COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000
Rome: The number of people in Italy who’ve died with COVID-19 infections has topped 30,000. The Health Ministry registered 243 deaths on Friday, bringing the total of those who died in the country to 30,201. Italy was the first country in Europe with a major outbreak of the coronavirus. Authorities say many more likely died […]
Shootout in Kabul leaves six dead
Kabul: A shootout erupted on Saturday at a protest in western Afghanistan by residents demanding economic assistance, leading to the deaths of at least six people, including a local reporter and two police officers, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said the protesters had gathered outside the governor’s office in Feroz Koh, the capital […]
All airport arrivals to face 14 day quarantine in UK
London: The UK is planning to bring in compulsory 14-day quarantine for all travellers arriving in the country from any part of the world, except the Republic of Ireland, as part of measures to track the spread of coronavirus, according to media reports. The new restriction, which means travellers including Britons arriving in the UK […]
COVID-19: Pakistan eases nationwide lockdown
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday began easing the month-long lockdown despite a steady rise in the number of coronavirus cases which has now crossed the 28,000-mark with 618 deaths. Doctors have warned against easing restrictions. The Representative of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) have demanded that the government observe World Health Organisation protocols and implement strict lockdown. […]
Expats in Gulf nations seek more flights
Muscat/Riyadh: As India began to evacuate its stranded citizens from the Gulf nations due to COVID-19 linked travel restrictions, the country’s envoys have assured the worried expatriates that there would be more flights in the coming days for people with compelling reasons to return home. India began evacuating stranded nationals in Oman and Saudi Arabia […]
SBI complains to CBI after Rs 411 crore loan defaulter flee country
New Delhi: Three promoters of Ram Dev International, recently booked by the CBI for allegedly cheating a consortium of six banks to the tune of Rs 411 crore, have already fled the country before the State Bank of India reached the agency with the complaint, officials said on Saturday. The CBI had recently booked the […]
