A Century Ago, Sports Rises From Ravages Of War And Disease
A war like no other had ravaged Europe, killing untold millions and leaving the continent devastated. The Spanish Flu pandemic was waning but still wreaking its horrors, with some 50 million people dead worldwide, including 675,000 in the United States. But hundreds of thousands of troops from various countries were still in Europe. The war […]
Bollywood is staring at ‘Rs 1,000-crore loss’ or more if 21-day lockdown is extended
New Delhi: Cinema halls are closed, new releases have been postponed, all shooting schedules cancelled and promotional events called off — the film industry in India has been severely affected by the 21-day nationwide lockdown implemented to arrest the coronavirus outbreak. India has one of the largest movie industries in the world, producing around 1,500 to […]
What Google tells us about lockdown impact in India’s biggest cities
In its first week, the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus has meant only one thing for different kinds of business establishments that have been allowed to remain open in the five major metros: pullback. Although every kind of establishment is seeing a pullback in walk-in customers, the magnitude of the […]
Markaz leadership resisted, then NSA Ajit Doval dropped by at 2 am
When Maulana Saad, head of Nizamuddin Markaz, refused to yield to pleas from Delhi Police and security agencies to vacate the Banglewali Masjid, Home Minister Amit Shah requested National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to get the job done. According to top home ministry officials, Doval reached around 2.00 am on March 28-29 night at the markaz and convinced […]
Altaf Bukhari Wants Ill Timed Domicile Order Be Put In Abeyance Till Pandemic Is Managed
Srinagar Taking a strong exception to the central government order defining domicile law for J&K, Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday demanded that the order be put in abeyance till the COVID-19 pandemic is over. “It is most unfortunate that such an important order has been issued at a […]
Coronavirus: Across nation, race to trace contacts of Tabligh meeting
AS MANY AS 20 states and Union Territories are scrambling to identify, quarantine and test all those who attended a gathering of almost 4,000 people at Markaz Nizamuddin, the headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat in New Delhi, in the middle of March. Cases are showing up in different states, with Tamil Nadu announcing that 50 of the 57 COVID-19 […]
UN chief says coronavirus ‘worst crisis’ since WWII: Live updates
The United Nations chief has warned the coronavirus pandemic presents the world with its “worst crisis” since World War II, with the number of dead in the United States now higher than in China and hard-hit countries in Europe reporting their highest number of deaths in a single day. The US announced some 800 deaths […]
Coronavirus update: Donald Trump warns US headed for ‘very, very painful two weeks’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned of a “very painful” two weeks as the United States wrestles with a coronavirus surge that the White House warns could kill as many as 240,000 Americans. “This is going to be a very painful, a very, very painful two weeks,” Trump told a press conference at the White House. Trump described the […]
Centre defines new domicile rule for J&K, includes those who have lived in UT for 15 years
A person residing in Jammu and Kashmir for at least fifteen years will now be eligible to be a domicile of the union territory, according to the new rule issued by the Centre Tuesday. In the latest gazette notification, Section 3A of the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order 2020, under the J&K civil […]
Japan’s coronavirus containment strategy faces breaking point
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his deputy will no longer attend meetings together to cut exposure to the coronavirus, as pressure for a lockdown builds and a minister warned the country’s containment strategy was stretched to the limit. The decision comes as Japan’s Foreign Ministry announced that foreign nationals from the United States, China […]