Things are going from bad to worse for Indian origin middle-eastern businessman BR Shetty after UAE ordered to freeze all his bank accounts and his family and has also blacklisted several firms associated with him. The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) issued the advisory following a complaint filed by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, alleging …
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The Bhopal gas tragedy was one of the worst industrial disasters in history. The Methyl isocyanate leak from Union Carbide factory killed thousands and left many more with serious health conditions including respiratory illnesses and cancer. BCCL Now more than three decades after their lives were destroyed by the gas tragedy the survivors are facing another serious threat – COVID-19. …
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The nationwide lockdown which began on March 25 has left a devastating impact on the millions of people across the country. While almost everyone has been affected by the lockdown in one way or the other, the worst affected are the migrant workers, who used to live hand-to-mouth, in a big city far away from their home. With no income, …
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The number of COVID-19 cases has crossed 11,000 in India and is rapidly rising over the past few weeks. While it is a big number, the number of COVID-19 cases in India is much lesser than most of the countries around the world, which has better medical infrastructure. Though it is a good thing that the number of people who …
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The ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 is set to end on April 14 if it is not extended. While there is no clarity on the extension of the lockdown as the number of COVID-19 cases has only been on the rise during the lockdown, there is a growing argument that instead of a total lockdown, …
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In a shocking incident, the Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai has been declared a containment zone by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after as many as 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for COVID-19 in a span of one week. According to the BMC order, nobody would be allowed to enter or leave the hospital till everyone in it tests …
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The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is one of the biggest publicly funded healthcare systems in the world and employs around 1.2 million people in England including doctors, nurses and other support staff. AFP As the UK battles the COVID-19 outbreak, the NHS like any other medical facility in the world has been stretched beyond its limits. The …
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In a shocking incident, a 3-day-old baby was tested positive for COVID-19 in a Mumbai hospital along with his mother. The baby was born on March 26 at the Sai Hospital in Chembur and has tested positive for coronavirus, making him the youngest COVID-19 patient recorded in Maharashtra. AFP According to the family, they had no travel history or contact …
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Amid all the tensions about the Coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown here is something to cheer you up. You have blue skies and cleaner air to breathe. Ever since the national capital went to lockdown earlier this week the air quality of Delhi which often makes news for being the worst in the world has improved dramatically. INDIATIMES On Saturday, …
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With the coronavirus cases likely to go up in the coming days what India desperately needs are hospital beds, isolation facilities and ventilators. Unfortunately, these are not things that can be put together overnight. Even for the Chinese whose engineering capabilities are mind boggling, it took them nearly two weeks to put together a temporary 1000-bed hospital. Since we do …
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