rt Sara Gilbert and estranged wife Linda Perry take break from quarantine for a walk with their son By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:02:54 GMT Sara Gilbert and estranged wife Linda Perry took a reprieve from their coronavirus quarantine and went on a walk with their son Rhodes in Los Angeles on Saturday. Full Article
rt Gabby Allen shares a racy snap of her VERY pert posterior in a thong bikini By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:06:08 GMT The fitness fanatic, 28, looked incredible in the stunning selfie that showed her bronzed glow and teased fans with the cryptic caption: 'miss u...' Full Article
rt Love Island's Alexandra Cane sets pulses racing as she shows off her toned abs and pert posterior By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:10:17 GMT The Love Island star, 28, looked sensational in her snap that she shared to Instagram on Saturday. Full Article
rt Jesinta Franklin shares a heartfelt tribute newborn daughter Tullulah on Mother's Day By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:19:55 GMT She welcomed her daughter Tullulah with AFL star husband Lance 'Buddy' Franklin in late February. Full Article
rt Hamish Blake creates an Aladdin-themed cake for his son Sonny's sixth birthday By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:23:42 GMT He's been wowing fans with his epic cake creations for his son Sonny's birthday each year. Full Article
rt Samantha Armytage rages at 'scammers' using her name and image on fake adverts By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:23:55 GMT Samantha Armytage has hit out at 'scammers' using her name on bogus adverts. Full Article
rt George Osborne is spotted at Wimbledon amid reports he wants IMF job By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 18:28:27 GMT The former chancellor was spotted walking through the grounds before taking up his position in Centre Court's Royal Box, where he was seen chatting with former Bank of England governor Mervyn King. Full Article
rt Tory PR girl who loves partying with MPs and pictured bathing in MILK is standing in ex-mining area By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:16:58 GMT Clare Ambrosino will try to win the Easington seat in County Durham on December 12 - a mining community that has always returned a Labour MP since the constituency was formed in 1950. Full Article
rt George Osborne joins Evening Standard colleague Laura Weir to pay tribute to Sir Rod Stewart By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 01:47:41 GMT The former Chancellor was pictured with colleague Laura Weir, editor-in-chief of the Evening Standard's weekly magazine at a charity dinner for Rod Stewart at the Rosewood Hotel. Full Article
rt Savers 'risk poverty because they are cashing in their pensions too quickly' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 01:28:10 GMT The Association of British Insurers suggests many savers are withdrawing money at an 'unsustainable rate', with almost £33billion cashed in. Full Article
rt Inter Milan 'determined to sign Vidal from Barcelona but will demand Martinez is left out of deal' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:28:45 GMT Antonio Conte is thought to be desperate to reunite with the midfielder after failing to sign him last summer and in the January window earlier this season. Full Article
rt Bernd Leno praises Arsenal team-mate Gabriel Martinelli and hails him as a future world-class star By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:00:51 GMT Gabriel Martinelli arrived at Arsenal last summer from Ituano for just £6m. The 18-year-old Brazilian has hit the ground running quickly scoring 10 goals in his first 26 appearances for the Gunners. Full Article
rt Clubs reveal their fear over Premier League's Project Restart and want a delay By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:27:51 GMT EXCLUSIVE BY OLIVER HOLT AND ROB DRAPER: The dissident Premier League clubs arguing against a quick return to football will urge a delay to Project Restart. Full Article
rt Profesorii și elevii din ultimii ani vor fi obligați să poarte mască începând cu 15 mai (propunere) By www.forbes.ro Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:15:11 +0000 Profesorii și elevii din ultimii ani de gimnaziu și liceu care revin la școală pentru pregătirea examenelor naționale sunt obligați să poarte mască, potrivit regulilor elaborate de Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică pentru perioada de după 15 mai, informează Radio România Actualități. The post Profesorii și elevii din ultimii ani vor fi obligați să poarte mască începând cu 15 mai (propunere) appeared first on Forbes.ro. Full Article CORONAVIRUS Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică liceu profesor scoala
rt Cenk Tosun cuts short his loan at Crystal Palace through injury and returns to Everton By Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:43:16 +0000 Cenk Tosun has cut short his loan to Crystal Palace and returned to Everton amid concerns he is facing six months out with an injury after rupturing knee ligaments during training. Full Article
rt Marcus Rashford says he would NOT ban racist online accounts but it's important to stand up to them By Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:16:32 +0000 The Manchester United striker, 22, was subject to a barrage of abuse after missing a penalty in a 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace last year. Full Article
rt Cenk Tosun returns to Everton ahead of surgery after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury By Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:15:24 +0000 The 28-year-old Turkish striker completed a loan move to Selhurst Park during the January transfer window, but it has been abruptly cut short due to his ACL injury. Full Article
rt Chelsea fans unimpressed after third kit resembling Crystal Palace shirts for next season are leaked By Published On :: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 10:47:18 +0000 Footy Headlines have leaked the apparent new strip, but it hasn't been received warmly by many Blues fans - who are already comparing it to Crystal Palace's home kit. Full Article
rt Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City: Anthony Martial strikes to clinch all three points By Published On :: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 18:25:13 +0000 MARTIN SAMUEL AT OLD TRAFFORD: Ignore for a moment the fact that for many Mancunians this win may bring forward a date with dreaded destiny, when Liverpool win their first Premier League Full Article
rt 10 things we learned in the Premier League, with Manchester United back to where they started By Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:32:16 +0000 An enthralling weekend of Premier League football saw Manchester United and Chelsea push clear in the fight for a top four place while Liverpool moved to within two wins of the title. Full Article
rt Coronavirus UK: Premier League doctor reveals expert advice to fans on how to stay healthy By Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:05:41 +0000 Crystal Palace are making individual checks on the welfare of all of their over-70 season ticket holders in their latest gesture following the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
rt Crystal Palace tracking promising 17-year-old Hearts left back Aaron Hickey By Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:38:57 +0000 Crystal Palace are monitoring developments with Hearts left back Aaron Hickey but have yet to make a bid. Full Article
rt SPORTS AGENDA: Secret Manchester United fan saved Eric Cantona from a life ban for his kung-fu kick By Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:31:08 +0100 SPORTS AGENDA: Twenty five years have passed and thousands of words have been written since Eric Cantona's kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace fan, which earned him a nine-month ban. Full Article
rt Crystal Palace ready to rival Man Utd and Everton for Burnley star Dwight McNeil By Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:21:05 +0100 Though Man United and Everton have been monitoring McNeil, Palace hope the offer of regular first-team football coupled with a handsome increase on his current salary will help them land him. Full Article
rt Crystal Palace confident that Roy Hodgson WILL be able to manage them when Premier League restarts By Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 08:24:22 +0100 Crystal Palace are confident that Roy Hodgson will not be barred from managing on safety grounds amid the coronavirus crisis when the Premier League resumes. Full Article
rt Roy Hodgson given green light to manage Crystal Palace for Project Restart despite being over 70 By Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:25:07 +0100 EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: There had been doubt over whether the 72-year-old would be forced to miss the remainder of the season, should it restart, due to Government guidelines. Full Article
rt An American striker produced the MMA win of the year by torturing Tony Ferguson, stopping him in the 5th round at UFC 249 By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:33:15 +0530 Justin Gaethje tormented Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday.Fighting in front of a reduced UFC production crew and no fans, Gaethje put together the best MMA win of the year so far.Gaethje relied on in-and-out footwork, leg kicks, and striking so accurate and powerful that he brutalized his opponent's thighs and tore his face apart.Gaethje now only has one opponent he wants to wage war against — lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. "I'm happy to represent the United States of America against Dagestan … Russia's best."Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Justin Gaethje tortured Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday, bringing an abrupt end to one of the most intimidating runs in mixed martial arts.Ferguson had been on a 12-fight winning streak which created one half of a salivating match-up Full Article
rt Uttarkashi reports first COVID-19 positive case By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:48:38 +0530 Uttarkashi, May 10 () Uttarkashi on Sunday reported its first COVID-19 case, raising Uttarakhand's coronavirus tally to 68.Uttarkashi district falls in the green zone. The red, orange and green zone classification is based on the number of coronavirus cases, doubling rate of coronavirus cases, and the extent of testing and surveillance The man, who tested positive, hails from Dhanaripatti village in Dunda block and had returned recently from Surat in Gujarat, Chief Medical Officer DP Joshi said.Three persons who came along with him in separate two wheelers from Gujarat have been kept in isolation, he said, adding contact tracing is underway.The 32-year-old man's swab sample was tested at AIIMS, Rishikesh, Joshi said. Corr ALM DVDV Full Article
rt NGOs for disabled facing severe financial crunch as funds get diverted for tackling COVID-19 By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 13:02:38 +0530 By Uzmi Athar New Delhi, May 10 () Several NGOs working in the disability sector are facing severe financial crunch as most of the funds and donations they would earlier get has been diverted towards tackling the COVID-19 crisis.Prashant Verma, general secretary, National Association for the Blind, says he could just pay 65 per cent salary to his employees in the last two months due to financial crunch and if no fresh donations are made he does not have any money to pay his 120 staff members this month."We feel as if we are at the end of the line," he told .Verma said his organisation used to get grants from many companies under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and even from individuals, especially during March as it was the end of the financial year."But this year we didn't get any money. Full Article
rt Capri Global Capital consolidated net profit declines 28.36% in the March 2020 quarter By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:44:00 +0530 Sales rise 7.66% to Rs 172.38 crore Full Article
rt Turkey reports 50 new COVID-19 deaths as it prepares to return to normal life By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:58:52 +0530 Turkey reported 50 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,546 fresh cases on Saturday as it prepared steps to return to normal life. Total fatalities stand at 3,739, while infections number 137,115. According to figures posted on Twitter by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, 89,480 patients have recovered. Shopping malls, barber shops, hairdressers and beauty salons will open for business on Monday as Turkey starts easing restrictions. Meanwhile, one of Turkey's biggest soccer clubs, Besiktas, announced a player and a club employee had tested positive for the new coronavirus. Earlier this week, the Turkish Football Federation said matches behind closed doors would resume next month, prompting the resumption of limited training sessions. Full Article
rt Libyan officials: Shelling at Tripoli's only working airport By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:48:53 +0530 Fighting between forces loyal to rival governments over Libya's capital intensified Saturday with heavy artillery shelling hitting the sole functioning airport in Tripoli, setting jet fuel tanks ablaze and damaging passenger planes, authorities in west Libya and the UN said. The Tripoli-based Transportation Ministry said one of the damaged aircraft had been scheduled to leave Tripoli to bring back Libyans stranded in Spain by the coronavirus lockdown. It blamed east-based forces fighting to take the capital for over a year for the attack. Libya has been in turmoil since 2011, when a civil war toppled long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was later killed. The country has since split between rival administrations in the east and the west, each backed by armed groups and foreign countries. Brega Petroleum Marketing Company said the shelling at Mitiga airport set its jet fuel tanks on fire. The company, which is part of Libya's National Oil Corporation, shared footage of apparent ... Full Article
rt COVID-19: Obama lashes out at Trump in call with supporters By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:40:52 +0530 Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an absolute chaotic disaster during a conversation with ex-members of his administration. Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal case against Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, saying he worried that the basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. More than 78,400 people with COVID-19 have died in the United States and more than 1.3 million people have tested positive, according to the latest estimates from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Obama's comments came during a Friday call with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association, people who served in his administration. Obama urged his supporters to back his former vice president, Joe Biden, who is trying to unseat Trump in the Nov. 3 election. What we're fighting against is these long-term trends in which being selfish, being Full Article
rt China reports 34 new coronavirus cases By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:48:56 +0530 China has reported 14 new coronavirus cases including one from the first COVID-19 epicentre of Hubei province, taking the number of infections in the country to 82,901, while over 4,630 people have succumbed to the disease, health officials said on Sunday. According to China's National Health Commission (NHC), 12 cases were domestically transmitted, with 11 reported from Jilin Province and one in Hubei Province, the first COVID-19 epicentre which has remained free from coronavirus infections for the last 35 days. A total of 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country on Saturday. Also on Saturday, 20 new asymptomatic cases were reported. As of Saturday, 794 asymptomatic cases, including 48 from overseas, were still under medical observation, the NHC said. Hubei province has 628 asymptomatic cases, the highest in the country. Asymptomatic cases refer to people who are tested COVID-19 positive but develop no symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat. However, they ... Full Article
rt Sheridan Smith gives birth to first child By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:12:52 +0530 Actor Sheridan Smith has welcomed her first child with fiance, insurance broker Jamie Horn. "The Royle Family" star shared a picture of their baby boy clutching onto her finger on Instagram on Saturday. "Our little man has arrived! We are both completely overwhelmed with love," Smith, 38, captioned the picture. No other details about the child have been revealed. Smith, also known for starring in sitcoms "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" and drama series "Cilla" about the life of English singer Cilla Black, announced her pregnancy last October. Full Article
rt South Korea reiterates proposal to jointly tackle COVID-19 with North Korea By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:21:00 +0530 South Korea's president says his proposal to North Korea on jointly tackling infectious diseases such as the COVID-19 illness remains valid, though the North hasn't responded. President Moon Jae-in told reporters Sunday that he believes the North is suffering various difficulties over the coronavirus pandemic. Moon didn't elaborate. His spy agency recently told lawmakers the virus pandemic resulted in sharply shrinking the North's external trade and causing panic buying in Pyongyang, the North's capital. Moon says he'll try to persuade North Korea to accept his offers for reconciliation projects after the pandemic is stabilized. Moon has proposed reconnecting severed railways, resuming reunions of families split by war and sending South Korean tourists to North Korea. North Korea has been taking intense anti-virus quarantine steps but it has steadfastly claimed there hasn't been a single case of the coronavirus on its territory. Many foreign experts are skeptical of the North's claim. Full Article
rt Pak reports record 1,991 new COVID-19 cases, tally crosses 29,000 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:54:56 +0530 Pakistan reported a record number of 1,991 coronavirus cases in a single day, taking the total number of infections to over 29,000, the health ministry said on Sunday as the country began easing the month-long lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the deadly disease. Despite a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections, the first phase of the easing of the lockdown began on Saturday. The government announced removing restrictions by allowing more businesses to open and operate from dawn to 5pm. However, doctors have warned against easing the restrictions. The Representative of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) have demanded that the government observe the World Health Organization protocols and implement a strict lockdown. The Ministry of National Health Services said that 21 new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 639. A total of 8,023 people have recovered so far. Punjab registered 11,093 cases, Sindh 10,771, ... Full Article
rt AI flight with 163 Indians from Kuwait lands at Hyderabad airport By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:02:52 +0530 An Air India flight with 163 Indians landed at the Hyderabad international airport from Kuwait on Saturday night as part of the government's Vande Bharat Mission to bring home Indian nationals stranded abroad, airport sources said. The AI flight 988 landed at the airport shortly after 10 pm, the sources said. To facilitate the arriving passengers and aircraft crew, the Hyderabad International Airport has kept the international arrivals and the stretch right from the aerobridge to the arrivals ramp fully sanitized and fumigated, the sources said. It will be ensured that passengers follow social distancing norms, they said. The passengers would be screened by thermal cameras prior to immigration formalities, they said. Glass shields were provided at each manned immigration counter to avoid any personal contact between the passengers and immigration officers, they said. The passengers would be taken for mandatory quarantine at the designated locations in the city, the sources added. Full Article
rt Gadkari tells retailers to learn 'art of living' with coronavirus By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:04:56 +0530 Union MinisterNitin Gadkari on Saturday suggested retailers to learn the "art of living" with the coronavirus pandemic while assuring them to look into their demands for MSME status. The minister also assured the retailers to look into their demands of financial aid from the government, which he would put forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He also said that some proposals are under"serious consideration" by the government and asked the retail industry to have a positive outlook. We would have to develop a way forward to live with coronavirus, said Gadkari in a virtual meeting with the Retailers Association of India (RAI). He also assured RAI and Practicing Engineers, Architects and Town Planners Association (India) that their request for registering as MSMEs will be examined expeditiously. These people (retailers) also provide employment to some people and if they get recognition as MSME, then people working under them would get benefits .. Full Article
rt Missed India very much, says passenger upon touchdown at Lucknow airport By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:34:53 +0530 Haji Mohammed Sajid could not control his emotion as he came out of the Lucknow airport on Saturday evening after an Air India flight arrived here from Sharjah with 182 Indians on board as part of the government's 'Vande Bharat Mission'. Kissing the floor of the airport, much to the surprise of the officials and mediapersons present there, a teary eyed Sajid said, "I was missing my parents and India very much." "I thank the government for helping me reunite with my family after being stranded abroad for the past couple of months," said the Ayodhya resident, who worked as garment designer in the United Arab Emirates. With just one coffee vending machine and a fruit cart, the airport wore a forlorn look, while the arrival board displayed the lone flight IX184 that arrived around 9.00 pm. CISF jawans maintained a strict watch on the activities of the visitors as passengers started coming out of the airport at 10.30 pm. They were screened and sent to quarantine. "This is the first flight Full Article
rt Odisha reports 24 new Covid cases, tally mounts to 294 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:00:53 +0530 Twenty-three Surat returnees were among 24 people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha on Saturday, taking the total cases in the state to 294, the Health and Family Welfare department said. Of the 24 fresh Covid cases, Ganjam reported 18, while three came from Mayurbhanj and one each from Nayagarh, Bhadrak and Sundergarh. Nayagarh district reported its first novel coronavirus case when a 40-year-old Surat returnee tested positive to the disease. With this, the COVID-19 has now spread to19 of the 30 districts of Odisha. At present, there are 224 active cases in the state and 68 people have recovered. Two people from Bhubaneswar have succumbed to the disease, an official said adding that 343 persons are in hospital isolation. The state health department had on Friday conducted 3,348 tests for COVID-19, he said, adding that Odisha has so far tested 56,322 samples. As per an analysis by the department, 246 of the state's total 294 cases have been reported from five ... Full Article
rt WB govt forms teams for surveillance support, monitoring of treatment at COVID hospitals By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:14:52 +0530 The West Bengal Health Department on Saturday formed teams to support surveillance and monitoring of treatment at five hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in the city. The team members will pay regular visits to these hospitals and send reports to the department, the state government said in an order. The department has also set up a dedicated help line for issues regarding the non-availability of PPEs and other supplies. The feedback and suggestions will be duly recorded and acted upon by the state government for appropriate remedial measures, the order said. The West Bengal government has also constituted a team for guidance on containment activities in different districts of the state. Full Article
rt NDMA issues guidelines for restarting industrial activities to avoid Vizag-type tragedy By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:23:00 +0530 In the wake of the gas leak at a factory in Visakhapatnam, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued detailed guidelines for restarting industries after the lockdown and the precautions to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers. In a communication to all states and union territories, the NDMA said due to several weeks of lockdown and the closure of industrial units, it is possible that some of the operators might not have followed the established standard operating procedures. As a result, some of the manufacturing facilities, pipelines, valves may have residual chemicals, which may pose risk. The same is true for the storage facilities with hazardous chemicals and flammable materials, it said. The NDMA guidelines said while restarting a unit, the first week should be considered as the trial or test run period after ensuring all safety protocols. Companies should not try to achieve high production targets. There should be 24-hour sanitisation .. Full Article
rt MP: Five migrant labourers killed, 13 hurt as truck overturns By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:32:55 +0530 At least five migrant labourers were killed and 13 others injured when a truck in which they were travelling overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district, a police official said on Sunday. The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night whennearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi and Etah in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Tiwari said. Five labourers were killed and 13 others were injured after the mangoes-laden vehicle overturned, he said. The injured persons were admitted to the district hospital for treatment, he added. Full Article
rt Mothers's Day: Home and beyond, finding a partner for the pandemic By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:52:52 +0530 He hops off a helicopter, whips off his shades and makes a dash through the grounds towards his home to give his mother a surprise, but there she is, waiting at the door with a pooja thali' in her hand. That admittedly cheesy scene between Shah Rukh Khan and Jaya Bachchan from the blockbuster Hindi film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was playing in Sonali Puri's mind when she was on a Mumbai-Jammu flight to give her mother a surprise last month. Her mother was at the door just as she had imagined but instead of a thali' was a hand sanitiser! Good hygiene is a blessing in times of coronavirus, my mother told me, laughed the 37-year-old. That was in mid-March, a few days before the coronavirus forced lockdown began on March 25. And home in Jammu is where Puri still is, the short vacation turning into extended mother-daughter downtime, both recalibrating their equations as they spend focused time with each other after years. This Mother's Day, the first time in years perhaps that Puri has been . Full Article
rt Mizoram records 10 per cent drop in Infant Mortality Rate By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:22:55 +0530 Mizoram has registered a 10 per cent drop in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in 2019-20 fiscal, making it to the second spot in the country after Nagaland. State health minister R Lalthangliana said the IMR has dropped from 15 per cent to 5 per cent (per 1000 live births), citing the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin. With 10-point drop in IMR in 2019-20, Mizoram is the best-performing state in the country, he said. Over the past three years, the state has achieved 27- point drop in IMR. The minister attributed the achievement to efforts of healthcare workers and support of people. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had on Saturday congratulated Mizoram and Lalthangliana on the achievement. The state had recorded 21 per cent IMR in 2016-2017, with 405 infants dying before attaining the age of one. During 2017-18, it fell to 20 per cent, and the following year to 15 per cent. According to Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin released recently, Nagaland tops .. Full Article
rt Javed Akhtar calls to end azaan on loudspeakers, says it causes discomfort to others By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:57:06 +0530 Azaan is an integral part of the faith, not the gadget, says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, asking that the Islamic call to prayer on loudspeakers should be stopped as it causes "discomfort" to others. In a tweet on Saturday, Akhtar wondered why the practice was 'halaal' (allowed) when it was, for nearly half a century in the country, considered 'haraam' or forbidden. "In India for almost 50 years Azaan on the loud speak was Haraam. Then it became Halaal and so halaal that there is no end to it, but there should be an end to it. Azaan is fine but loud speaker does cause of discomfort for others. I hope that atleast this time they will do it themselves (sic)," Akhtar tweeted. When a user asked his opinion on loudspeakers being used in temples, the 75-year-old writer said everyday use of speakers is a cause of concern. "Whether it's a temple or a mosque, if you're using loudspeakers during a festival, it's fine. But it shouldn't be used everyday in either temples or mosques. "For Full Article
rt Dr Reddy's to recall 1,752 bottles of heartburn drug in the US By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:28:52 +0530 Drug major Dr Reddy's Laboratories is recalling 1,752 bottles of generic heartburn medicine in the US after the American health regulator found quality issues with the product. As per the latest Enforcement Report by the the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the Hyderabad-based drug firm is voluntarily recalling 1,752 bottles (1,000 count) of 40 mg Esomeprazole Magnesium delayed release capsules in the US. The ongoing Class III recall is on account of "Discolouration" and because the product contains brown pellets, USFDA said. As per the US health regulator, a class III recall is initiated in a situation "in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences". The recalled product lot has been manufactured at Dr Reddy's Bachupally manufacturing facility in Telangana and is being recalled by the company's US-based arm. Esomeprazole Magnesium delayed release capsules are indicated to reduce the amount of acid in the stomach and ... Full Article
rt Uttarkashi reports first COVID-19 positive case By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:48:56 +0530 Uttarkashi on Sunday reported its first COVID-19 case, raising Uttarakhand's coronavirus tally to 68. Uttarkashi district falls in the green zone.The red, orange and green zone classification is based on the number of coronavirus cases, doubling rate of coronavirus cases, and the extent of testing and surveillance The man, who tested positive, hails from Dhanaripatti village in Dunda block and had returned recently from Surat in Gujarat, Chief Medical Officer DP Joshi said. Three persons who came along with him in separate two wheelers from Gujarat have been kept in isolation, he said, adding contact tracing is underway. The 32-year-old man's swab sample was tested at AIIMS, Rishikesh, Joshi said. Full Article
rt NGOs for disabled facing severe financial crunch as funds get diverted for tackling COVID-19 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 13:02:53 +0530 Several NGOs working in the disability sector are facing severe financial crunch as most of the funds and donations they would earlier get has been diverted towards tackling the COVID-19 crisis. Prashant Verma, general secretary, National Association for the Blind, says he could just pay 65 per cent salary to his employees in the last two months due to financial crunch and if no fresh donations are made he does not have any money to pay his 120 staff members this month. "We feel as if we are at the end of the line," he told PTI. Verma said his organisation used to get grants from many companies under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and even from individuals, especially during March as it was the end of the financial year. "But this year we didn't get any money. Some of the companies, which even committed to us, are saying that this time they have to think about their own survival. Many individuals (who earlier donated) don't have money to support us. A lot of the money is ... Full Article