an 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
an 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
an 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
an Solemn Europe to Mark World War II Anniversary Despite Coronavirus Damage By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:55:06 +0530 Large-scale parades that had been envisaged to commemorate the victory over the Nazis have been downsized as the world grapples with coronavirus crisis. Full Article
an Partially Paralysed Chinese Woman Buried by Son Saved Alive After 3 Days in Grave By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:50:56 +0530 Her son was apparently fed up with having to constantly take care of her, Chinese state media reported. Rescuers said the woman was faintly calling for help as she was freed. Full Article
an '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
an '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
an '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
an 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
an 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
an China Says It Supports Who-led Review Of Global Pandemic Response By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:44:14 +0530 Countries like France, Germany and Britain have urged greater transparency from China over its handling of coronavirus, while the US and Australia have called for international inquiry. Full Article
an Iran Earthquake Kills at Least One, Sparks Panic in Capital By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:54:02 +0530 A shallow 4.6 magnitude quake hit near the city of Damavand, about 55 kilometres east of Tehran. Full Article
an 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
an Iranians Urged to Take Coronavirus 'Seriously' as Cases Stay High By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 04:53:25 +0530 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. Full Article
an Wuhan Market Had Role in Coronavirus Outbreak, But More Research Needed, Says WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:11:27 +0530 It was not clear whether live animals or infected vendors or shoppers may have brought the virus into the market, a WHO expert said. Full Article
an 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
an South Africa to Grant 19,000 Inmates Parole to Curb Coronavirus Spread By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:27:18 +0530 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the parole would apply to low-risk inmates who have passed their minimum detention period. Full Article
an 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
an 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
an 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
an Wuhan Market Where Covid-19 Virus May Have Started Shouldn't be Closed: WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:45:01 +0530 WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said live animal markets are critical to providing food and livelihoods for millions of people globally and authorities should focus on improving them rather than outlawing them. Full Article
an 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
an 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
an Coronavirus Could Kill 1,90,000 Africans and 'Smoulder' Across the Continent for Years By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:43:10 +0530 As many as 44 million of the continent's 1.3 billion people could be infected during the same period, the UN health agency estimated, based on its prediction model of 47 African countries. Full Article
an 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
an Japan Lowers Bar to Coronavirus Testing, Drops Temperature Guideline By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:09:24 +0530 Japan's guidelines had previously specified that those who had had a fever of 37.5 Celsius or more for four consecutive days. Full Article
an Kremlin Says Putin And Britain's Johnson Backed Renewed Dialogue in Phone Call By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:46:28 +0530 The Kremlin said Putin and Johnson had congratulated one another on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the allied victory in World War Two. Full Article
an 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
an Study Suggests Abbott Covid-19 Antibody Test Highly Likely to Give Correct Results By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:56:14 +0530 Antibody tests can tell whether a person has ever been infected and are considered crucial in efforts to get Americans back to work safely as the presence of antibodies to the virus indicate possible immunity to future infection. Full Article
an 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
an Pakistan Claims Water Flow in Chenab Reduced Significantly; India Terms it Baseless Narrative By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:49:52 +0530 The annual meeting between Indus Commissioners was postponed after New Delhi proposed deferment of consultations due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. Full Article
an US Prevents UN Security Council Vote on Covid-19 Pandemic Resolution, Say Diplomats By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:07:36 +0530 The text, under negotiation since March, called for a worldwide cessation of hostilities in conflict zones so governments can address the pandemic. Full Article
an 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
an 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
an Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Mike Pompeo to Visit Israel for Annexation Talks By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:28:55 +0530 Pompeo will discuss U.S. and Israeli efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as regional security issues related to Iran's malign influence, spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. Full Article
an 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
an Legislation Introduced in Congress to Give Green Cards to Foreign Nurses and Doctors By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:41:47 +0530 The move by US to give gree cards to foreign nurses and doctors is likely to benefit a large number of Indian professionals. Full Article
an US Lawmakers Urge Support for Taiwan at WHO, as US Criticizes China By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:51:25 +0530 Taiwan, which is not a member of the United Nations, has been excluded from the WHO, which is a UN agency, due to objections from China. Full Article
an Live Animal Markets Shouldn't be Shut Despite Virus as They Provide Food, Livelihoods for Millions: WHO By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:59:06 +0530 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. Full Article
an Anti-viral Drug Trio Found to Shorten Covid-19 Illness in Patients with Mild Symptoms: Study By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:01:03 +0530 Scientists are racing to identify effective medicines to use against the new coronavirus, but there is currently no treatment, cure or vaccine. Full Article
an 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
an '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
an 'Never Despair': Queen Elizabeth Tells Coronavirus-hit Britain on 75th anniversary of WW2 End By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:10:51 +0530 Her message was filmed at Windsor Castle, where she and her husband Prince Philip have been staying since the coronavirus outbreak began. Full Article
an Bomb Kills 6 Soldiers of Pakistan Army in South Balochistan By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:16:21 +0530 Baloch separatists demanding greater autonomy have for years been waging an insurgency in the province, which is also riven by sectarian and Islamist violence. Full Article
an China Continues to Hide and Obfuscate Covid-19 Data from World, Says Mike Pompeo in Fresh Attack By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:22:45 +0530 Mike Pompeo said he has seen a significant amount of evidence that suggests that the lab was underperforming, that there were security risks at the lab and that the virus could well have emanated from there. Full Article
an 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
an '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
an 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
an Trump Administration Working to Temporarily Ban Work-based Visas Like H1-B: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 06:25:39 +0530 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. Full Article
an 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