Delhi Earthquake – Low-intensity Tremors Felt in National Capital, Epicentre in Pitampura New Delhi: A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.2 hit the national capital on Friday, the fourth since April 12, the National Centre for Seismology said. The epicentre was Pitampura in north Delhi. The NCS said the quake occurred at 11:28 am at a depth…

Muthappa Rai dead; former underworld don passes away at 68 Former underworld don and founder of not-for-profit Jaya Karnataka, Muthappa Rai passed away in the early hours of Friday at 2 am after battling cancer for two years, International Business Times, India, learned from an official source. The reformed social activist’s condition was critical on…

China Rejects US Claim Of Attempted Vaccine Theft As ‘smearing And Scapegoating’ China on Thursday termed as “slanderous” the US accusation that hackers backed by Beijing may be attempting to steal COVID-19 related research and vaccine materials and said that “smearing and scapegoating” others will not make the deadly virus go away. Chinese Foreign Ministry…

Uplifting idea – Cranes reunite families in corona crisis Watermael-Boitsfort: Something he saw as he drove to work one morning gave Tristan Van den Bosch an uplifting idea. “I saw a man shouting at his mother,” said Van den Bosch. Not unusual – except that the man was on the ground and his mother was…

Lockdown 4.0 – Most people want public transport, wearing mask, social distancing should be must, says Delhi CM Warning that the coming time will be difficult for the city and its people, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he received more than five lakh suggestions for the relaxations in lockdown 4.0, to be…

EU Warns Govts Against Using Virus-tracing Apps For Surveillance Over Privacy Breach Fear As governments worldwide deploy mobile apps for the purpose of contact tracing for containment of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the European Union has warned against the mass surveillance via such technology, as per reports. EU indicated that such a system would allow…

India’s Coronavirus Tally Crosses 80,000-mark; Doubling Rate Down to Nearly 14 Days New Delhi: The nationwide tally for positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday crossed the 80,000-mark, according to the cumulative state reports, with a jump of nearly 10,000 new cases in the past two days. This is despite the Union Health Ministry’s latest tally that…

WTO chief leaves before term expires for personal reasons The head of the World Trade Organisation says he will leave his post a year before his term expires, an unprecedented mid-term resignation at the WTO that he called a “personal decision”. Roberto Azevedo, a former diplomat from Brazil, said he will step down on August…

Coronavirus – Railways cancels all tickets till June 30; special trains to continue The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 78,003 on Thursday morning. 11.09 am: A special train carrying passengers from Mumbai arrives in Delhi. Delhi: A special train, carrying passengers from Mumbai, arrived at New Delhi railway station. Passengers were screened after…

Delhi May Opening Of Shops, Metro, Buses,Taxi’s, Autos. Full List Of What May Be Permitted Post May17 The Delhi government has sent a number of suggestions to the Centre in order to ease the coronavirus lockdown in the national capital, according to news agency PTI. These suggestions include the opening of shops in markets, shopping…

With An Eye On Economic Revival, Here Is What Will Function After May17 New Delhi, May 14: Shopping malls, saloons, religious, social and political gatherings will continue to remain barred once the lockdown comes to an end on May 17. The States who have been asked by the Centre to give a blue-print by May 15…

Blood Clots To ‘covid Toes’ – Virus Attack The Whole Body, Not Just Lungs COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by a virus that only attacks the lungs, right? Wrong. With every passing week the exiting theories about how the novel coronavirus affects the human body are getting upended. First, we were told that the…

Good news – Delhi metro to restart it’s services with these rules According to sources, there will be different norms for tickets and passes might be mandatory to travel in Delhi Metro. New Delhi: Delhi Metro is preparing for resumption of its services with social distancing norms being worked upon. After the railways, it is speculated…