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August 13, 2020
Heading into disaster, in the service of others
JAKARTA — Growing up in Indonesia in the shadow of an active volcano, Agus Haryono has witnessed the deadly risks of living in a disaster-prone region. This prompted him to join the country’s Search and Rescue Agency, in the hope of saving lives, when disaster strikes.Haryono was born in Klaten, a small town in Central Java, near Mount Merapi. Many people live on the flanks of the mountain, even though ...
August 12, 2020
Violence in Indian city over FB post; 3 killed in police firing
BENGALURU — Three persons were killed in police firing and 60 policemen injured after violence broke out in this southern Indian city on Tuesday night over an offensive Facebook post allegedly by the relative of a Congress legislator. A total of 110 people have been arrested for violence, stone-throwing and assault on police personnel.Protesters set around two dozen cars on fire and surrounded Congress MLA Srinivas Murthy's house in the ...
August 12, 2020
Australia's coronavirus deaths hit record high
SYDNEY — Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days. As many as 21 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours and all of them were recorded in the state of Victoria.The deaths, tweeted by the Victoria Department of Health early Wednesday, brought the state death total to 267 and the national toll to 352.Melbourne, the ...
August 12, 2020
India records over 60,000 new COVID-19 cases
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday reported 60,963 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 23,30,327, according to a statement from the health ministry.The ministry also announced 834 new deaths from complications caused by COVID-19, taking the total number of virus-related fatalities to 46,091 since the outbreak of the epidemic.Meanwhile, the recoveries from the deadly disease surged to ...
August 11, 2020
Modi unveils ‘72-hour formula’ to fight coronavirus in India
NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday unveiled a "72-hour formula" to contain the spread of coronavirus infections, which, he said, is now confined to 10 states accounting for 80 percent of cases.India has 28 states and eight union territories. The new formula imposes responsibilities on Indian citizens repatriated from abroad.Modi’s formula calls upon health workers all over the country to trace and test all those who ...
August 11, 2020
New Zealand to lock down Auckland as coronavirus returns after 102 days
WELLINGTON — New Zealand has put Auckland, the largest city, back into lockdown after recording new coronavirus cases, snapping a 102-day streak without a local infection.New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed four new locally transmitted coronavirus cases and announced that Auckland will temporarily see level three restrictions introduced for three days starting from midday on Wednesday.The prime minister said the rest of the country would move to level two ...
August 11, 2020
Renowned Indian poet Rahat Indori dies after testing corona positive
NEW DELHI — Renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indori died at a hospital in Indore in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. He had tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.A doctor at Sri Aurobindo Hospital said Indori suffered two heart attacks on Monday. "He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19. He had 60% pneumonia," said Dr. Vinod Bhandari.Indori, 70, was quite active ...
August 11, 2020
India's COVID-19 fatality rate slips below 2% for first time
NEW DELHI — A fresh surge of 53,601 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours has taken India's COVID-19 tally to 2.27 million cases, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday morning.This is the seventh consecutive day that India, which has the third highest caseload in the world, has reported more cases in a day than the United States and Brazil, which have logged more patients than the country since ...
August 11, 2020
Local saviors of 'Kerala Model' win global accolades
Over 150 were rescued from wreckage of the crashed AI plane in KozhikodeBy Hassan CheruppaSaudi GazetteJEDDAH — Kerala, a tiny state in the southwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, has once again proved its mettle of matchless spirit of humaneness, compassion and togetherness with saving scores of lives in the wake of the worst plane crash in India in a decade last Friday.Accolades poured in from all parts of India ...
August 10, 2020
Pakistan court indicts former President Zardari in graft case
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was on Monday indicted by an anti-graft court here on charges of corruption, as the opposition groups accused the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan of carrying out a political vendetta. Azam Khan, a judge of an accountability court, formally framed charges against the former Pakistani president, who is also the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party — the second biggest opposition party in ...
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