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July 7, 2020
India COVID-19 death toll passes 20,000
NEW DELHI — With the rate of both new virus infections and deaths rising at the fastest pace in three months, officials in India are easing restrictions on the country's 1.3 billion people that have left tens of thousands without work and shuttered businesses.The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in India surpassed 20,000 on Tuesday and case numbers surged as the south Asian nation pushed ahead with relaxations to ...
July 6, 2020
India now world’s third highest in corona cases
NEW DELHI — India announced Monday that it has nearly 700,000 coronavirus cases, taking it past Russia to become the third-hardest-hit nation in the global pandemic.The health ministry said 697,358 cases had now been recorded, a rise of 24,000 in 24 hours, while Russia has just over 681,000.The United States and Brazil have the highest numbers of cases but India’s tally is not expected to peak for several more weeks ...
July 4, 2020
59 die as flood situation in Assam remains grim
NEW DELHI — Indian authorities announced on Saturday that floods and subsequent landslides in the northeastern Indian state of Assam led to the death of at least 59 people and affecting about 1.3 million others across 20 districts.The Press Trust of India (PTI) said on Saturday, quoting the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), “the incessant rains and landslides for the last several days have claimed 59 lives across the ...
July 4, 2020
Rains add to India's corona woes
MUMBAI — India recorded its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases on Saturday, with over 22,000 new cases and 442 deaths, as infections rose in the western and southern parts of the country amid heavy monsoon rains.The western state of Maharashtra, home to the densely packed financial capital Mumbai, has the country’s highest total, recording 6,364 fresh cases of the virus on Saturday and 198 deaths from COVID-19, the disease ...
July 4, 2020
NK: No immediate nuclear talks with US
SEOUL — The North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui has said his country does not have any immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as “hostile” polices toward Pyongyang.“Is it possible to hold dialogue or have any dealings with the US which persists in the hostile policy toward the DPRK in disregard of the agreements already made at ...
July 3, 2020
Veteran Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan dies aged 71
MUMBAI — Veteran Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan, a three-time National Award winner, died early Friday morning due to cardiac arrest. She was admitted to Mumbai's Guru Nanak Hospital on June 20 after complaining of difficulty in breathing. She was 71.The three-time National Award winner was hospitalized last Saturday after she complained of breathlessness. She tested negative for COVID-19, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency said, and died early ...
July 1, 2020
Pakistan’s national airline banned from flying to Europe for 6 months
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s national airline has been barred from operating in Europe for six months.The move by the European aviation regulation agency follows the airline’s grounding of 150 pilots for cheating in order to get flying licenses.The European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has suspended the authorization for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate in Europe for six months, the airline's spokesman said on Tuesday.“EASA has temporarily suspended PIA's ...
June 30, 2020
Market blasts in southern Afghanistan kills dozens
KABUL — In one of the bloodiest incidents against civilians in recent months, about a dozen people died on Monday when a series of explosions went off in a cattle market in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand.Afghan security forces and the Taliban blamed each other for the attack in Sangin district, an area under the insurgents’ control.While the Taliban accused government troops of firing mortars that killed civilians, the army ...
June 29, 2020
Several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns
NEW DELHI — As India reported a new daily record of nearly 20,000 new coronavirus infections, several states have reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus.India’s health ministry recorded 548,318 COVID-19 total cases as of Monday, a jump of nearly 100,000 cases in a week in the world’s fourth-worst affected country after the United States, Brazil and Russia.India’s death toll has reached 16,475, while 321,723 ...
June 29, 2020
'Gunmen killed' in raid on stock exchange in Karachi
KARACHI — Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange in the southern city of Karachi, killing at least two people and injuring others, local media report.The assailants stormed the exchange after launching a grenade attack at the main gate to the building.Latest reports quote police saying they have killed all four heavily armed gunmen and are combing the area.Militants from the Baloch Liberation Army say they were behind the attack.Ethnic ...
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