla Na Chhadin.




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Actor Manikandan Has a No-frills Wedding

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the event was limited and a very few people turned up.




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Sunny Leone Calls Herself 'Lucky Mommy' as She Shares Adorable Video of Daughter Nisha

Actress Sunny Leone took to Instagram to share a video with daughter Nisha Kaur Weber where the mother-daughter duo could be seen experimenting with Snapchat filters.




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Happy Birthday Samantha Akkineni: A Look at Social Media Life of the Diva

Samantha Akkineni has been very active on social media and keeps posting adorable glimpses from her life.




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Harper Lee Birth Anniversary: 10 Inspiring Quotes from the Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

On her 94th birth anniversary, here are some inspiring quotes by acclaimed author Harper Lee.




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Know Effectiveness Of Your Hand Sanitiser

The alcohol breaks the protein envelope holding the viruses' structure together, thus, rendering it incapable of attaching itself to the human cells.




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Actress Disha Patani Looks Gorgeous In This Throwback Picture

Disha Patani shared a behind the scene picture from her film Malang, which also starred Aditya Roy Kapur, Anil Kapoor and Kunal Kemmu.




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Shabana Azmi Helps Over 10 Lakh People With Ration and Sanitation Products

Shabana Azmi has collaborated with an NGO called Action Aid India to help more than 10 lakh people across 172 districts in 21 states