me Israeli Parliament Passes Bills for Formation of Benjamin Netanyahu-Benny Gantz Unity Govt By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:02:50 +0530 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. Full Article
me South Africa Parliament Video Call Hacked with Pornography; Racial, Sexual Insults Hurled at Chairwoman By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:46:19 +0530 South Africa's parliament is closed and all its meetings are currently held by video conference calls as the country remains under strict lockdown restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Full Article
me US Scientists Scramble to Study Life-threatening Syndrome in Kids Linked to Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:08:08 +0530 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. Full Article
me GSK Tests Experimental Arthritis Drug to Treat Pneumonia from Covid-19 By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 07:17:32 +0530 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. Full Article
me For Indian Students Stranded in UK during Covid-19 Lockdown, The Door Back Home Opens, But at a Price By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:02:50 +0530 The cost of a return ticket to India as well as the mandatory 14-day quarantine period has left many Indian students in the UK to rethink their decision. Full Article
me New York Became 'Grand Central Station' for Covid-19 and Carried Infections Across the US: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:30:31 +0530 Overall, infections spreading from New York account for 60 to 65 per cent of the sequenced viruses across the country. Full Article
me Germany to Apply 'Emergency Brake' if Coronavirus Rebounds By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:43:35 +0530 On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and governors of the 16 states agreed to further loosen the rules, albeit with a fallback clause. Full Article
me UK Govt Announces Five More Flights for Britons Stranded in Amritsar, Ahmedabad By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 09:01:18 +0530 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said that once these flights are completed, over 16,500 travellers will have been brought back from India on 64 special flights. Full Article
me Coronavirus Detected in Semen of Infected Men, Shows Chinese Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:51:41 +0530 COVID-19 is spread through respiratory droplets or contact and the virus has also been detected in feces, saliva and urine. Full Article
me We Need to Know Where Patient Zero of Coronavirus Came From: Mike Pompeo By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:11:18 +0530 The US needs it for all of the epidemiological work that needs to be done to protect Americans today and tomorrow, Pompeo asserted. Full Article
me US Justice Department Drops Case Against ex-Trump Aide and Former NSA Michael Flynn By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:22:47 +0530 The decision by close Trump ally Attorney General Bill Barr effectively reversed 18 months of work by the department and FBI under Barr's predecessors. Full Article
me China, US Commit to 'Creating Favourable Conditions' for Trade Deal Implementation Despite Coronavirus Row: Official By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:22:01 +0530 Last week, US President Trump threatened new tariffs against China after claiming there was evidence linking Covid-19 to a top-security lab in Wuhan. Full Article
me Croatian Air Force Plane Crashes Killing Two Crew Members By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:43:53 +0530 Croatia's Defense Ministry says an air force training plane crashed in the southwest of the country, killing two crew members. Full Article
me Does Coronavirus Spread by Sex? Virus Found in Patients' Semen in Chinese Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:54:24 +0530 The virus that causes COVID-19 can be found in semen, Chinese researchers report in a small study that doesn't address whether sexual transmission is possible. Doctors detected the virus in semen from six of 38 men hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Four were still very sick with the disease while two were recovering. Full Article
me Senators Urge Trump to Temporarily Suspend H-1B, Other Work Visas as Unemployment Reaches All Time High By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:03:46 +0530 The H-1B work visa for foreign technology professionals is highly popular among Indians and a large number of Indians also opt for the EB-5 investors visa. Full Article
me Georgia Police Arrest Two for Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Man By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:06:52 +0530 The two white men were identified by police as Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Gregory McMichael, 64, who both live in Brunswick. Full Article
me US Companies Got Emergency Govt Loans Despite Having Months of Cash By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:13:48 +0530 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. Full Article
me 'The Govt is Failing Us': Laid-off Americans Struggle in Coronavirus Crisis By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:26:59 +0530 Alejandra has not heard anything from the state -- though she has gotten a fundraising email from Republican Senator Rick Scott, who set up the current unemployment system during his tenure as governor. Full Article
me Pakistani Man Shoots Wife Dead for Not Serving Him Hot Meal for Sehri, Arrested By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:48:16 +0530 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. Full Article
me New Study Finds No Benefit from Malaria Drug HCQ for Coronavirus Treatment By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:10:10 +0530 Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Full Article
me Google Doodle Brings Back Video Game Pac Man Live Today By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:18:00 +0530 While PAC MAN is controlled using the arrow keys on keyboard or by clicking on the maze; Ms. PAC MAN can be controlled with the WASD keys. Full Article
me World Thalassaemia Day 2020: Date, Theme and Significance By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:27:08 +0530 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'. Full Article
me Most Coronavirus Patients May Lose Sense of Smell by Third Day of Infection, Reveals New Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:31:08 +0530 The findings indicated that a decreased sense of smell may be an indicator of patients early in the disease course as well as those who may go on to develop more severe symptoms. Full Article
me 'Dedicated to Health & Medicine': Father-Daughter Doctor Duo of Indian-origin Die of Covid-19 in US By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 01:12:15 +0530 Satyender Dev Khanna and daughter Priya Khanna who worked at the Clara Maass Medical Center in New Jersey succumbed to Covid-19. Full Article
me 'Beverages With Less Than 40% Alcohol Are Halal, Can Drink Them': Pak Cleric's Comments Invite Ire By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:11:10 +0530 Controversial Pakistani cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi made the comments in an interview with an online portal when he was asked to respond to some fatwa allegedly issued by clerics in Saudi Arabia that beverages containing 40 per cent alcohol or less are halal (permissible). Full Article
me Museum, Amusement Parks & Cinemas to Reopen in Denmark from June 8 as Govt Eases Virus Restrictions By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:39:24 +0530 In the third phase of its reopening plan, Denmark will also increase the maximum number of people allowed to meet in public to between 30 and 50, up from a 10-person limit. Full Article
me 'Can Learn from Smallpox for Covid-19 Response': Remembering Humanity's Triumph Over a Virus, 40 Yrs On By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:54:22 +0530 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. Full Article
me Men, Money, Plan & Guts: An Incursion Into Venezuela, Straight Out of Hollywood By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:29:29 +0530 The Maduro administration has blamed the attack on the US government, which has denied a connection to Goudreau or his Florida-based security company SilverCorp. Full Article
me China's New Prototype Spacecraft Returns to Earth, After Completing a Number of Assignments: Official By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:42:11 +0530 The spacecraft -- which was launched Tuesday -- arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test. Full Article
me COVID-19: Indian-American Senator Appointed Member Of Committee to Address Washington's Economic Recovery By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:55:59 +0530 Senator Manka Dhingra is an Indian-American attorney and the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States. Full Article
me 'No Surprise': Trump Plays Down New Unemployment Record as US Loses 20.5 Million Jobs in April By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:14:48 +0530 The unprecedented collapse in April driven by the coronavirus fallout sent the unemployment rate to 14.7%, well beyond the peak hit in late 2009 during the global financial crisis. Full Article
me Melinda Gates Slams Trump Administration's Handling of Covid-19, Gives it 'D-minus' By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:20 +0530 She asserted that more money is required for testing and vaccine development in the US and across the world. Full Article
me Canada Loses Record 2.0 Million Jobs in April, Unemployment Rate Surges to 13.0% By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:55:40 +0530 Most non-essential businesses have been shut since mid-March as officials urge people to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but in recent weeks, some of the 10 Canadian provinces have started to gradually reopen their economies. Full Article
me Trump Says Some White House Personnel Now Wearing Masks after Staffer Tested Positive By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:37 +0530 Trump, asked if those who serve him food would now cover their faces, told Fox News in an interview that such White House staff had already started wearing face masks. Full Article
me Coronavirus-hit Iran Holds Friday Prayers For First Time in Months By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:26:20 +0530 Iran urged citizens to take social distancing 'more seriously' as it announced more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus infection. Full Article
me Still Hiring! Walmart, Other Superstores Buck US Employment Trend amid Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:47:05 +0530 Almost across the board, sectors reported precipitous drops in overall employment in April, even though some major players - from online sales to grocery shopping and pharmacies - have seen surges in demand. Full Article
me New York City Stepping up Distancing Enforcement in Three Parks By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:46:57 +0530 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also announced that 2,500 members of a "test and trace corps" will be in place by early June to combat the virus. Full Article
me Family of US Meat Plant Worker Who Died of Covid-19 Sues Company For Negligence By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:16:04 +0530 Enock Benjamin died on April 3 of the respiratory disease after becoming infected by the new coronavirus while working at the JBS plant in Souderton, Pennsylvania, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday. Full Article
me Venezuela Charges Two Americans With 'Terrorism, Conspiracy' By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:19:37 +0530 Luke Alexander Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were among 17 people captured by the Venezuelan military. Full Article
me Italy Becomes Third Country to Record 30,000 Coronavirus Deaths, New Cases Edge Down By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:27:27 +0530 Italy's total death toll from COVID-19 since its outbreak came to light on February 21 now stands at 30,201. Only the United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus. Full Article
me Turkey Charges Seven People Over Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn's Escape: Lawyer By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:50:19 +0530 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. Full Article
me US Accuses China, Russia of Coordinating on Covid-19 Conspiracies, Spreading Lies on Social Media By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:50:17 +0530 The Global Engagement Center earlier said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts were spreading conspiracies about the pandemic. Full Article
me Indian-American Grocery Store Owner in Silicon Valley Charged with Price Gouging By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:07:42 +0530 Rajvinder Singh, owner of the popular Apna Bazaar in California's Pleasanton, had allegedly increased the prices of grocery items during Covid-19. Full Article
me 'It’s Just Unfair': Job Market Meltdown Hits America's Most Vulnerable Workers Hardest Amid Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:08:48 +0530 The 20.5 million jobs lost in April fell disproportionately on African Americans, Latinos, low-wage workers and people with no college education. Full Article
me Exhibiting Varied Dimensions & Dynamics, This How the Future of Coronavirus Pandemic will be Like By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:26:40 +0530 The pandemic wave, similarly, will be with us for the foreseeable future before it diminishes. But depending on the location and the policies in place, it will exhibit variegated dimensions and dynamics traveling through time and space. Full Article
me 'We Don't Want this Anymore': Stuck on Cruise Ships During Pandemic, Crews Beg to Go Home By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:29:44 +0530 Both national and local governments have stopped crews from disembarking in order to prevent new cases of Covid-19 in their territories, stranding thousands of crew members. Full Article
me Emergency Coffin Shipments Arrive in Brazil's Manaus City for Covid-19 Victims By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:12:00 +0530 A Johns Hopkins University count says there have been more than 10,000 Covid-19 deaths so far in Latin America's largest and most populous country. Full Article
me World Migratory Bird Day 2020: Theme, Significance and All You Need to Know By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:01:51 +0530 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. Full Article
me To Mention or Not to Mention WHO, that is UN Security Council Question By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:12:39 +0530 On Wednesday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of "refusing to share the information we need to keep people safe." Beijing accused Pompeo of telling lies. Full Article
me Merkel, Trump Agree in Phone Call to Keep Memory of WW2 Horrors Alive By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:22:43 +0530 Merkel emphasized the special importance of US support for Germany after WW2 and the ties between the two countries that developed after, a government spokesperson said. Full Article