PM MODI TO INTERACT WITH CMs TODAY Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers via video conference today on the way ahead in the fight against the novel coronavirus, amid indications that the discussions could also focus on a graded exit from the ongoing lockdown.
XI: BUILD 'GREAT SPACE POWER' President Xi Jinping extended greetings to elder scientists who participated in the country's first satellite program 50 years ago and said he expected space industry workers to learn from their predecessors' spirit and strive to build the nation into a stronge
TRUMP SAYS SPOKE 'SARCASTICALLY' ABOUT INJECTING DISINFECTANTS U.S. President Donald Trump's musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID-19 have horrified medical professionals and raised fresh concerns that his stream-of-consciousness briefings could push frightened peo
CENTRE ISSUES ADVISORY EASING CURBS ON SELECT SHOPS On the day it red-flagged Ahmedabad, Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai among "major hotspot districts or emerging hotspots" and decided to send four new teams to monitor these cities, the Centre issued an advisory late Friday night relaxing
IRAN PROMISES 'TO CRUSH' US FORCES IF SHIPS ATTACKED IN GULF <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/iran-vows-crush-forces-ships-attacked-gulf-200423065439347.html> Iran will destroy U.S. warships if its security is threatened in the Gulf, the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary
COVID-19 INFECTION RATE IN INDIA HAS SLOWED DOWN: GOVT One month into the national lockdown, the coronavirus outbreak has spread to more than half the total number of districts across the country, but remains concentrated in the same areas, an analysis of official figures show. The figur
DUTERTE EXTENDS PHILIPPINES LOCKDOWN UNTIL MAY 15, CHANGES COVERAGE MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte extended Friday the Philippines' lockdown to May 15 and changed the areas covered by movement restrictions that shuttered businesses for weeks. The so-called enhanced community quar
PRESIDENT CONFIDENT OF ACHIEVING POVERTY RELIEF GOAL Despite the influence of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the country's economy, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that he was confident of achieving the goal of eliminating poverty in China by the end of this year. While vis
CEBU CITY EXTENDS COVID-19 LOCKDOWN UNTIL MAY 15 MANILA - The lockdown of hundreds of thousands of residents in Cebu City is extended until May 15 to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Edgardo Labella said Thursday. Local officials extended the lockdown after some 123 detain
XI'S TOUR FOCUSES ON POVERTY, ECOLOGY President Xi Jinping inspected poverty alleviation work in Shaanxi province on Tuesday amid the nation's efforts to overcome the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic and improve people's livelihoods.
