PM MODI TO TAKE AERIAL SURVEY OF BENGAL TODAY AS TOLL RISES TO 72 Cyclone Amphan weakened Thursday, a day after tearing through West Bengal where 72 people were killed . The fiercest cyclone to hit West Bengal in 100 years destroyed mud houses and crops, and uprooted trees and electric po
WORLD BANK TO RESCUE WITH $160-BILLION AID TO 100 NATIONS The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to put over 60 million people into extreme poverty globally, the World Bank has said as it announced emergency operations worth $160 billion in 100 developing countries to fight the deadly virus.
GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE LOCALIZED LOCKDOWN MANILA — The government may limit lockdowns to barangays or villages with coronavirus cases instead of resorting to widespread community quarantines, to minimize the impact of the pandemic on the economy.
CYCLONE AMPHAN: 10 KILLED IN WEST BENGAL; WIDESPREAD DAMAGE Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, has left a trail of destruction in Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, destroying thousands of houses, damaging buildings, uprooting trees, electricity poles a
SESSIONS TO SHOW WAY AHEAD As global attention turns to Beijing with the start of China's two sessions on Thursday, experts said that the nation's biggest annual political event will indicate the direction of its socioeconomic development amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will inject confidenc
DONALD TRUMP SHOOTS LETTER TO WHO, THREATENS TO EXIT WORLD BODY US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to pull America out of the World Health Organization (WHO) and permanently stop US funding for the world body if it did not "commit to major substantive improvements" in the nex
GOV’T LOOKS AT IMPLEMENTING LOCKDOWNS AT BARANGAY LEVEL AS VIRUS RESTRICTIONS EASED MANILA — The government may implement lockdowns at the barangay level as it eases restrictions on movement across the country, the implementer of the national action plan against the coronavirus d
CYCLONE TO HIT W BENGAL COAST TODAY Cyclone Amphan (pronounced as um-pun) is moving north at a speed of 14 kmph and according to the IMD's latest assessment is expected to make a landfall between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) close to the Sundarbans around afternoon
XI: CHINA TO SHARE VACCINE WITH WORLD China announced on Monday it will provide $2 billion over two years to help with COVID-19 response and with economic and social development in affected countries, especially developing countries.
FINALLY CHINA GIVES IN, AGREES FOR PROBE INTO COVID-19 ORIGIN, ONCE THE CRISIS IS OVER China on Monday gave in to mounting international pressure for a probe into the origin of Covid-19 and a review of the World Health Organisation’s response to the pandemic. President Xi Jinping told