Month: June 2020

Police have increased security outside the Taj hotel in south Mumbai after a threat call.

The EU has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed safe to be let in from 1 July, despite the pandemic – but the US, Brazil and China are excluded.

Former US President Barack Obama has slammed his successor Donald Trump who tries to promote anti-Asian sentiment by using racist language kung flu to call the coronavirus during campaign rallies, US media reported.

The global death toll due to COVID-19 crossed 5 million mark on Monday, as the total number of cases crossed the 10 million mark, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory.

Tamilnadu Deputy Chief Minister and ruling AIADMK coordinator O Paneerselvam’s younger brother O Raja has tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.

Following the ‘verbal abuse’ of a Judicial Magistrate by police personnel at Sathankulam police station, top police officials of Thoothukudi district have been transferred.

India’s ‘first’ indigenous COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN, developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and NIV, has got the nod for human clinical trials from the Drug Controller General of India.

The Tamilnadu State police have arrested 7,70,299 persons for violating norms of social distancing and venturing out during curfew.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address the country for the second time in the span of three days (after Mann Ki Baat on Sunday).