co Vijay Fan Dies in Altercation with Rajinikanth Devotee Over COVID-19 Donations By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:08:16 +0530 A Thalaiva fan has allegedly killed an admirer of Vijay over which star contributed more to the COVID-19 relief fund. Full Article
co Kalyan-Dombivli mayor dons her old nursing uniform to motivate Corona warriors By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:20:28 IST Full Article
co Covid-19: Thane tally 452 with 40 new cases; toll 18 By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 10:52:50 IST With 40 new cases on Tuesday, Thane saw a record one-day rise.The total number is now 452, which includes 93 discharged.Two more deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 18. Full Article
co Coronavirus: Virus takes life of diabetic, 496 cases in Thane By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:11:21 IST Full Article
co Verify the Entrance Exam coaching institute endorsements By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:30:26 IST Full Article
co With 64 new Covid-19 positive cases, total in Thane reaches 560 By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:09:56 IST For the third time in a row, the city recorded highest one-day rise in the number of Covid-19 patients, with 64 positive cases detected on Thursday, taking the total to 560 patients. Full Article
co Pompeo Welcomes New Iraq Government, Extends Iran Sanctions Waiver By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:05:53 +0530 Pompeo said that United States would not enforce sanctions on Iraq buying electricity from Iran for 120 days 'as a display of our desire to help provide the right conditions for success'. Full Article
co Dutch Restaurant Trials Glass Booths for Dining Amid Coronavirus Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:06:30 +0530 Organisers call the project 'Serres Séparées' (Separate Greenhouses) because they say it sounds better in French. Full Article
co Fear Keeps US Undocumented from Hospitals Despite Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:26:40 +0530 New York, where nearly 20,000 people have died of COVID-19, is the epicenter of the US virus pandemic. Latinos and African-Americans are the principal victims, experiencing a mortality rate nearly double of that of white Americans. Full Article
co 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
co 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
co 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
co IMF Approves $214 Million to Nepal to Address Covid-19 Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:31:51 +0530 The IMF on Wednesday approved a disbursement to Nepal of about USD 214 million to help the Himalayan nation cover the urgent balance of payments and fiscal needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Article
co South Korean Findings Suggest 'Reinfected' Coronavirus Cases are False Positives By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:28:09 +0530 As more and more South Koreans were released from treatment for Covid-19, authorities discovered some ostensibly cured patients were later testing positive again. Full Article
co 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
co 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
co No End to Face-off: China, US Try to Stall UNSC Resolution on Covid-19 Over Reference to WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:34:24 +0530 As negotiations continue, Estonia, which holds the current UNSC presidency, has been very critical of the UN’s role in the pandemic. Full Article
co 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
co Vaccine Worked in Monkeys, Claim Researchers from China as Study Shows Covid-19 Adapting to Humans By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 01:41:09 +0530 They found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - that show how it may be evolving as it spreads in people. Full Article
co Amid Poor Access, Covid-19 Pandemic Poses a Special Threat to Indigenous People's Health & Culture By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 01:23:22 +0530 The United Nations estimates that the life expectancy of indigenous people can be up to 20 years lower than that of their counterparts. Full Article
co New Coronavirus Spread Swiftly Around World from Late 2019, Study Finds By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 01:57:57 +0530 Scientists at University College London's Genetics Institute found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - which the UCL researchers said showed how it is adapting to its human hosts as it spreads. Full Article
co 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
co 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
co 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
co 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
co 'Stop Shifting Blame' - China Slams USA after Donald Trump Coronavirus 'Attack' Claim By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:15:46 +0530 Tension between USA and China has reached fever pitch in recent days as they have exchanged barbed comments on each other's handling of the coronavvirus. Full Article
co London Mayor Sadiq Khan Calls for Ethnicity Record of Covid-19 Deaths By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 04:34:16 +0530 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. Full Article
co Bank of England Sees Worst Slump in 300 Years amid Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:15:29 +0530 The BoE kept its benchmark interest rate at an all-time low of 0.1% and left its target for bond-buying, most of it British government debt, at 645 billion pounds. Full Article
co Trump's Admin Shelves CDC's Guide to Reopening Country After Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:05:31 +0530 The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions. Full Article
co 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
co 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
co 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
co Iran Says Coronavirus Outbreak 'Relatively Stable' Despite Uptick By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:28:51 +0530 The Islamic republic has battled to contain the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the COVID-19 illness since reporting its first cases in mid-February. Full Article
co Japan Approves Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir as Covid-19 Drug By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:32:35 +0530 Japan reached the decision just three days after the US drugmaker filed for fast-track approval for the treatment. Full Article
co 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
co Saudi Arabia Forms Police Unit to Enforce Coronavirus Curbs on Social Gatherings: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:49:51 +0530 The kingdom had previously said such gatherings were prohibited and said on Thursday that those breaching the rules would be punished by law. Full Article
co Indian-origin MP in UK Says, Was 'Sacked' as Covid-19 Care Worker for Speaking Out Against PPE Shortage By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:49:55 +0530 Nadia Whittome, the youngest Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing her birthplace of Nottingham in central England since her win in the December 2019 General Election, is now running a drive to encourage care workers to speak out if they have safety concerns. Full Article
co 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
co 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
co 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
co 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
co 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
co Donald Trump Tests Negative for Coronavirus after White House Military Aide Reports Infection By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:05:38 +0530 US Vice-President Mike Pence has also tested negative. Full Article
co Moderna Expects Mid-stage Trials for Covid-19 Vaccine to Begin Shortly By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 09:06:36 +0530 The drug developer had previously said it expected mid-stage trials to begin in the current quarter, with the aim to start late-stage studies in the fall. Full Article
co 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
co Donald Trump Talks China, Russia and US Arms Control in Vladimir Putin Call: White House By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:14:03 +0530 Trump and Putin spoke by phone, also discussing the global coronavirus pandemic, the White House said. Full Article
co Moscow Extends Lockdown after Record Increase in Coronavirus Cases By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 10:00:43 +0530 Coronavirus cases have been registered in all of Russia's 85 regions, with Moscow the worst affected by far with 92,676. Full Article
co 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
co 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
co 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