At 5pm on Sunday, millions of Indians brought out their pots and pans and bells as a mark of gratitude towards doctors, nurses, cops and others who are leading the battle against coronavirus. Around the same time, Air India put out an SOS: ‘Please stop harassing our crew. They are serving...
In an unprecedented move, the Indian Railways on Sunday announced the suspension of all its passenger services from March 22 midnight till March 31 midnight to curb the spread of coronavirus. Only goods trains will run during the said period, it stated. The Railways had already trimmed down its services on Friday by cancelling...
If you are wondering which hospitals in Bangkok are providing Covid-19 checkups, here is a list with hospital names and costs. However, the Ministry of Public Health are asking those without symptoms or at-risk travel history refrain from getting checkups, which could overcrowd hospitals and use up test kits. ...
Thailand reported 188 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, its largest daily increase, taking the total to 599 cases, a senior health official said. The majority of the new infections are connected to a previous cluster of cases from a boxing stadium, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a Public Health Ministry spokesman, told a...
Delhi's Tihar jail has gone into lockdown mode ahead of the execution of the death sentences of four men convicted for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012. At present, paramilitary has been deployed outside the Tihar jail complex in order to subdue any untoward...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the nation, amid the fear of the novel coronavirus that has affected 173 people in the country. Terming it as a 'global catastrophe', PM Modi said that the world is going through a grave phase. "For the past two months, we have been...
DeeMoney, a fintech company based in Thailand specializing in digital cross-border money transfers, today announced its platform is now processing live transactions, in partnership with Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments. Through RippleNet, Ripple’s global financial payments network which comprises more than 300 financial institutions worldwide, DeeMoney is...
Having access to a phone that he could use to video-call his family and watch Netflix, he did not feel disconnected during his 14-day isolation at the hospital that ended on Saturday. “It was unbelievable. The isolation ward at Safdarjung hospital was not what I imagined a government hospital ward...
The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine on Monday The National Institutes of Health is funding the trial, which is taking place at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, the official said WASHINGTON : A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect...
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur: All government, private colleges & schools, Anganwadi centres and play-way schools in the to be closed till March 31 How COVID-19 symptoms compare with those of influenza or cold Boston Marathon postponed until September 14 amid virus concerns The Boston Marathon, the world's most celebrated...
