Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI): Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner, Sharat B has directed the district's Health and Social Welfare Department to take over 48 hotels and lodges to convert them into quarantine facilities for primary contacts of COVID-19 patients.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 1 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to advise Railway Ministry to arrange special trains to move stranded migrants to their respective destinations.
Tripoli [Libya], May 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The Government of National Accord (GNA), one of the two major factions in the Libyan armed conflict, on Thursday declined to suspend fighting following the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, declaring a temporary truce amid the holy mon
Baghdad [Iraq], May 1 (ANI): Seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an operation by the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi on Thursday in Salahudin province.
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Delhi Police has come up with an important and innovative method to spread awareness of COVID-19 among the citizens by installing coronavirus lookalike "scarecrows" with a message displayed on them reading--"stay home" at several places in Chandni Mahal ar
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Screening of all residents living in containment zones will be carried out at least three times within 14 days of the issuance of the notification of the containment zone and COVID-19 tests to be done as per the protocol, said Delhi Disaster Management Authori
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser is the latest politician and third PTI leader on Thursday to test positive for the virus that has infected 16,353 people across Pakistan, Dawn reported.
Ottawa [Canada], May 1 (ANI): One Canadian military member is dead while five others are missing after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): About 60 Indian firms have got approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for RT-PCR testing kits for COVID-19. Out of the 60 companies, five firms got approval for indigenously manufactured kits and 55 others for imported kits.
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Two medical teams have been deployed at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi with immediate effect for medical check-up of any person with COVID-19 symptoms after coronavirus positive cases were detected at the wholesale market.