Sunday, July 12th, 2020
WI vs ENG: Jason Holder engineers England collapse by dismissing Stokes
The fourth day of the first Test match between England and West Indies Saturday saw a flurry of wickets fall after the Windies skipper dismissed his English counterpart Ben Stokes, at Southampton. England were 284-8 in their second innings at stumps, a lead of 170 runs in a match that marks international cricket´s return from lockdown. England fought back during a fourth-wicket partnership of 98 between Zak Crawley and Stokes. But their 249-4 was soon transformed into 279-8 as five wickets fell for just 30 runs inside the final hour.Read More
Amitabh Bachchan tests positive
CULTURAL DESK MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best known film actors, has tested positive for Covid-19, he told his millions of Twitter followers. “I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,” he wrote. His son, Abhishek, later tweeted he had also tested positive. Bachchan, 77, has been involved in 200 films since becoming a star five decades ago. He, and Abhishek, 44, have been taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, and his son described them both as having mildRead More
Donald Trump finally wears mask in public
DNA WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The president was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers. “I’ve never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place,” he said as he left the White House. He has previously said that he would not wear a mask and mocked Democratic rival Joe Biden for doing so. But on SaturdayRead More
PM Imran to visit Diamer-Basha dam project next week
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit the construction site of Diamer-Basha Dam Project next week to review construction activities there. Work has begun on Diamer Basha Dam, a multi-purpose reservoir that is being constructed on River Indus. The project is aimed at addressing water storage for agriculture, mitigating flood threat and generating cheaper power. It will have a gross water storage capacity of 8.1 million acre feet (MAF) to irrigate 1.23 million acres of additional land. The project with an installed power generation capacity of 4500 megawatts (MW) will provideRead More
In first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility
BETHESDA, Md: President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was to meet with wounded soldiers and front-line health-care workers. The visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center marked Trump’s first public appearance with a face covering since the virus began sweeping across the United States earlier this year. Trump had previously refused to wear a mask in public or ask other Americans to do so, sayingRead More
74 more die, 2,521 test positive for coronavirus
ISLAMABAD: As many as 2,521 new coronavirus cases and 74 deaths were reported in the country over the past 24 hours, taking the national tally of cases to 248,872 and fatalities to 5,197. According to the National Command and Operation Centre, 2,521 new cases were detected after 24,211 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours. 86,975 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment while 156,700 patients have recuperated from the disease. 15,626,38 tests have been conducted across the country so far. 103,836 cases have been detected in Sindh so far, 86,556Read More