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Coimbatore journalists condemn arrest of news portal's publisher, hold protest wearing masks with 'locks'

The journalists wearing face masks protested in front of the Coimbatore district collectorate condemning the police action against the arrest of the journalists.

Apr 24, 2020

Disquiet in society due to Tablighi Jamaat event, but no Islamophobia in India: Cong's Manish Tewari

Speaking to International Business Times, India, Manish Tewari said that although there is a certain amount of disquiet in the society due to the Tablighi Jamaat incident, there is no available hatred against any minority in the country.

Apr 24, 2020

US may never restore WHO funds after cutoff over pandemic: Mike Pompeo

As Pompeo launched fresh attacks on the WHO, Democrats in the US House of Representatives accused the Trump administration of trying to "scapegoat" the institution to distract from its own handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

Apr 24, 2020

Tribute to coronavirus warriors: Bengaluru Commissioner and Yogaraj Bhat create song video for Covid-19 heroes

The Karnataka state police force, particularly the Bengaluru police have been implanting various measures to prevent people from stepping out of their homes during the lockdown. The music video thanks all these heroes for their service amid the pandemic.

Apr 24, 2020

Tiruppur Police gets creative while punishing Covid-19 lockdown violators. Watch crazy viral video

The Tiruppur Police have now decided to act strictly against the lockdown violators and teach them a lesson.

Apr 24, 2020

Modi govt reckless, migrant crisis 'enduring blot': Manish Tewari [Exclusive interview]

In an exclusive interview with International Business Times, India, former Union minister Manish Tewari said that there are enough resources in the country and demanded that the Modi government pay Rs 5,000 per month to 11 crore families to help them tide over the coronavirus crisis.

Apr 24, 2020

After pothole moonwalk, Bengaluru gets 3D Coronavirus on road

Baadal Nanjundaswamy, Bengaluru-based artist strikes again with another thought-provoking street art, this time spreading awareness about coronavirus in the city. Scroll down to see his latest artwork.

Apr 24, 2020

Ali Sohrab trolled for criticising Uloom Deoband, Arshad, Mahmood Madani; #ShameOnKaKa trends on Twitter

Social activist Ali Sohrab was trolled heavily after he claimed that Islamic scholars like Maulana Arshad Madani, Maulana Mahmood Madani, and Darul Uloom Deoband are not the voices of Muslims.

Apr 24, 2020

Padarayanapura riot accused test coronavirus positive, shifted to Bengaluru hospital

The two prisoners have been shifted to state-run Victoria hospital in Bengaluru, while the remaining 119 have been isolated from other prisoners and kept separately in the district jail though they tested negative.

Apr 24, 2020

Can smoking kill coronavirus, according to researchers? But there's a catch

Last month, similar research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to that, only 12.6% of 1,000 people infected in China were smokers as compared to the country's overall smoking rate of 26%.

Apr 24, 2020

Wuhan labs altered coronavirus genomes: Russian microbiologist on 'crazy things' in China's Covid-19 research

World-renowned expert Professor Petr Chumakov claims that the aim of Chinese researchers was to study the pathogenicity of the virus and not to create a manmade killer' with malicious intent'.

Apr 24, 2020

Trump on Kim Jong Un's illness report: 'Incorrect. They used old documents'

US President Donald Trump on Thursday, April 23 threw more cold water on reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was gravely ill, but declined to say if he had been in touch with officials there.

Apr 24, 2020

Three SRPF jawans test positive for Covid-19 in Pune; Maharashtra remains worst-hit with 6,247 cases

According to the State Reserve Police Force official, a company of around 100 jawans was posted in Mumbai for the last two months. They had returned to the Pune headquarters on Saturday, and during a check-up, some jawans were found to have symptoms.

Apr 24, 2020

Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad tests COVID-19 positive; Mumbai records 4,025 cases

In a shocking development, Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad has tested COVID-19 positive, official sources said here early on Friday, April 24. Awhad, along with a dozen of his family members had been in home quarantine.

Apr 24, 2020

'We are very close to a vaccine, but not to testing', says Trump amid coronavirus vaccine trials

US President Donald Trump while addressing the daily White House coronavirus briefing said "we are very close to a vaccine", after noting vaccine trials taking place in the US, Germany, the United Kingdom and China.

Apr 24, 2020