Google parent Alphabet sees higher revenue and profits despite Covid-19 pandemic; shares jump Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday outshined dim earnings expectations, showing higher revenue and profits despite a coronavirus-induced slowdown in its core digital advertising operations in March. Alphabet shares leapt more than eight percent in after-hours trades following release of earnings figures that…
Brazil’s coronavirus death toll breaches 5K mark
Brazil’s coronavirus death toll breaches 5K mark Experts believe the overall number of COVID-19 cases could be 12 to 15 times higher. BRASLIA: Brazil, the South American country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has registered more than 5,000 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry announced Tuesday, pushing the toll above that of China. A record 474…
Commentary – Deadly arrogance in Washington
#Commentary – Deadly arrogance in Washington #BEIJING — In the Global Health Security (GHS) Index, a comprehensive assessment of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries worldwide led and published by Johns Hopkins University in November, the United States came on top. Several months later in the novel coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the…
More than 2,200 USA coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
More than 2,200 USA coronavirus deaths in 24 hours WASHINGTON: The number of daily deaths from coronavirus rose again in the US Tuesday, a tally from Johns Hopkins University showed, as the country’s total fatalities surpassed those of Americans in the Vietnam War. In a 24-hour period to 8:30 pm (0030 GMT), there were 2,207…
As recovered patients become donors, Health Ministry says plasma therapy is at experimental stage right now
As recovered patients become donors, Health Ministry says plasma therapy is at experimental stage right now With the plasma therapy gaining a lot of traction as a possible cure for coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday clarified that it is at an experimental stage and there is no evidence yet to support that it…
VPN norms for IT sector relaxed till July 31, not work from home, clarifies Ravi Shankar Prasad amid coronavirus COVID-19 spread
VPN norms for IT sector relaxed till July 31, not work from home, clarifies Ravi Shankar Prasad amid coronavirus COVID-19 spread Union Law Minister Ravi Shalar Prasad on Tuesday clarified that the relaxed connectivity norms for ‘work from home’, applicable to IT companies, have been extended till July 31, amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier…
Only 80 of 21,632 active cases need ventilators, say Health Ministry data
Only 80 of 21,632 active cases need ventilators, say Health Ministry data While there were 21,632 ‘active’ COVID-19 cases across the country till Monday, only about 80 of them were on ventilators. Top government sources said this is in line with the daily pattern seen so far. Meanwhile, even as some states have started plasma…
Religious freedom – USCIRF report downgrades India for ‘violations’
Religious freedom – USCIRF report downgrades India for ‘violations’ Stressing that religious freedom conditions in India experienced a ‘drastic turn downward’ with religious minorities under ‘increasing assault’ in 2019, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday asked the US government to classify India as a ‘country of particular concern’, along with other countries…
Virus may keep coming back every year – Experts
Virus may keep coming back every year – Experts China’s top scientists on Tuesday said that Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), cannot be stopped and will continue to cause seasonal infections like the flu. The seasonal flu kills between 300,000 and 650,000 people around the world every year, according to World Health…
CRPF sub-inspector succumbs to Covid-19, 1st death in paramilitary forces
CRPF sub-inspector succumbs to Covid-19, 1st death in paramilitary forces A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector, who was admitted at Safdarjung Hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19 five days back, succumbed on Tuesday, officials said. This is the first death due to the Covid-19 pandemic among the 10 lakh personnel strong central paramilitary…
At least 1300 sign petition demanding Amitabh Bachchan’s WhatsApp be disabled
At least 1300 sign petition demanding Amitabh Bachchan’s WhatsApp be disabled The pandemic has raised numerous questions, but a sad side-effect is the spread of misinformation. The business of WhatsApp forwards and unverified information has raised serious concerns around public awareness. This has been a pressing issue that has been plaguing the public ever since…
At least 1300 sign petition demanding Amitabh Bachchan’s WhatsApp be disabled
At least 1300 sign petition demanding Amitabh Bachchan’s WhatsApp be disabled The pandemic has raised numerous questions, but a sad side-effect is the spread of misinformation. The business of WhatsApp forwards and unverified information has raised serious concerns around public awareness. This has been a pressing issue that has been plaguing the public ever since…
Oklahoma AG Seeks Audit Of Health Department Spending
Oklahoma AG Seeks Audit Of Health Department Spending Oklahoma’s top prosecutor on Tuesday requested an investigative audit of the state Health Department over the agency’s spending of state-appropriated funds. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Attorney General Mike Hunter’s request was related to the state’s coronavirus response, which the agency is leading. Hunter formally requested the…
Can’t sit back, says 99-year-old
Can’t sit back, says 99-year-old Two Salt Lake residents, a 99-year-old engineer and an 82-year-old homemaker, on Tuesday donated Rs 90,000 and Rs 1 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Mihir Chatterjee, who had retired from the Public Works Department in 1979, donated a month’s pension while Manjusha Das Ghosh donated the money from…
Gorakhpur reports first covid-19 patient who arrived from Delhi
Gorakhpur reports first covid-19 patient who arrived from Delhi Gorakhpur, which had so far managed to retain its green zone tag, reported its first Covid-19 patient on Sunday. The patient had traveled to Gorakhpur in an ambulance from Delhi with two co-workers and was admitted to BRD medical college where he tested positive. The man…
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