Under the traffic light system approach, countries will be designated as red, amber and green based on their COVID risk levels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to unveil a series of measures later on Monday as part of plans to start unlocking the UK from its coronavirus lockdown, including so-called COVID passports for mass events and a traffic lights system for foreign travel.After a Cabinet meeting to finalise the latest set of plans, Mr Johnson will host a Downing Street press conference in the evening to set out details of the next stage in his roadmap – which will…
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Pham Minh Chinh is the country’s next Prime Minister. Outgoing PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc was appointed the new President. Vietnam’s legislature voted on Monday to make Pham Minh Chinh, a member of the Communist party with a history as a security official, the country’s next Prime Minister. Outgoing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was appointed the new President.The votes of the nearly 500 members of the National Assembly rubber stamped the leadership picks the Communist party made during its national congress in January.Mr Chinh, 62, most recently was a member of the Communist party’s central committee for personnel and organization.…
According to a government circular issued on Sunday, the directives will remain in effect from 6am of April 5 till 12 midnight of April 11, the Dhaka Tribune reported Bangladesh on Monday clamped a week-long nationwide lockdown, suspending public transport and shutting markets to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the country, amidst demonstrations by small business owners against the move.According to a government circular issued on Sunday, the directives will remain in effect from 6am of April 5 till 12 midnight of April 11, the Dhaka Tribune reported.People have been asked not to move out from their homes…
While five bodies were recovered on Sunday, rescuers retrieved 22 bodies on Monday as a salvage vessel pulled out the launch with the help of a huge crane around midday, rescue officials said. At least 27 people died after a small launch carrying over 100 passengers capsized after colliding with a cargo vessel in Bangladesh’s Shitalakkhya river, officials said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday evening at Narayanganj district, about 16km southeast of Dhaka. While five bodies were recovered on Sunday, rescuers retrieved 22 bodies on Monday as a salvage vessel pulled out the launch with the help…
According to an official, the Election Commission has also enabled webcasting and live streaming of the proceedings in the vulnerable stations. The police have made elaborate security arrangements for polling on April 6, with more than 9,000 police personnel being deployed in Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi districts.According to a police officer, apart from 6,000 police personnel from the district police, Armed Reserve and Tamil Nadu Special Police, over 2,000 from the Central Armed Police Force will also be deployed for poll duty. As many as 6,938 polling stations – 3,001 in Cuddalore, 2,368 in Villupuram and 1,569 in Kallakurichi district…
On April 1, the rupee had settled at 73.12 against the American currency. The Indian rupee slumped 31 paise to 73.43 against the U.S. dollar in opening trade on April 5 amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases.Besides, losses in domestic equity markets also weighed on investors’ sentiment.At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.38 against the U.S. dollar, then fell further to 73.43, registering a decline of 31 paise over its previous close.On April 1, the rupee had settled at 73.12 against the American currency. The forex market was closed on April 2, on account of Good…
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh also posted a picture in which he is seen taking the jab. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Lucknow and he appealed to all those eligible to get inoculated.“Today I have taken first dose of ‘swadeshi’ coronavirus vaccine at Lucknow’s Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital. I appeal to all those eligible to take vaccine to make U.P. ‘Corona Free’. Come, we all contribute in the fight against the coronavirus,” the Chief Minister said in a tweet in Hindi.Mr. Adityanath also posted a picture…
U.S. President Joe Biden has said he intends to close Guantanamo A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said on Sunday.The prisoners at Camp 7 were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held as part of what U.S. Southern Command said in a statement was an effort to “increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.”Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees the detention center at the southeastern edge of Cuba,…
An Indian tax intelligence unit in mid-March ordered HSBC and Citibank in Mumbai to freeze bank accounts of ByteDance India as it probed some of the unit’s financial dealings. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)China’s ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing seen by Reuters.ByteDance in January reduced its Indian workforce after New Delhi maintained a ban on its popular…
The appeal comes more than eight months after a high court found Najib guilty of abuse of power. A Malaysian court on Monday began hearing an appeal by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government in 2018.The appeal came more than eight months after a high court found Najib guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering, making him the first Malaysian leader to be convicted. He has said he was misled by rogue bankers…