Fri 03 April 2020: The Commission has highlighted posts on social media in which the teachers have asked for Muslims to be put into gas chambers. The Delhi Minorities Commission has taken strong offence to the use of hate speech against the Muslim community by a number of Delhi University teachers following the detection of […]
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FILE PHOTO Fri 03 April 2020: 61-year-old Indian national, two other people who had close contact with her test positive Malawi confirmed its first three cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, becoming the 50th African nation to be infected. President Peter Mutharika said on national television that a 61-year-old Indian national had tested […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: Resolution highlights need to respect human rights, oppose any form of discrimination, racism and xenophobia The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution late Thursday calling for increased global solidarity and international cooperation against the novel coronavirus outbreak. The resolution, which was prepared by Norway, Switzerland, Singapore, Indonesia, Liechtenstein and Ghana […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: Palestine announced Friday that it will extend its partial lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus. President Mahmoud Abbas has extended the lockdown by one month, Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said on Twitter. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said earlier that a partial lockdown has been implemented from […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: Facebook Inc. launched a service in Italy to check the accuracy of information on coronavirus circulating on its messaging platform WhatsApp, the United States tech firm said on Thursday. In a fresh attempt to fight manipulated content, Facebook said it was working with local fact-checking service Facta which is analyzing content […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: United States President Donald Trump has tested negative once again for COVID-19 and is “healthy and without symptoms,” White House doctor said late Thursday. President Trump was first tested and received negative results earlier in March after coming in contact with several members of a Brazilian presidential delegation visiting his Florida […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: (REUTERS) The United States is paying Russia for a planeload of medical equipment sent by Moscow to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday, clearing up confusion as to who footed the bill. It had been unclear whether Russia had sent the 60 tons of […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: (AFP) The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world soared past one million on Thursday and deaths topped 50,000 as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States reported the highest daily death toll so far of any country. Despite more than half the planet imposing some form of […]
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Fri 03 April 2020: (AFP) Missing scenes, unfinished episodes and sets sanitised against coronavirus — much-loved Ramadan television soaps are struggling to keep the cameras rolling just weeks before the Islamic holy month. Many countries in the Middle East have imposed tough restrictions to curb the spread of the pandemic, forcing studios to shut down […]
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Thu 02 April 2020: A video is being widely shared on social media with some claiming that a mass sneezing was held at the Hazrat Nizamuddin mosque in Delhi, while others attributing the act to the Tablighi Jamaat to spread Coronavirus in India. The video was also broadcast by some Kannada TV channels, with a […]
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