Covid 19 coronavirus: India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system
28 Apr, 2021 05:40 AM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
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By: Sheikh Saaliq
India crossed a grim milestone today of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse.
The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India s total fatalities to 201,187, as the world s second-most populous country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.
Kiwi Walk & Run draws visitors and Hawke s Bay locals alike
11 Apr, 2021 12:38 AM
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Amy Kockelbergh climbs a fence during the Hawke s Bay Kiwi Walk & Run event. Photo / Paul Taylor
Amy Kockelbergh climbs a fence during the Hawke s Bay Kiwi Walk & Run event. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawkes Bay Today
About 220 participants of all ages and abilities enjoyed the Western Vista Hawke s Bay leg of the Aramex Kiwi Walk & Run Series on Saturday in Taradale.
Three different course lengths (4.5km, 7km and 14km) all started and finished at Church Road Winery, with trails looping around Dolbel Reserve, Sugar Loaf Hill and Maggies Way.
Jujube binging season brings hope for growers, traders alike
Business
January 30, 2021
HYDERABAD: Jujube traders are hopeful they will recover losses incurred last year due to prolonged lockdown and closure of markets.
Muhammad Ibrahim, a small-scale jujube trader, near Hala New, Matiary district, said there was still some time till the crop changed colour and gained its sweetness. “There is demand all across the country.”
Ibrahim collects four-five bags weighing 15-16kg a day, and sells the fruit at Rs800-1,600/bag, depending on the demand.
Traders expect better profits this year as they claim the demand has risen. It is because of this that many have started picking the fruit earlier, instead of waiting for it to mature.
Sunday, 10 January 2021 - 19:33
Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera stated that Jaffna University is not the exclusive domain or property of one community.
In a message that was shared on his private Twitter account, he pointed “It belongs to all law-abiding #SriLanka(ns) alike.”
Continuing he added that no one will and should be allowed to commemorate dead terrorists of a proscribed organization under the guise of remembering innocent civilians and create disharmony.
Meanwhile, In protest to the incident that took place at the Jaffna University yesterday (09) night, five students of the Jaffna University has launched a hunger strike.
The monument which was erected in 2018 to commemorate the 10 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka was removed by the university administration in the midst of the protest of the gathered.