Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam daily suspends operation after s | Hanoi, March 30 (TIWN) An English-language newspaper in Vietnam on Monday announced that it will suspend its print edition after a staff member was tested positive for the novel coronavirus. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 shutdown leads to sharp drop in | Dhaka, March 30 (TIWN) Due to a shutdown across Bangladesh over the coronavirus pandemic, the crime rate in the capital Dhaka has dropped sharply, a media report said on Monday. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Twitter deletes videos of Bolsonaro visi | Brasilia, March 30 (TIWN) Microblogging site Twitter has blocked two videos posted on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's official handle showing his visit to several parts of capital Brasilia in violation of health recommendations to contain the coronavirus pandemic. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Indian-American publication ends print e | New York, March 29 (TIWN) The New York city-based India Abroad, the iconic ethnic Indian-American weekly newspaper with a 50-year-long legacy, has announced the shut down of its print edition, a media report said. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Spanish Princess becomes 1st royal to di | London, March 29 (TIWN) Princess Maria Teresa of Spain has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first royal victim of the disease, it was reported. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| William-Kate urge Britons to look after | London, March 29 (TIWN) The UK's Prince Harry and his wife Kate Middleton have given their support to a campaign to protect people's mental health during the coronavirus pandemic in the country, a media report said on Sunday. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Abuse victims still allowed to leave hom | London, March 29 (TIWN) UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has said that domestic abuse victims were still allowed to leave their homes to seek help despite restrictions on people's movements imposed by the British government due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Sunday. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Pakistan deploys army to fight Covid-19 | Islamabad, March 29 (TIWN) Pakistan Army has deployed troops across the country, including Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), to assist civilian authorities in containing the spread of Covid-19. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Indian workers seek US visa extensions a | Washington, March 28 (TIWN) Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Indian workers across America have sought extensions of their US visas over concerns of losing work status due to soon-to-expire visas or delayed extensions, a media report said. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Over 600,000 Covid-19 cases worldwide, t | New Delhi, March 28 (TIWN) The number of coronavirus cases across the world rose to 618,043 as on Saturday evening, with the US leading with 104,865 cases, while the global death toll touched 28,823, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 stress leads to spike in domest | San Francisco/Paris, March 28 (TIWN) With more than one-fifth of the world's population now staying home owing to lockdowns and social distancing, there has been a spike in domestic violence cases across the world and law enforcement agencies are flooded with such calls. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Pak permits nationwide movement of goods | Islamabad, March 28 (TIWN): Amid rising coronavirus cases in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has lifted the ban on the nationwide movement of goods and decided to allow opening of food-related industries to ensure adequate supply of essential items. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| UN chief Guterres warns of losing COVID- | United Nations, March 28 (TIWN) While UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Group of 20 (G20) leaders on Thursday, "We are at war with a virus -- and not winning," UN entities around the world are unrelenting in providing aid to fight COVID-19. "This war needs a wartime plan to fight it," he told a virtual meeting of G20 leaders. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Malay King, Queen under quarantine after | Kuala Lumpur, March 27 (TIWN) Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and his wife Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah will undergo a 14-day quarantine after several palace employees were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the national palace said on Thursday. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| Pakistan coronavirus cases rise to 1,041 | Islamabad, March 27 (TIWN) The number of confirmed cases in Pakistan has increased to 1,041 as of Thursday, while the death toll was recorded at eight, according to authorities. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| China asks Pak to open border for medica | Islamabad, March 27 (TIWN) China has asked Pakistan to open the border between the two countries for one day on Friday so that medical supplies to combat the novel coronavirus could be transported, a media report said. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| New mass bleaching event at Great Barrie | Canberra, March 27 (TIWN) A new mass bleaching event has occurred at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the third since 2016, officials said on Thursday. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19: UNGA to adopt 'silence procedu | United Nations, March 25 (TIWN) General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has proposed voting on essential matters through a "silence procedure" of unanimity while the UN headquarters is under a virtual lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic and meetings are not possible. | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Covid-19 took only 4 days to go from 2 l | New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Tuesday announced a lock down across the entire country for 21 days to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), said that the disease took only four days to infect another one lakh people across the world. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| PM announces nationwide lockdown in Indi | New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced nationwide three weeks lockdown starting from Tuesday midnight. All states and union territories will come under its purview. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Researchers use AI to find old bombs fro | New York, March 24 (TIWN) Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect Vietnam War-era bomb craters in Cambodia from satellite images - with the hope that it can help find unexploded bombs in near future. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Hantavirus kills a man in China, people | New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) As novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on the world and its economy, China is apparently witnessing resurgence of another virus -� this time from rodents that reside in the dark underbelly of our world. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Trump says COVID-19 not Asian Americans' | Washington, March 24 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump, who has come under fire for labelling the novel coronavirus as the "Chinese virus", said that Asian Americans should not be blamed for the pandemic, a media report said on Tuesday. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| India's steps comprehensive, robust: WHO | New Delhi, March 23 (TIWN) Amid rise in novel coronavirus cases in India to 430, the World Health Organisation on Monday lauded the measures taken by the Indian government to contain the disease. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| Indian Coronavirus : Chouhan sworn in as | Bhopal, March 23 (TIWN) Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as the 32nd Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh at 9 pm on Monday. Governor Lalji Tandon administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at an austere ceremony. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| 'China eves team fortunate to avoid bein | Beijing, March 23 (TIWN) The Chinese women's football team was fortunate to have avoided being stuck in the then-novel coronavirus outbreak center Wuhan by cutting short its training camp, the team's midfielder Zhang Xin was quoted as saying by media on Monday. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| Died of coronavirus, US man receives las | New York, March 23 (TIWN) A US man who died of new coronavirus was delivered last rites by the pastor over phone as his family was still in quarantine. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| US FDA approves test that diagnose COVID | Washington, March 23 (TIWN) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the first-ever rapid test that can diagnose COVID-19 disease in 45 minutes. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| Nepal Mountaineering Association calls f | Kathmandu, March 22 (TIWN) With the cancellation of all spring mountaineering expeditions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) on Sunday urged the country's government to utilize this opportunity to clean Mount Everest. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| Finally, France posts successful Covid-1 | NEW DELHI, March 22 (TIWN / Connexion.com): A renowned research professor in France has reported successful results from a new treatment for Covid-19, with early tests suggesting it can stop the virus from being contagious in just six days. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| 263 Indian evacuees from Rome sent to IT | New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) All the 263 Indians evacuated from Rome in an Air India national passenger carrier on Sunday morning have been shifted to an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) quarantine centre here. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| Italian COVID-19 patients in crisis ward | Rome, March 21 (TIWN) A footage has emerged showing the hectic scenes inside a hospital in one of the hardest-hit regions of Italy, where staff members could be seen rushing through wards with beds full of coronavirus patients struggling to even breathe, it was reported on Friday. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| World saw 1 lakh fresh coronavirus cases | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 2 lakh, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and while it took over three months to reach the first 1 lakh confirmed cases, it took just 12 days to reach the next 1 lakh. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| Over 86,000 infected people recover from | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) Amid the panic over the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has put cities after cities under full or partial lockdowns, John Hopkins University's coronavirus resource centre says that over 86,000 infected patients have been recovered to date. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| N.Koreans can't use public transport wit | Seoui, March 21 (TIWN): North Korea has banned people from using public transportation without wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus outbreak although the country was yet to report a case, state media reported Thursday. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| Indian-American-led team translating COV | Washington, March 21 (TIWN): A team led by a first-year Indian-American medical student from the Harvard Medical School has launched an initiative to help immigrants with information regarding the coronavirus pandemic available in 30 different Indian languages, including Hindi, it was reported. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| NYC to convert hotels into hospitals for | New Delhi/Washington, March 19 (TIWN) Authorities in New York City are exploring the possibility of converting hotels into hospitals for patients, other than those infected by the novel coronavirus. | 19-Mar-2020 |
| 2 US Congressmen test positive for coron | Washington, March 19 (TIWN) Two US Congressmen have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which has so far infected thousands across the country. | 19-Mar-2020 |
| Greenland lost 600 bn tonnes of ice duri | New York, March 19 (TIWN) During the exceptionally warm Arctic summer of 2019, Greenland lost 600 billion tonnes of ice, enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2 millimetres in two months, new research has found. | 19-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19: SL Prez calls on citizens to h | Colombo, March 18 (TIWN) Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called on the citizens of the country to temporarily halt travel, public gatherings or celebrations as this would enable the government to completely control the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, the President's office said in a statement on Wednesday. | 18-Mar-2020 |
| Covid-19 impact: US discussing huge stim | Washington, March 17 (TIWN) US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Tuesday said that the Trump administration is working on a big economic stimulus package, reported to be worth some $850 bn. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| Pak reports 1st COVID-19 death, cases re | Islamabad, March 17 (TIWN) Pakistan on Tuesday reported the first coronavirus death, while the number of confirmed cases increased to 193 with the emergence of 10 new infections, the Ministry of National Health Services announced. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| US pulling out from 3 Iraq military base | Baghdad, March 17 (TIWN) The US army is pulling out of the al-Qaim and two other key military bases in Iraq in the coming weeks, it was reported. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| 2 rockets hit military base near Baghdad | Baghdad, March 17 (TIWN) Iraqi military said on Tuesday that two rockets hit a military base housing international coalition forces near Baghdad. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| Global COVID-19 cases surpass those insi | Geneva, March 17 (TIWN) More than 83,000 confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported outside China as of Monday, exceeding the cumulative number of infections in the Asian giant, where the virus originated last December, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson said. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| UK Queen to return to Buckingham Palace | London, March 16 (TIWN) The UK's Queen Elizabeth II will return to the Buckingham Palace on Monday, after the monarch was taken to the Windsor Castle as a precaution against the coronavirus epidemic, it was reported. | 16-Mar-2020 |
| Pope delivers blessing over empty St Pet | Vatican City, March 16 (TIWN) Pope Francis delivered a blessing over an empty St Peters Square as Italy remained in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. | 16-Mar-2020 |
| UK govt to give daily COVID-19 TV briefi | London, March 16 (TIWN) The UK government from Monday will hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Downing Street has said. | 16-Mar-2020 |
| Saudi Arabia suspends workplace attendan | Riyadh, March 16 (TIWN) Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the suspension of attendance at workplaces in all government agencies for 16 days against the coronavirus pandemic. | 16-Mar-2020 |
| SL declares public holiday over COVID-19 | Colombo, March 15 (TIWN) The Sri Lankan government on Sunday declared March 16 a public holiday after the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the island nation rose to 10. | 15-Mar-2020 |