Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is undergoing treatment for coronavirus at a hospital here, has opened about the psychological state struggles COVID-19 patients face under isolation so as to curb the spread of the disease. The 77-year-old actor and his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan were admitted to the isolation ward of Nanavati Hospital on July 11 after they tested positive for the virus. In his blog on Saturday, Amitabh said the mental condition brought upon by the disease takes a toll on the patient together is kept faraway from human contact. “The psychological state sparks from the stark reality that the…
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Hailing the valour of the soldiers during the Kargil war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked people to talk and act keeping in mind the morale of soldiers and asserted that wars are fought not just on borders but on many fronts within the country too In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address, which coincided with the 21st anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, the prime minister also hit out at Pakistan for the conflict and said Islamabad skilled New Delhi’s hand of friendship by stabbing it within the back. The Kargil war was declared over on July 26,…
With the Covid-19 restrictions of ‘Unlock 2.0’ ending on Friday (July 31), the government is now formulating guidelines for Unlock 3.0 which will come into force from August, sources said on Sunday. For Unlock 3, the third installation in the phased easing of lockdown restrictions, a few more relaxations are being worked upon by the government. These might include relaxations in reopening of cinema halls from August 1 but with some SOPs such as strict social distancing in place, sources said. However, some restrictions are likely to continue in Unlock 3. Schools and metro train services are likely to remain…
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the line-up of the new cabinet after his ruling People’s Action Party won the general elections held earlier this month. The appointments will take effect from Monday when a swearing-in ceremony for the cabinet will take place, reports Xinhua news agency. According to Lee’s announcement on Saturday, six of the 15 ministries will be headed by new ministers. The grave situation that Singapore is currently facing puts a premium on experience and a sure touch, Lee Loong said at a press conference, adding that this is why most Cabinet ministers are experienced with…
HHurricane Hanna battered southern Texas with sustained winds of 75 mph and continued to deliver heavy rain and flash flooding as it moved inland late Saturday. The Category 1 hurricane was moving west at about 8 mph when it made landfall at Padre Island, about 15 miles north of Port Mansfield, around 5 p.m. local time on Saturday. Very heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge impacted the south Texas coast, the worst of it south of Corpus Christi, down to the mouth of the Rio Grande River. While wind and storm surge were notable along the coast during the…
A day after a face-off between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot supported by his MLAs and Governor Kalraj Mishra over the convening of a special Assembly session, a BJP delegation on Saturday submitted a memorandum to Mishra, accusing the CM and his government of pushing the state towards anarchy. The memorandum also accused the state government of openly flouting COVID-19 norms and Gehlot of giving inciting statements. A 15-member BJP delegation led by party’s state President Satish Poonia visited the Raj Bhavan to demand action in the matter. The BJP memorandum highlighted Gehlot’s statement on Friday wherein he allegedly threatened to…
As the India-China face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh remains unresolved, Pakistan is carrying out military exercises at its air force base at Qadri in Skardu of occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region. Pakistan’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan visited the base on Friday to hold some important meetings and oversee the military exercises. His visit comes at a time when China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops remain in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with Indian soldiers along the LAC in Ladakh. Speculations are rife in Pakistan and China that the two allies may attack from…
India, the third worst-hit country in the global coronavirus tally after US and Brazil, has gradually ramped-up its COVID-19 testing capacity and has conducted over 4.2 lakh tests in a day, the Union Health Ministry said Saturday, crediting the increase to number of labs for the achievement. The development comes even as the country struggles to bring down the rate at which the infection is spreading which remains nearly double than the US and Brazil. When the outbreak began in January, India, a country of over 130 crore people, had only one lab equipped to conduct the COVID-19 test. But…
A study published in the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) Indian Journal of Medical Research states that fever was present as a symptom of Covid-19 only in 17 per cent of the patients out of the 144 observed in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre, Delhi, and AIIMS in Jhajjar, Haryana. “Fever was present in only 17 per cent of our patients, which was far less compared to other reports across the globe, including the Chinese cohort in whom 44 per cent had fever at the time of presentation and 88 per cent developed fever…
As per the report, the cows were kept in a claustrophobic environment in the Panchayat B of the Medapar village on the orders of the Sarpanch or the Panchayat head. He put the bovines inside the Bhawan for two days without informing or seeking permission from their owners. Reportedly, senior officials reached the spot to assess the ground situation that led to the death of the animals. According to Bilaspur District Magistrate Dr. Saransh Mittar, a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in the case. He informed that while 40 cows died, around 20 of them were successfully rescued…