is Bigg Boss Telugu 3 Winner Attacked in Hyderabad Pub for Protesting Against Misbehaviour with Female Friend By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 01:49:23 +0530 Singer and Bigg Boss Telugu Season 3 winner Rahul Sipligunj tried to intervene when a group of people were passing comments on his female friend in a pub. Full Article
is Allu Arjun Is Setting Couple Goals with His Endearing Wish for Wife Sneha Reddy By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 06:33:34 +0530 Seeing Arjun’s love for his spouse on the special day, fans poured their hearts out in the comments section. Full Article
is Prakash Raj Pays His Staff and Film Crew Salaries Till May Amid Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:17:33 +0530 The actor posted on Twitter that he has taken money out of his reserve funds to pay the people working for him so that they do not suffer because of the lockdown. Full Article
is Tamil Serials Want to Resume Shooting, Cinema Industry in No Hurry to Invite 'Disaster' By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:26:06 +0530 A group of Tamil film producers met Information and Publicity Minister Kadambur Raju to seek permission to start editing, dubbing, VFX/CGI and background music works with an upper limit of five people. Full Article
is KDMC stays decision to keep out locals working in Mumbai By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:24:03 IST A day after Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation decided to deny entry to local residents employed in essential services in Mumbai and residing in Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar limits from May 8, both corporations issued fresh order on Wednesday staying their order passed on Tuesday. Full Article
is Thane: Man takes help of Pakistani to blackmail ex-girlfriend, held By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:17:02 IST 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. Full Article
is Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad to Travel to India, Pakistan and Qatar, US State Department Says By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 09:46:21 +0530 Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan, will meet Indian officials to discuss the country's role in sustainable peace in Afghanistan and the region. Full Article
is Bill Introduced in US Congress to Stop Predatory Acquisitions by China During Covid-19 Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:17:32 +0530 The bill proposes to increase the scope of cases the CFIUS reviews and sends to the president prior to a financial transaction. Full Article
is Former Iraqi Intelligence Chief Approved as New Prime Minister of Iraq By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:16:45 +0530 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. Full Article
is Explained: The Stages and Classification of Covid-19 Transmission By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:17:50 +0530 The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has continuously denied that India has entered the community transmission phase. To each question put to the government on community transmission, during government briefings, it has maintained that contact tracing is being carried out at state levels and the cases can only be classified as local and cluster transmissions. Full Article
is Trump Admin Urges US Court Not to Block Work Permits to Spouses of H1B Visa-holders By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:19:06 +0530 An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the immediate family members of the H-1B visa-holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals. Full Article
is South Korean LG Chem Says Visakhapatnam Factory Gas Leak Under Control, Investigating Cause By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:10:41 +0530 LG Chem said in a statement that the gas emitted in the leak can cause nausea and dizziness when inhaled. It said it was seeking to ensure casualties received treatment quickly. Full Article
is How Lax Rules, Missed Warnings Led to Japan's Second Coronavirus Cruise-ship Hotspot By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:44:11 +0530 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. Full Article
is President Xi Warns Against Complacency as China Downgrades Covid-19 Risk Levels in All Regions By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:58:58 +0530 Xi said the spread of the virus overseas has not been effectively curbed yet and cluster cases were reported in a few areas in China, posing considerable uncertainty to the epidemic control. Full Article
is Pakistan Goes Ahead with CPEC Amid Mounting Debts, Further Economic Fallout Due to Covid-19 By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 02:51:33 +0530 India has objected to the CPEC — a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's Xinjiang province with Pakistan's Gwadar Port — as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Full Article
is Air India Opens Bookings for Foreigners, Visa Holders on Outbound Repatriation Flights By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 03:10:24 +0530 For flights between India and Singapore, the charge is Rs 18,000-20,000 per passenger, and it is Rs 50,000 per person for India-UK flights. Full Article
is Covid-19 Transmission Risk Via Sewage 'Must Not be Neglected', Scientists Say By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 03:30:04 +0530 Scientists said the structural makeup of SARS-CoV-2 suggests that it will behave differently in aqueous environments, compared to other viruses typically found in the intestine. Full Article
is Russia Sees Record Rise in Coronavirus Cases with More Than 11,000 New Infections By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 04:26:50 +0530 Russia now ranks fourth in the overall number of reported virus cases in Europe and fifth in the world. Full Article
is Pakistan to Lift Lockdown From Saturday Despite Rising Covid-19 Curve By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 04:29:07 +0530 The decision is being taken because the country's large number of poor people and labourers cannot not afford to live under lockdown any more. Full Article
is 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
is UK PM Boris Johnson Formally Divorces Indian-origin Wife Marina Wheeler By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:10:36 +0530 The former couple married in 1993 and had four children – Lara Lettice, 26, Milo Arthur, 24, Cassia Peaches, 22, and Theodore Apollo, 20 – before announcing their split in 2018. Full Article
is Israel and Italy Claim Breakthroughs in Fight against Covid-19 with Their Vaccines. An Explainer By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:38:56 +0530 While Israel's defence ministry announced a breakthrough in the development of an antibody, Rome-based biotech firm Takis said vaccine tests had shown positive effects. Full Article
is 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
is Sweden Reports over 3,000 Coronavirus Deaths But Insists Situation Manageable By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:25:16 +0530 Officials defended their strategy of not imposing strict stay-at-home measures, saying Sweden's healthcare system still had spare capacity. Full Article
is UK Statistics Find Indians Among Ethnicities With Higher Risk of Covid-19 Deaths By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:46:21 +0530 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. Full Article
is 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
is Boris Johnson Warns of 'Maximum Caution' as UK Considers Easing Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 07:55:22 +0530 Johnson will address the nation on Sunday evening, his spokesman said, but warned against reports of a major easing in social distancing rules. Full Article
is 70-year-old Woman Dies in Pakistan after Standing in Covid-19 Aid Queue for Five Hours By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:55:45 +0530 The deceased's family protested against NADRA and the government, saying elderly people should be given an area to sit with shade when aid is being distributed. Full Article
is German Journalist Accuses French Ex-president of 'Grabbing' Her, Files Sexual Assault Complaint By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:28:39 +0530 Giscard's French lawyer said Thursday that the 94-year-old former president retains 'no memory' of the incident. Giscard was president of France from 1974-1981. Full Article
is US Senators Urge Trump to Temporarily Suspend H-1B, Other Guest Workers Visas By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:32:24 +0530 Top Republican senators urged US President Donald Trump on Thursday to suspend all new guest worker visas for 60 days and certain categories of new guest worker visas, including H-1B, for at least a year or until unemployment figures return to normal levels. Full Article
is Biden's Sexual Accuser Asks Him to Drop Out of Presidential Race, Is Being Represented by Trump Donor By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:31:32 +0530 Attorney Douglas Wigdor is well known for his work on prominent cases related to sexual harassment and assault. He represented six women who accused Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, of sexual misconduct. Full Article
is 'We are Prisoners': Coronavirus Crisis Leaves Thousands of Cruise Ship Crew Stuck at Sea By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:35:59 +0530 The major cruise lines are accused of failing to do enough to get their staff home, ostensibly to save money on pricey charter flights – a claim the companies deny. Full Article
is China Either Made a Terrible Mistake on Covid-19 or Was Incompetent: Trump By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:52:58 +0530 More than 2,64,000 people have died of COVID-19 globally and 37 lakh tested positive for the disease. Full Article
is 'Enemies Remain Enemies': North Korea Lashes South as Kim Jong Un Praises China's Xi Jinping By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:14:39 +0530 Kim sent Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's "success" in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic. Full Article
is ‘They are Thieves, not Journalists’: Trump Asks Newspapers to Give Up Pulitzer Prize for Russia coverage By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:02:50 +0530 The US President said all the American journalists with the Pulitzer Prize should be forced to give it back because they were all wrong. Full Article
is 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
is Caught on Video, NYPD Social Distancing Patrols Turn Violent By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:16:37 +0530 One newly surfaced video of social distancing enforcement gone wrong in New York City shows a police officer running at a black man and throwing him to the ground for mouthing off. Full Article
is '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
is 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
is Singapore Coronavirus Infections Touch 21,707 with 20 deaths: Health Ministry By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:45:31 +0530 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. Full Article
is To Mask or Not to Mask? World Leaders Scrutinised Over Covering Face Amid Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:05 +0530 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. Full Article
is Joe Biden Allies Told to Attack Trump's Stimulus as Veiled 'Cronyism' By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:12 +0530 The memo gives Biden campaign representatives new language to use in their attacks on Trump and shows a campaign honing an increasingly aggressive tone ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Full Article
is Afghanistan Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz Tests Positive for Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:58:33 +0530 Afghanistan has recorded more than 100 deaths from the virus out of more than 3,700 confirmed cases. Full Article
is Milan a Ticking Coronavirus 'Bomb', Viroligist Warns By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:21:19 +0530 Lombardy region, which has recorded more than 80,000 infections, is the epicentre of Italy's outbreak, one of the worst in Europe in terms of deaths and infections. Full Article
is Coronavirus Pandemic Destroys 20.5 Million US Jobs in April in Historic Collapse By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:23:52 +0530 The job loss according to the US Labor Department destroyed nearly all the positions created in the prior decade Full Article
is '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
is 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
is Spanish Cat Who Died of Pre-existing Respiratory Condition Tests Positive for Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:07:40 +0530 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. Full Article
is Trump Praises Attorney General William Barr for Dropping Michael Flynn's Case By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:04:47 +0530 The action on Thursday was a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the past three years have maintained that Flynn lied to the FBI in a January 2017 interview about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Full Article
is US Driving Wedge Between Communist Party, Chinese People Over Covid-19: China By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:45:20 +0530 US is currently weighing punitive actions against China over its early handling of the global health emergency. Full Article