‘Will supply essential drugs to some affected nations’: India after Trump’s ‘threat’
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned India of retaliation if the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is not supplied to the US. The Centre has said that India will be supplying essential drugs to neighbouring countries and those that are badly affected by the pandemic
Dozens of doctors arrested in Pakistan
More than 50 doctors protesting the lack of safety equipment as they battle the coronavirus were arrested Monday in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, police and physicians said.
If virus doesn’t get me, hunger will: A worried Indian worker
Chandrakant Thakur ekes out a living by zooming around Mumbai on his beaten up scooter dodging pedestrians, street dwellers, cars and sometimes cows to deliver meals. Now, with the streets eerily empty amid the city’s virus lockdown, he faces a stark choice: stay and survive on half his regular pay or return to his family in the state of Bihar.
What is the best material for a home-made face cover?
A “manual on homemade protective cover for face and mouth”, issued by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, said the “homemade face cover” should be of cotton cloth.
China records no new virus deaths for first time
China reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the first time since it started publishing daily figures in January.