Coronavirus worse ‘attack’ than Pearl Harbor, 9/11: Trump
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of China over the global coronavirus pandemic and said it has been worse for the United States than Pearl Harbor and 9/11. As Germany unveiled plans for a return to near-normality — including a May 15 restart of the Bundesliga — the European Union forecast a historic recession on […]
Indians in UAE unhappy with Modi govt’s repatriation plans
Indians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have voiced concerns about a “massive” operation announced by New Delhi to bring home some of the hundreds of thousands of nationals stranded by coronavirus restrictions. “It is just propaganda,” said Ishan, an Indian expatriate in Dubai, one of seven emirates in the UAE and long a magnet […]
Man From Chicago Launches First Halal Angels Network To Promote Innovation Entrepreneurship & Startups To Tap $5 Trillion, Halal Consumer Market
Launched World’s First Halal Angels Network to promote Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Startups to tap $5 trillion, Halal consumer market. “The areas of interest for investments would be future technologies (Blockchain, Fintech AI, etc), Modest Fashion & Cosmetics, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Food Cafe & Restaurants, Processed Food & Tourism”. The Global Halal market size is expected to reach USD […]
Toxic gas leak at Indian chemical plant kills at least 11 and hospitalizes hundreds
A gas leak at a chemical factory in south-east India has killed at least nine people, including two children, and led to hundreds being taken to hospital, with fears the death toll could grow. The gas escaped out of tanks at a complex owned by South Korea’s LG Chem that had suspended operations because of India’s coronavirus […]
Feeding Manhattan’s hungry, every Ramadan night
NEW YORK — Fast. Pray. Act. Fast. Pray. Act. For a group of Brooklyn Muslims, the holy month of Ramadan is a blur: They fast during daylight hours, pray repeatedly, and use every bit of their remaining energy to feed the hungry. And not just for their fellow Muslims. Every night during Ramadan, they decamp […]
Coronavirus hits hard as US records biggest job losses in history
WASHINGTON: Nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month as shops and factories remain closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic. An unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were destroyed in April in the world’s largest economy, driving the unemployment rate to 14.7% compared […]
Milan a ticking coronavirus time bomb, virologist warns
ROME: Italy’s economic capital Milan is a virus time “bomb” at risk of erupting with residents now free to move around — some gathering for canal-side cocktails — after two months under a pandemic lockdown. The city in the northern Lombardy region is the epicentre of Italy’s outbreak, one of the worst in Europe in […]
African countries importing Madagascar’s anti-coronavirus drink
Tanzania on Friday received its first shipment of a herbal concoction that Madagascar’s government claims cures COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Several African nations have expressed interest in the purported remedy, which is known as Covid-Organics. “Tanzania today received the support of coronavirus medicine from Madagascar,” government spokesman Hassan Abas said on Twitter. The drink […]
Donald Trump administration working on temporary ban on visas like H-1B
The United States is mulling to temporarily ban the issuance of work-based visas including H-1B, popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, amidst the high level of unemployment due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers from countries like India and China in speciality occupations that require […]
UK ‘to bring in 14-day quarantine’ for air passengers
The British government is set to introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Under measures that are likely to come into force in early June, travellers will have to provide the address at which they will self-isolate on arrival, The […]
