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COVID won’t be over until 70% are vaccinated: WHO

29-05-2021 COPENHAGEN: The WHO’s European director slammed the region for its slow vaccine rollout warned on Friday and warned that the coronavirus pandemic won’t end until at least 70% of people are inoculated. The World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said countries and their populations must not …

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Rachakonda CP Mahesh Bhagwat inspects lockdown at Gudur tollplaza

Nalgonda / Bhongir: Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh Bhagwat on Friday visited check post at Gudur toll plaza on Hyderabad-Warangal highway in Bibinagar mandal in the district. He inspected the functioning of check post and instructed the staff to implement lockdown strictly and directed the duty staff to exempt emergency …

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‘India’s COVID rate falling below’

28-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: With the Covid-19 positivity rate falling below 2 per cent in Delhi, the city government has decided to begin the unlock process. Addressing the media after meeting L-G Anil Baijal, Kejriwal said that relaxations will be given to businesses from May 31. He said that …

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Germany recognizes colonial-era Namibia genocide

28-05-2021 BERLIN/ WINDHOEK: Germany has recognized for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago and promised financial support worth more than one billion Euros ($1.2bn) to fund infrastructure projects in the African nation. German settlers killed thousands of Herero …

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Twitter fears for freedom of expression in India

28-05-2021 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: Twitter has expressed concern over freedom of expression in India, days after police visited its offices. The police served notice to the social media giant after it labelled a ruling party tweet “manipulated media”. Twitter had applied the label to a post by …

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Austria sparks uproar with ‘Islam map’

28-05-2021 VIENNA: The Austrian government came under fire Thursday for a new “Islam map” showing the location of mosques and associations around the country, with religious groups saying it would stigmatize Austria’s Muslim population. Earlier, Integration Minister Susanne Raab unveiled an Internet website called the “National Map of Islam” with …

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