- Sunday, April 06, 2025
Amidst the global economic recession due to the coronavirus pandemic, foreign investors have pulled out an estimated USD 26 billion from developing Asian economies and over USD 16 billion out of India, according to a Congressional report. “Foreign investors have pulled an estimated USD 26 billion out of developing Asian…
A CAMPAIGNER has spoken of the challenges relating to mental health facing the British Punjabi community and said more work is needed to tackle the stigma of the illness. Shuranjeet Singh Takhar, the founder and director of mental health support group Taraki Wellbeing, said Punjabis who live in multigenerational households…
A day after India’s Covid-19 count crossed the 1 lakh mark, more than 5,200 fresh cases were reported from across the country on Tuesday, the biggest single-day jump in infections so far. The death toll in India due to Covid-19 now stands at 3,163. The fourth phase of the lockdown that began…
SADIQ KHAN has asked retailers to stock supplies of “reusable, non-medical face coverings” for Londoners heading to public spaces as lockdown restrictions are being eased. The London mayor has been a vocal advocate of using face coverings in public places. Based on the government’s updated guidance, he had insisted that…
HEAVY rains and winds lashed two eastern Indian states and parts of Bangladesh hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday (20), with rescue teams evacuating millions of villagers to higher ground in an operation complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Bangladesh’s disaster management officials said they were working on…
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,303 and the number of cases climbed to 1,06,750 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 140 deaths and a record spike of 5,611 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active…
OVER 2,200 Indian nationals stranded in the UK have been flown back home during the first phase of Vande Bharat Mission, India’s biggest ever repatriation exercise. Since the first special Air India flight took off from London’s Heathrow Airport for Mumbai on May 8, there have been eight routes to…
India captain Virat Kohli has told how his late father refused to pay a bribe to get him into a Delhi state junior team when he was a teenager. The world’s top ranked one-day batsman did not identify who had demanded the bribe but said he was rejected by the…
MILLIONS of people were being moved to safety as one of the fiercest cyclones in years barrelled towards India and Bangladesh on Tuesday (19), but with evacuation plans complicated by coronavirus precautions. “Amphan” is expected to pack winds gusting up to 185 kilometres (115 miles) per hour when it hits…
INDIA’s COVID-19 cases touched 100,000 mark on Tuesday (19). It took 64 days for the country to reach this level from 100 cases. India reported its first infection on January 30 in the Southern state of Kerala. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,163 and the number of…
