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US to donate 200 ventilators to India within 3 weeks, costs $2.6 million

The US move comes weeks after Prime Minister Modi acted on Trump's request to reverse a ban on export of hydroxychloroquine drug.

May 18, 2020

'Barack Obama was grossly incompetent': Trump slams Obama over criticism of pandemic response

US President Donald Trump has slammed his predecessor Barack Obama over his criticism of how the incumbent administration has handled the coronavirus pandemic in the country which currently accounts for the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world.

May 18, 2020

Businessman attempts suicide near Telangana CM's residence

Police said the businessman had to pay Rs 20 lakh to a private chit fund company and had recently received a legal notice from the company.

May 18, 2020

Cyclone Amphan turns 'extremely severe'; Bengal, Odisha on alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a cyclone alert for West Bengal and north Odisha coasts as an extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Amphan' was over the central parts of the South Bay of Bengal and adjoining the central Bay of Bengal.

May 18, 2020

UP bus accident: 12 migrant workers travelling to Bihar injured as bus collides with truck in UP's Kushinagar

At least 12 migrant labourers were seriously injured after a bus in which they were travelling to Bihar collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district.

May 18, 2020

Iran Supreme Leader says Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, renewing Iran's demand for US troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East.

May 18, 2020

India among 58 nations questioning WHO on COVID-19 response

India is among 58 nations, including 27 European Union members, who have moved a draft resolution demanding evaluation of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s response towards the novel coronavirus pandemic.

May 18, 2020

Lockdown poses threat to Kashmir's timber as illegal felling of trees rises in forest areas

Activists say that the illegal felling of timber trees has been going on for decades but the timber smuggling has increased over the last two-three years and now due to the lockdown.

May 17, 2020

Upmarket Mumbai food joint Yauatcha team member tests coronavirus positive, closes indefinitely

Yauatcha said that although they took all the necessary precautions, one of their team members contracted the highly contagious coronavirus, prompting the restaurant to close its central kitchen indefinitely as a precautionary measure.

May 17, 2020

Gurugram admin fails to respond to Covid-19 patient, moves him to unhygienic facility with no doctor

A man had to get himself tested at a private hospital after coming in contact with a coronavirus patient. He tried getting in touch with the Gurugram administration but received no response despite repeated attempts.

May 17, 2020

Pakistan PM Imran Khan rants on 'Kashmir' again amidst global fight on Covid-19

It is to be noted that his tweet coincides with Indian forces eliminating two terrorists from Hizbul Mujahedeen in Doda district of J&K.

May 17, 2020

Is Pakistan planning for another 9/11-type attack? Ex-Afghan spy chief reveals

In a series of tweets posted on Sunday, the former director of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil revealed that al-Qaeda continues to be backed by the HQN based in Pakistan.

May 17, 2020

Govt extends nationwide lockdown till May 31, MHA issues fresh guidelines. Details inside

The extension came amid considerable relaxations being introduced in non-containment zones across India.

May 17, 2020

After second attack in 10 days, hunt on for killer leopard in Karnataka forest fringe

The leopard appears to have killed the old woman before dawn and dragged her body behind the hutment 200-metre away.

May 17, 2020

Karnataka extends lockdown for 2 days till May 19

A notification issued by the state government read that the guidelines and norms as followed during Covid-19 Lockdown 3 will remain in place till 19th midnight or till further notice.

May 17, 2020