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The Premier League season is set to restart on June 17, three months after it was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, British media reported on Thursday. No matches have been played since Leicester’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa on March 9, with Liverpool just two wins away from securing the title. Top-flight clubs voted […]
An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running total since the coronavirus shutdowns took hold in mid-March to about 41 million, the government said Thursday. The figures underscored the continuing damage to businesses and livelihoods from the outbreak that has […]
As China battled to deflect the criticism over the origin of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that it was important to get a clear idea of the source of the deadly virus as he backed efforts to find it on the basis of science. After staunchly denying the […]
US President Donald Trump has praised Indian-American health policy consultant Seema Verma and thanked her for working hard on evolving a Medicare plan for seniors that will cap their insulin bills at USD 35 a month. In March, 49-year-old Verma was appointed as one of the key members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force […]
India saw another record daily jump in coronavirus cases on Thursday while Russia reported a steady increase in its caseload even as it moved to swiftly ease restrictions in sync with the Kremlin’s ambitious political plans. The developments come as the United States crossed a somber landmark of 100,000 coronavirus fatalities, meaning that more Americans […]
Top streamers and professional players across India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam to compete virtually at FFAA 2020 – Total prize pool of US 80,000 will be up for grabs across the two-day event – Fans will be able to catch all the action live online on 12th and 13th June 2020 MUMBAI, Garena will host […]
Many letters that Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a young man wrote to the mother goddess, whom he addressed as ‘Jagat Janani’, every night on varied topics will be published in a book form in English next month. HarperCollins India said “Letters to Mother”, translated from Gujarati by renowned film critic Bhawana Somaaya, will be […]
Three engineers, including two of Indian-origin, are producing eco-friendly polymers using material from shrimps, mushrooms and other organisms to produce high-impact multilayered coatings that can protect soldiers on the battlefield, according to a statement. Two Indian-American engineers along with another at the University of Houston are using chitin, a derivative of glucose found in the […]
Singapore’s financial position will be “a lot weaker in the coming years”, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has said as the city-state on Thursday recorded 373 new COVID-19 cases among foreign workers while for the first time since February 23 there were no new cases among Singaporeans or permanent residents. Singapore’s tally of infections […]
The number of children living in poor households across low and middle-income countries could increase by 86 million to reach 672 million by the end of 2020 due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study. The deadly virus has so far infected 5,695,290 people and claimed 355,692 lives globally, […]
