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May 30, 2020
Half of India’s population could have corona by December: Expert
Saudi Gazette reportNEW DELHI — India will witness a spike in coronavirus cases after the current lockdown ends on May 31, and 50 percent of the country’s population is “likely to be infected with the virus” by end of December, a doctor and member of a COVID-19 task force said, according to a local media report.Dr. V Ravi, head of neurovirology at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences ...
May 29, 2020
India's lockdown to focus on 13 cities
NEW DELHI — Preparing to end India’s two-month-long lockdown in its current form, the government’s senior-most bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, on Thursday held a meeting with Municipal Commissioners of 13 cities worst-affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.India has zeroed it on these 13 cities as they have 70 percent of all the positive COVID-19 cases in the country, the government’s Cabinet Secretariat said in a press release after the meeting.When ...
May 27, 2020
Don’t book repatriation flights online, warns Pak consulate in Dubai
Muhammed Nafie DUBAI — Pakistani citizens in Dubai have been advised not to buy online tickets for repatriation flights as fraudsters continue to target them with fake tickets amid the coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Tuesday.In a video message on his Twitter account addressing Pakistani citizens in Dubai and northern emirates in the United Arab Emirates, Ahmed Amjad Ali, Pakistan’s Consul-General in Dubai, warned them against making online payments ...
May 25, 2020
Crashed Pakistan plane's pilot ignored 3 warnings: Report
KARACHI, Pakistan — The pilot of the PIA Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)'s crashed plane ignored three warnings from air traffic controllers about the aircraft's altitude and speed as it approached for landing, according to a news report.The ill-fated Airbus A-320 that took off from Lahore crashed into one of the densely populated neighborhoods in Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan on Friday, causing significant damage to houses in the area. ...
May 25, 2020
Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Fitr amid restrictions, lockdowns
Joanne Serrieh DUBAI — Muslims across the globe welcomed Eid Al-Fitr on Sunday, with many forced to celebrate the normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan under strict stay-at-home orders due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The three-day holiday is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting. However, this year many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims ...
May 22, 2020
Top banker survives Pakistan plane crash as scores die
KARACHI, Pakistan — At least two passengers had a miraculous escape after their ill-fated Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed into a residential neighborhood in the southern city of Karachi on Friday. One of the survivors has been identified as Zafar Masood. He is the president of the Bank of Punjab.More than 60 bodies have been recovered, according to officials from the provincial government.It is, however, unclear ...
May 22, 2020
Death toll rises to 95 as India, Bangladesh clean up after devastating cyclone
NEW DELHI — Millions of people across eastern India and Bangladesh are reeling from the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan.So far at least 95 deaths have been reported: 80 from Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha and 15 from Bangladesh, according to disaster management officials.The toll is expected to rise as communications are restored and authorities reach villages cut off by blocked roads.A massive clean-up operation has begun in ...
May 22, 2020
Scores feared killed as passenger jet crashes in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan — A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft has crashed in a residential area near the Karachi Airport.A PIA spokesman confirmed the crash and added that the flight, A-320, was carrying 98 passengers including the cabin crew and was flying from Lahore to Karachi.The airliner took off from Lahore and was due to land at 2:30 p.m. local time in Karachi but went missing from the radar, the spokesman ...
May 21, 2020
Dozens die as cyclone causes devastation in eastern India, Bangladesh
NEW DELHI — Cyclone Amphan swept across eastern India and Bangladesh from the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday night, leaving 84 people dead. At least 72 people were killed in West Bengal state alone, and two more deaths were reported in neighboring Odisha, according to the state government. Bangladesh reported 10 deaths and said 1 million people were left without power as electricity poles were toppled in south and southwestern parts ...
May 20, 2020
India to resume domestic flights from May 25
Saudi Gazette reportNEW DELHI — India will resume domestic commercial flights from May 25 following the government’s decision to ease lockdown measures that were enforced to contain the coronavirus pandemic.The resumption of flights within the country, exactly two months after they were suspended, was announced in a tweet by India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday."Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner. All airports and ...
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