Apple has updated its coronavirus screening app with new information about COVID-19 symptoms and mask tips. Apple on Friday issued a new version of its app with updated symptom information and recommendations from the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. New symptoms that could be signs of COVID-19 include chills, shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of smell or taste. Previously known symptoms of the disease include fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus which is responsible for COVID-19, the…
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Two of the three Indian soldiers who were injured in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir”s Uri, have died, the army said in a statement on Saturday. “Unprovoked CFV (ceasefire violation) by Pakistan in Rampur sector on Friday. Unfortunately, two soldiers succumbed to their injuries. Army salutes their supreme sacrifice,” the statement added. Friday’s ceasefire violation came a day after a civilian was killed in Pakistani shelling in the Mankote sector of Poonch. On Thursday, 16-year-old Gulfaraz was killed, while another 35-year-old civilian was injured. There has been a spike in ceasefire…
Padma Shri awardee and Indian Institute of Technology Madras faculty T. Pradeep has been chosen for the Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 in the ”Science and Technology” category. The IITM professor has been selected for this honour in recognition of his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification. Pradeep is credited with developing nanotechnology-enabled water filters, which have helped deliver clean water at a cost of just 2 paise per litre in India. In a statement issued here, IITM said more than one crore Indians have benefitted from the research undertaken by the group led by Pradeep, and Deepak Parekh, chair professor,…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres” appeal for global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic should be observed along the Line of Control (LoC), according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. Replying to a question about the killing of an Indian teenager in shelling by Pakistani troops in the Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Dujarric said, “The Secretary-General’s appeal for global ceasefire is exactly that. It is global and it should be applied everywhere.” He added that he didn’t get any updates about the situation there from the United Nations” Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan which monitors the situation along LoC.…
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the Imran Khan-led government for continuing with the policy of subjugation of the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region, a part India’s Jammu and Kashmir under Pakistan’s occupation. In its latest report on human rights violations in Pakistan released on Thursday, the HRCP has said that Pakistan’s objection to the abolition of special status for Indian Jammu and Kashmir “appears odd, because Pakistan itself has not granted special status to one of its components (GB).” The HRCP said that there is a “confusion” regarding the status of the region within the state of…
The Delhi Police on Friday filed a chargesheet against Shahrukh Pathan, who had fired at head constable Deepak Dahiya and others during the violence in Delhis northeast area in February this year. A video of Shahrukh Khan pointing a gun at Delhi Police head constable Deepak Dahiya had gone viral during the riots that broke out after clashes between pro and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters took an ugly turn in Delhi’s northeast area in February. A 350-page chargesheet has been filed in the Karkardooma Court against Shaharukh Pathan, Kaleem Ahmad and one Ishtiyak Mallik. Shahrukh was the first person…
After nearly three weeks of swirling rumours that he was seriously ill or possibly dead, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertilizer factory, KCNA reported Saturday. The North Korean leader had not made a public appearance since presiding over a Workers’ Party politburo meeting on April 11, and the following day state media reported that he had inspected fighter jets. At Friday’s event, “all the participants broke into thunderous cheers of ‘hurrah!'” when Kim appeared, the Korean Central…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked officials to ensure that Uttar Pradesh’s borders remain sealed so that people who maybe “coronavirus carriers” cannot enter the state. He gave the directions at a review meeting. “It should be ensured that the borders of the state remain sealed. There should be alertness in border areas. No one should enter the state without permission as there is a possibility that they can be coronavirus carriers,” an official release issued here quoted Adityanath as saying. He said the state government is committed to the welfare of labourers and has initiated a number of…
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday allowed the use of trains for ferrying people stranded due to the nationwide lockdown to their respective states, an official said Addressing a press conference, Joint Secretary in the MHA Punya Salila Srivastava said stranded people such as migrant workers, tourists, pilgrims and students can now be transported using trains “States and the Railway Board will make the necessary arrangements for the same,” she said Underlining that some problems are cropping up in the movement of trucks and load carriers, Srivastava said the MHA has again written to the states, reiterating…
After Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on attempts to create political instability in the state, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday requested the Election Commission to declare elections to the nine vacant seats of the state’s Legislative Council. In his letter to the poll panel, the Governor said the elections should be held ‘at the earliest’ with a view to end the current uncertainty in the state. The Governor stated that the central government has announced many relaxation measures regarding the enforcement of lockdown, elections to the council seats can be held with certain guidelines.…