- Tuesday, April 08, 2025
GLOBAL tourism could shrink by a whopping 60-80 per cent in 2020 due to the pandemic, resulting in the revenue loss of $910 billion to $1.2 trillion and placing millions of livelihoods at risk, according to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The pandemic has so far infected 4.1 million…
AN Indian national will stand trial in Germany accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities for New Delhi’s secret service, a court said. Federal prosecutors allege the suspect, identified as 54-year-old Balvir, has been working with the Indian foreign intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing since 2015. “He allegedly…
INDIA’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) resumed operations at its Manesar plant in Haryana on Tuesday (12) after around 40 days of closure due to the coronavirus-led lockdown. Operations at both Manesar and Gurugram facilities were suspended since March 22. “Production has commenced at the Manesar plant and…
THE death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,293 and the number of cases climbed to 70,756 in the country on Tuesday (12). The country reported 3,604 new cases and 87 fresh deaths in the past 24 hours, said the health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the…
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said on Monday (11) the country would look to ease a nearly seven-week lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, despite also reporting its biggest single-day jump in cases. Modi has faced increasing calls to end his government’s stringent lockdown of the…
PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson has published his plan for exiting the coronavirus lockdown on Monday (11), allowing some people back to work but cautioning that all should wear face coverings in enclosed spaces as Covid-19 was here to stay. The 51-page document, titled “Our Plan to Rebuild: The UK Government’s Covid-19 recovery strategy”, gives an…
Sunny Leone has been staying in Mumbai, India from the past few years. But, because of the coronavirus outbreak, the actress decided to shift to Los Angeles with her husband Daniel Weber and kids. Sunny feels that her kids will be safer in the US. She posted a picture on…
INDIA on Monday (11) registered a record 4,213 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours in the country. With this the number of cases jumped to 67,152. As many as 2,206 people have died of the disease, with 97 fresh fatalities in a day, the health ministry said. The number of…
One of the world’s largest train networks will “gradually” restart operations from Tuesday as India eases its coronavirus lockdown, as the number of cases past 60,000 with more than 2,000 deaths. Some 30 train journeys — 15 pairs of return trips — will run from the capital New Delhi to…
FUGITIVE diamond merchant Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly $2-billion Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering case, is set to be produced in a part-remote setting before a UK court for his trial on Monday (11). The 49-year-old jeweller, who has been lodged at…
