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In an "ambitious" cleaning effort undertaken to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the New York City will shut down its 24-hour transit system -- the largest in the US -- from 1 am to 5 am daily to disinfect the subway network, commuter trains and buses. New York, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, is gradually beginning to see decline in the number of daily hospitalisations, ICU admissions and fatalities. The state has more than 300,000 confirmed virus cases and over 23,600 people have died do far. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Ym3lzl

An Indian-origin psychiatrist in the US has to pay USD 145,000 as settlement to resolve allegations that he overprescribed opioids to his patients outside the usual course of his professional practice, the Justice Department said. The USD 145,000 settlement stems from an investigation that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) initiated into whether Prakash Bhatia improperly prescribed opioids to his patients at his clinic in violation of the civil provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2KRrh5v

Dennis Goldberg the famous South African anti-apartheid activist has died on Thursday at his home near Cape Town, aged 87. Goldberg was a prominent member of the now-ruling African National Congress and stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela. He spent 22 years in prison for his involvement with the ANC’s fight against apartheid, the racist system of oppression imposed by the white minority government. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3bVt1GR

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, whose foundation is focusing its efforts to fight the coronavirus, explained on Thursday that life will return to normal only when there’s a viable vaccine that can stop its spread. However, the development of vaccine may take as little as 9 months or as long as two years. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2SqJATl

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been allowed by the US Department of Transportation to conduct direct flights to America with immediate effect, the flag carrier announced. Addressing the media on Thursday, PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez said that it was the first time that Pakistan's national flag carrier will be operating direct flights to the US without any stop on the way, reports Xinhua news agency. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2YtCIZ4

An influential US Congressmen has said that India has stepped up as a leader in the fight against coronavirus, applauding New Delhi for providing the US with vital supplies such as mass quantities of Hydroxychloroquine. "The Republic of India is one of America's closest and most important allies, and our relationship has always enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, D.C.. I am thankful that India has stepped up as a leader in the fight against coronavirus, and am glad that our special partnership remains strong during this pandemic," Congressman George Holding, the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, said. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3f2fQpH

Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good argument for Texas’ reopening on Friday. Only a handful of the 50,000 residents here, right on the border with Oklahoma, had tested positive for the coronavirus. None had died. The mayor of Paris, Texas — a pit stop for drivers passing through to snap a selfie with the city’s miniaturized Eiffel Tower — had drive-thru virus testing in the works, just to give locals peace of mind. Some wore masks but many saw little reason to bother. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2VTZSq1

US President Donald Trump on Thursday alleged that China does not want to see him elected in polls due later this year, mainly because of the billions of dollars he has been taking from them as import tariffs. Instead, he claimed, China wants to have former vice president Joe Biden elected as the next US president in the November elections. Biden is the presumptive nominee of the opposition Democratic party. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2WdBzCh

US President Donald Trump Thursday said the World Health Organization should be "ashamed of" itself, as he likened it to a public relations agency for China. The Trump Administration has launched a probe into the role of the WHO on coronavirus and has temporarily suspended the US' financial assistance to it. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3c5cEb3

The Chinese health authority said on Friday that it received reports of 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Chinese mainland on Thursday, of which six were imported. The other six new cases were domestically transmitted, including five in Heilongjiang Province and one in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the National Health Commission said in a daily report, Xinhua reported. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3d8yQkB

Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits has climbed past a staggering 30 million, while Europe’s economies have gone into an epic slide. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/35nhZYl

France registered 289 deaths caused by the coronavirus, bringing the tally to 24,376, the world's fourth-highest after the United States, Italy and Spain, while hospital data continued to show encouraging indicators as the government plans to lift the coronavirus lockdown on May 11, said health ministry director Jerome Salomon. on the epidemic. The number of people who succumbed to the COVID-19 slowed by 1.1 per cent on a daily basis, the lowest increase on a weekday since the end of March, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3bTTrbZ

President Donald Trump on Thursday speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake”. The US president threatened the country with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. Trump even suggested the release could have been intentional. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2xkWvPk

Worldwide coronavirus cases have crossed the 3.3 million mark taking confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to 33,05,806 with over 2.3 lakh deaths i.e at 2,33,966. On Thursday, global cases crossed 32,19,240-mark including 2,28,190 deaths. At the same time, COVID-19 confirmed cases in United States are nearing 1.1 million mark including 63,856 deaths making the country the worst-hit country globally with coronavirus. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3d4Cuf6

The total number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed 3.3 million, including more than 2,33,000 fatalities. More than 1,039,000 patients are reported to have recovered while – people have lost their lives so far. Follow this breaking news blog for live updates on coronavirus pandemic as it continues to pose a challenge for health workers and scientists who are in a race against time to produce a vaccine/medicine. Indiatvnews.com brings you the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis that has resulted in job losses in millions and changing the way we work. Stay Home, Stay Safe and Stay Informed as our team of dedicated editors/reporters bring you the latest news on coronavirus:  from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3bZcRfS

The update simplifies the unlock process for people wearing a medical mask by automatically presenting the passcode field.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/3aSD9yR

More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. Roughly 30.3 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the six weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing millions of employers to close their doors and slash their workforces. That is more people than live in the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas combined, and it’s by far the worst string of layoffs on record. It adds up to more than one in six American workers. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Ylguc0

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Social distancing doesn’t come naturally in Israel. But the country, known for its informal, in-your-face mentality, seems to be setting a new standard for public protests in the age of coronavirus. During the past two weekends, thousands of people have gathered in perfect geometric patterns in Tel Aviv’s central square to comply with social distancing rules as they express their anger over the continued rule of a prime minister charged with serious crimes. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2WfYSve

Pakistan's Sindh government has approached the Supreme Court, seeking an early hearing of its appeal which challenged the provincial high court's verdict that acquitted British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others in the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the alleged links between the country's powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3aRCIEQ

Russia has become the 8th country after -- USA, Spain, Italy, France, UK, Germany and Turkey -- to cross 1 lakh coronavirus cases. As per the latest reports by news agency Sputnik, 7,099 cases have been reported in Russia over the last 24 hours taking the overall tally past 100,000.  from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2KJs2NV

The two houses of the Afghan Parliament -- the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) and the Meshrano Jirga (upper house) -- have been put under a lockdown until the end of the nationwide restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Wbwz15

Treatment with antiviral drug remdesivir may not significantly speed up recovery from COVID-19 in critically ill hospitalised patients compared to placebo, according to the first randomised trial of its kind published in The Lancet journal. The study led by researchers from China-Japan Friendship Hospital and Capital Medical University in China involved 237 adults aged 18 and older from ten hospitals in Wuhan. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2yVKAIp

As Kim Jong-un's health continues to be a major talking point, speculations have been rising of sister Kim Yo-jong taking reigns of the hermit kingdom.  Kim's younger sister has been seen exerting increasing clout in Pyongyang as of late, raising the possibility of her succeeding her brother amid speculation that he may be seriously unwell, a South Korean legislative think tank has said. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2SlQQQr

Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate said on Wednesday if he's elected the US Embassy is Israel would remain in Jerusalem. However, he called President Donald Trump’s decision to move the diplomatic base from Tel Aviv “short-sighted and frivolous.” from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2WcfXGr

The COVID-19 death toll in Pakistan has increased to 343 with the emergence of 26 fatalities in 24 hours, the highest single day jump, health authorities said. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security Moeed Yusuf told the media that besides the new 26 deaths, there were 44 infected people in critical condition, Dawn news reported on Thursday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2yYCJda

Over 1 million people worldwide have recovered after contracting coronavirus. This comes as encouraging news amid all the gloom that has surrounded the world over the coronavirus outbreak that has infected over 3.2 million people across the globe and killed over 2.2 lakh of them. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3cSvzpo

Almost 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, nearly half of the global workforce, face an immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the continued sharp decline in working hours because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Labour Organization has said. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3cZp0Bl

President Donald Trump Wednesday termed the World Health Organization "literally a pipe organ for China" and said the United States will soon come out with its recommendations on the global body, followed by one on Beijing. "They misled us," he said of the WHO on the coronavirus outbreak. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2zDonyY

While declaring May as Asian American Heritage Month, US President Donald Trump recalled his visit to India as "a demonstration of our nation's enduring friendship with one of the world's largest and most diverse countries". from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2W8CVyc

As many as 82 residents living at an aging veterans home in the US state Massachusetts have died, including 70 having tested positive for coronavirus, the state's Executive Office of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2yeANwR

The United Nations has warned that the coronavirus outbreak that has brought the world to a standstill may very well lead to the next pandemic -- Hunger and Global Starvation. UN's agency World Food Program (WFP) believes that COVID-19 will lead to a rise in global poverty and starvation. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3aMQzwo

South Africa reported its highest daily coronavirus infection in a 24-hour cycle Wednesday, just a day before the countrywide lockdown moves down to the phase-4 of a five-phase plan to combat COVID-19. There had been a 73% daily increase in confirmed COVID-19 infections, with 354 new cases taking the total to 5,350, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said Wednesday evening. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3bR7Vtg

Japan is planning to extend the state of emergency after May 6 amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country as it feels there is still need to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Abe government in Japan may further extend the lockdown for about a month and ask its citizens to stay home. The administration is set to discuss proposals for extending the state of emergency during Friday meeting. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3bSSQY0

As many as 35 of the 50 American states have released formal opening plans, as US President Donald Trump on Wednesday exuded confidence that much better days are ahead for the country that has seen more than 61,000 deaths over the past two months due to COVID-19. "We mourn, and I have to say this so strongly we mourn every life tragically lost to the invisible enemy. And we are heartened that the worst of the pain and suffering is going to be behind us," Trump said, during a White House roundtable with industry executives on "Opening Up America Again". from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/3eX56bY

Coronavirus worldwide cases have crossed 32,19,240-mark including 2,28,190 deaths. In the last 24 hours, the world has witnessed over 1,056 news cases and 164 new deaths. COVID-19 confirmed cases in United States have crossed 10,64,194-marl including 61,656 deaths making the country the worst-hit country globally with coronavirus.  from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2ybm1XP

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government said it is working to make the antiviral medication remdesivir available to patients as quickly as possible. from IndiaTV World: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2Sj4zYn