The White House directed everyone entering the West Wing, where daily operations of President Donald Trump’s administration take place, to wear masks after two aides tested positive for coronavirus, administration officials according to Reuters.  The new guidelines were released in a memo to the staff and they show new tighter procedures at the highest levels …

In Chhattisgarh‘s Dantewada district, as many as 22 labourers, who had returned from Andhra Pradesh, escaped from a COVID-19 quarantine centre, as per reports.  The labourers escaped from a quarantine facility in Dantewada late on Thursday evening and a search was launched to trace them, Dantewada superintendent of police Abhishek Pallava told PTI. Representational Image/PTI In total, 47 migrant labourers, who …

British Sikh doctors want a better procurement strategy by the National Health Service for PPE needed on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. This was after many failed to get important roles in hospital due to their beards. The Sikh Doctors Association had reports of at least five Sikhs being shifted at the NHS hospitals for refusing to shave their beards.  …

The deadly coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 2,50,000 people across the world since its outbreak late last year. Alarmingly, 85 per cent of the total death toll is reported from the US and Europe, according to the AFP tally. Till Monday, the US had recorded 68,689 virus deaths, the most for any single country, while Europe was the hardest-hit …

Though we may never know why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was missing for almost three weeks, a newspaper has claimed that he is indeed alive and at a fertiliser factory, where the most recent picture of him was taken. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a fertilizer factory completion ceremony, state media reported on Saturday, his first public …

125 families residing the Rashtrapati Bhawan complex in the national capital have been put under self-isolation after one person tested positive for COVID-19.  Rashtrapati Bhavan According to reports, the COVID-19 positive patient is not a staffer at the Rashtrapati Bhawan but is a resident of the complex as her father-in-law is a sanitation worker there. Read more  WHO Warns Against …

It all began with a tweet on Saturday morning. A cancer patient in a Kannauj village needed a medicine which could not be found locally. The call for help by a friend of his son set the police wheels rolling in Noida. In 8 hours, the police arrived at the house of Phool Singh in Palpur, 400km away, with the …

India faces a tough challenge against the coronavirus pandemic, but with people staying strong and united, there is no reason why this obstacle can’t be overcome. People have being chipping in with whatever little contributions they can to help in fight against COVID-19. Now, a family in Maharashtra’s Latur district have done something remarkable – they got their daughter married in a simple …

Reuters Maharashtra has become the first state in India to cross 3,000 coronavirus positive cases. The number of coronavirus cases has reached 3,323 in Maharashtra, the most affected state both in terms of infections and deaths. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: Jump To 1) India Is Shipping Tons Of Life-Saving Hydroxychloroquine & Paracetamol Tablets To 108 …

After a tiger at a zoo in the US tested positive for coronavirus, authorities at the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand have set up quarantine wards in its ranges, for tigers, elephants and sniffer dog squads. This is a bid to protect the wildlife from the virus.   Quarantine wards are at Kalagarh and Bijrani ranges within the guidelines of the National Tiger …