- Wednesday, April 09, 2025
DONALD TRUMP has said the coronavirus outbreak has hit the US harder than the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, or the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, pointing the finger at China. Since emerging in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, the coronavirus is confirmed…
SADIQ KHAN has called for ethnicity to be recorded on all death certificates to “fully expose” the disproportionate deaths due to Covid-19 and other illnesses among England’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. The lopsided impact on these communities has become increasingly clear with studies by organisations, such as…
INDIA registers drastic increase in COVID-19 cases in the country in the past few days. The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday (7), registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in a day, the…
CARE providers have spoken of the “tragic” impact the Covid-19 outbreak has had on the sector, as new data showed a third of all coronavirus deaths in the UK are now happening in care homes. A leading Asian entrepreneur, Dr Chai Patel CBE, founder of HC-One, one of the largest…
Hrithik Roshan has been in the industry for the past two decades and he has starred in only two remakes Bang Bang (remake of Knight & Day) and Agneepath (remake of 1991 release with the same name). There have been reports of him being approached for the remake of Satte Pe Satta and The…
Scientists have developed an app that provides insights on COVID-19 hot spots, and the symptoms users must look out for, an advance that may aid public health officials in their efforts to contain the pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal Science, the COVID Symptom Tracker app has already…
FORMER Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar believes coaching is to “spread knowledge” and is ready to train fast bowlers from any country — even if an offer from arch-rivals India comes his way. In an interview with a social networking platform, the 44-year-old paceman said he wants to help produce aggressive…
CHARITY leaders have called for donations during Ramadan to help some of the most vulnerable communities during the coronavirus crisis. During Ramadan, Muslims are required to give a charitable donation, known as zakat, as part of tradition. Every Muslim who is able to and has a certain amount of wealth pays…
Delhi police were on Tuesday (5) investigating an online chat group that made light of gang-rape and caused a backlash on social media over trivialising sexual assault, with one teenage boy questioned. An Instagram chat group called “bois locker room” was the top trending hashtag on Twitter India, with many…
THE death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in India on Wednesday (6), registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said. This is the second continuous day that the country reports…
