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06 Apr

Ekta Kapoor takes Rs 2.5 crore salary cut to help co-workers

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Ekta Kapoor has taken a salary cut this year to help co-workers at her production house Balaji Telefilms. The producer has forsaken one year’s salary, which amounts to Rs 2.5 crore, so that her colleagues don’t have to take salary deductions. Her official statement read, “The impact of CORONA crisis is huge, unprecedented and multi-pronged. We all need to do things that will ease the hardships of people around us and of our country at large. It is my first & foremost responsibility to take care of the various freelancers & daily wage workers who work at Balaji Telefilms &…

06 Apr

UK PM ‘still in charge’ while in hospital with coronavirus

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in hospital on Monday undergoing tests after suffering "persistent" symptoms of coronavirus for 10 days, but colleagues insisted he remains in charge of the government. The Conservative leader announced on March 27 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and has been self-isolating in his flat above Downing Street ever since. On Sunday evening, on the advice of his doctor, the 55-year-old was admitted to hospital for tests in what his office said was a "precautionary step". He still has a high temperature among other symptoms, officials say.

05 Apr

COVID-19 death toll surpasses 65,000

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Pandemic Coronavirus claimed at least 65,659 lives globally so far, according to Worldometer data report. According to the website, data total 1,215,690 COVID-19 cases have been reported so far after the virus originated. Of them have been 253,684 recovered. In 896,347 active cases, 44, 654 are in a serious condition. Italy is at the top of the death toll chart with 15,362 death cases. Then Spain reported 12,418 and USA 8,454 death cases. But, in China 3,329 death cases have been reported so far. Meanwhile according to the number of the affected USA at the top of the chart with…

05 Apr

Modi seeks help to Manmohan, Pranab, Mamata

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The whole world is fighting with the deadly coronavirus epidemic and India so. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called two former President and two Prime Ministers of the country seeking advice on the fight against the virus. A source at the Indian Prime Minister's Office confirmed the information. Narendra Modi also spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about combating Coronavirus. He also spoke to the chief ministers of several other states and heads of almost all political parties. According to a source at the Prime Minister's Office, the Indian news agency ANI said that Prime Minister Modi…

05 Apr

London Mayor Sadiq Khan slams commuters after 5 bus drivers die from coronavirus

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has fired a grave warning to London commuters after five bus drivers died of the coronavirus. Mr Khan said he is "absolutely devastated" the transport workers, who are yet to be named, died after testing positive for Covid-19. It comes as 621 patients with Covid-19 died in UK in just 24 hours, bring the UK's official total to around 5,000 as of Sunday afternoon. In a heartfelt tweet, he said "lives depended" on people following Government rules to stay at home unless travel was essential.

04 Apr

MORE THAN 53,693 DEATHS

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The worldwide number of officially confirmed fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 53,693 yesterday. More than 1,035,380 declared cases have been registered in 188 countries and territories. Of these cases, at least 201,500 are now considered recovered. Italy has 13,915 fatalities, with 115,242 infections. Spain has recorded 10,935 fatalities and 117,710 infections. France has reported 5,387 deaths and 73,743 cases while US has the highest official number of infected people with 245,573 cases and 6,058 deaths.

03 Apr

Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 53,190

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The global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 53,190 on Friday, reports UNB. It has so far infected 1,015,466 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 750,047 are currently being treated with 37,696 being in serious or critical condition. So far, 212,229 people have recovered.

02 Apr

North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

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North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders in January after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China, and imposed strict containment measures. Pak Myong Su, director of the anti-epidemic department of the North's Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Headquarters, insisted that the efforts had been completely successful. "Not one single person has been infected with the novel coronavirus in our country so far," Pak told AFP.

02 Apr

Global coronavirus deaths top 50,000 – Johns Hopkins tally

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Global coronavirus deaths topped 50,200 on Thursday as the pandemic ravages the United States and Europe, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Reported cases of the COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus were approaching 1 million with the most cases in the United States, followed by Italy and Spain.

01 Apr

Global coronavirus COVID-19 cases top 9 lakh, death toll 45,371

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Italy and Spain bore the brunt of the crisis as the grim tally hit another milestone even though half of the planet's population is already under some form of lockdown in a battle to halt contagion. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic infected 905,279 people worldwide and increased the death toll to 45,371 till 11.45 pm (IST- 1/4/20 ) on Wednesday even as the head of the United Nations has described this crisis as humanity's worst since World War II. The US has recorded the highest numbers of cases worldwide at 199,092 including 4,361 deaths. Italy has a total of 110,574 positive…