Sights Unseen Since Partition? What is Modi Doing As Thousands Flee Cities on Foot? #covid19
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 14 May, 2020 09:18 PM
India's lockdown was announced on March 24th and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was applauded for implementing the nationwide lockdown to tackle the coronavirus. Yet its India's labor class that has been experiencing the cold brunt of the lockdown.
This week is usually when kids in the Muslim community get excited about an annual trip to see the full moon that marks the start of Ramadan, says Cindy Jadayel, a member of the Mosque of Mercy in Ottawa. But she says it'll be one of many community events that will be cancelled during Ramadan this year.
COVID-19 is presenting another challenge to Canada's long-running and tumultuous effort to buy new fighter jets. The federal government last summer launched a long-awaited competition to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's aging CF-18s with 88 new fighter jets at an estimated cost of $19 billion.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government plans to provide $350 million to Canada's charities sector. Charities have seen a severe drop in donations since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, with donors hurting financially themselves and the charities unable to hold fundraising events.
Canadians trust health professionals like their family doctor first and foremost when it comes to the COVID-19 crisis, a new poll suggests. The poll, conducted by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies, asked respondents to rate their level of trust in various institutions, including public health officials and politicians.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says two planes from China were forced to return empty to Canada on Monday, without the protective medical equipment that they were sent there to pick up.
A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported.
