21 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the US to lift “unjust” sanctions on Iran so its western neighbor can focus on winning the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. “I would stress and insist to the international community to …

20 March, 2020 LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ KARACHI/ SYDNEY: Death toll passes 10,000, confirmed cases near 250,000, more than 80,000 recovered UK policies to limit the spread of coronavirus would be needed for “at least most of a year” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to obey health advice …

NEW DELHI:The novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 195 on Friday after 22 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, according to the Health Ministry data. The cases include 32 foreign nationals  including 17 from Italy, 3 from the Philippines, two from the UK, one each belonging to …

HYDERABAD: The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Telangana has risen to 16 with three more people testing positive for the infection as the government stepped up efforts to prevent its spread. Of the three cases reported on Thursday, one had returned from Dubai and the other two from …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report 20 March, 2020 NEW DELHI/ NIRBHAYA: Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were sentenced to death by a trial court in 2013 over the charge of gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012. The four were hanged …

19 March, 2020 RAIPUR/ DHAKA: Tens of thousands of people gathered in Bangladesh for a mass prayer session, amid fears that it could lead to a wider outbreak. Local police Chief Tota Miah told AFP News Agency that 10,000 Muslims had gathered in Raipur town to pray “healing verses” from …

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Wednesday reported eight Covid-19 positive cases, including seven Indonesians, taking the total number of cases in the state so far to 13 and prompting Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar to call an emergency meeting on Thursday. An Indonesian had tested positive on Tuesday. The eight Indonesians were part of a …

WARANGAL URBAN : The total number of COVID-19 cases are increasing slowly in the state of Telangana. The number of positive cases reported were 13 till date. Now, a man from Warangal has been identified with the symptoms of COVID-19. He was admitted to the isolation ward at the MGM …

Delhi;19 March(Mir shah Nawaz Khan)Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting last evening to review the ongoing efforts to contain COVID-19. The ways to further strengthen India’s preparedness were discussed including further enhancing testing facilities. ‬The Prime Minister emphasized on actively engaging with individuals, local communities and organizations in …

19 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic adds urgency to prisoner releases agreed to by the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Taliban, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has said, advising they take place “as soon as possible”. “No prisoners have …