US State files lawsuit against China on coronavirus handling

Washington: US State has filed a lawsuit against China alleging that Beijing’s actions to suppress information, arrest whistleblowers and denying the contagious nature of the novel coronavirus led to “irreparable damage” to countries globally while causing human suffering and severe economic disruption. Filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the […]

US will have second wave of coronavirus: health official

Washington:A second wave of the novel coronavirus will hit the US later this year with even more difficult ramifications than the current COVID-19 crisis that has claimed more than 45,000 lives and infected over 824,000 people in the country, a top American health official has warned. Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield […]

Growth rate of coronavirus slows in J&K but no room for complacency: Kansal

Growth rate of coronavirus slows in J&K but no room for complacency: Kansal

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring and Information, Mr Rohit Kansal on Tuesay said that rapid testing and effective control measures in J&K have helped reduce the rate of growth of coronavirus leading to decrease in doubling rate. Kansal, who is also the Govt Spokesperson, was addressing a press conference here, whereat he gave […]

Vice President, PM laud civil servants for leading fight against coronavirus

Vice President, PM laud civil servants for leading fight against coronavirus

NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings on Civil Services Day, saying like health professionals, the civil servants have also been leading the fight against coronavirus. “On Civil Services Day, I compliment all the civil servants of our country for effectively and efficiently translating policies into […]

Global coronavirus deaths top 170,000: AFP tally

Paris:The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 170,000 people globally, close to two thirds of them in hardest-hit Europe, according to an AFP tally Tuesday at 0935 GMT. In total, 170,226 people have died from the virus around the world, including 106,737 in Europe. With 42,364 deaths, the United States has the highest mortality rate, […]

Europe, New York see progress in coronavirus battle

New York: European nations hard hit by the coronavirus and the US epicenter New York reported headway Sunday in their battle against the deadly pandemic. Governments across the world are now debating how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — confined to their homes […]

72 active trials underway across US on coronavirus: Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said there are 72 active trials underway across the country researching dozens of therapies and treatments for the coronavirus and tremendous progress is being made on vaccines. According to the President, there are therapies designed to attack the virus as well as others that would hinder its replication, reduce […]

Corona and Co-Existence

Corona and Co-Existence

Zahid Mushtaq As we emerge from a severe winter in Kashmir, we move into yet another symbolic winter in the middle of April, with an invisible enemy threatening to turn us cold. Such a so-called spring was long ago described by Eliot in his poem ‘The Waste Land’ as: ‘April is the cruellest month, breeding […]

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