Muslim men perform an evening prayer called “tarawih” marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Image: AP) Several Arab countries have eased restrictions on the occasion of the holy month, with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and other countries reducing the duration of the lockdowns. Continue Reading
Chandigarh (Media Bureau) Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking sale of liquor in the state. Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded an interim compensation of Rs 3,000 crore for the month of April due to the Covid-19 national catastrophe.Continue Reading
Chandigarh (Media Bureau) A six-month-old girl, who had been on a ventilator at PGI since Wednesday and was admitted for heart surgery, died today while undergoing treatment. The Phagwara girl had a clue in her heart and was admitted to PGI on April 9. The girl’s parents have expressed concernContinue Reading
Chandigarh (Media Bureau) After May 3, the government has started brainstorming to lift the curfew imposed in Punjab due to coronavirus. Given the growing number of cases of corona, any decision on lifting the curfew has to be made with forethought. The government has set up a 20-member committee onContinue Reading
File photo of a Gilead Sciences Inc. office is shown in Foster City, California. (Reuters) The trial showed that remdesivir did not improve patients’ condition or reduce the pathogen’s presence in the bloodstream. Reuters Last Updated: April 23, 2020, 11:25 PM IST Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimentalContinue Reading
File photo of US senator Elizabeth Warren. (Image: Reuters) The former Democratic presidential candidate said her brother died Tuesday evening. He spent his career in the military after joining the US Air Force at the age of 19, Warren said Associated Press Boston Last Updated: April 23, 2020,Continue Reading
FILE PHOTO: A woman looks for information on the application for unemployment support at the New Orleans Office of Workforce Development, Louisiana. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo About one in six American workers have now lost their jobs since mid-March, by far the worst string of layoffs on record. Associated PressContinue Reading
Picture only for representation Philip Kahn fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and helped with aerial surveys after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Kahn and his twin Samuel were born in December 1919 and Samuel died of the Spanish flu not long after. AFP New YorkContinue Reading
File photo of a woman covering her nose and mouth with scarf, as she along with others waits to receive cash from a country-wide Ehsaas Emergency Cash program, introduced by the Pakistani government for vulnerable families due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi. ( Reuters) PakistanContinue Reading
File photo of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: Reuters) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said coronavirus has seen disproportionate effects on certain communities, the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups. Associated Press Last Updated: April 23, 2020, 12:18 PM IST United Nations: UNContinue Reading
