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Chelsea join race for Monaco left-back Bode Fallo-Toure as cheaper alternative to Ben Chilwell

Frank Lampard has highlighted a left-back as a priority signing this summer and has been a long term admirer of Chilwell, but could now move for Monaco's highly-rated left-back instead.




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Chelsea and Man United dealt blow as Federico Chiesa insists his focus is solely with Fiorentina 

Chelsea and Manchester United are thought to have a strong interest in the winger with Juventus, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal also tracking him.




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NASA's ISS is the SAFEST place during the coronavirus due to its health stabilization program

With at least 164 countries battle coronavirus, NASA experts say the ISS is the safest place because of the agency's health stabilization program that ensures the crew is not infected before they board.




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Fossil remains of 22 Ice Age SLOTHS the size of elephants found preserved in asphalt in Ecuador 

The specimens - which included 15 adults, 5 juveniles and two newborns or fetuses - were unearthed from the Tanque Loma site on the county's Santa Elena peninsula.




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Eating meat may improve mental health, study suggests

A vegetarian or vegan diet may be increasing the likelihood of depression, a US-based study suggests.




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Dad of two fights HMRC and overturns £2,400 child benefit penalties

'My experience has been absolutely dreadful,' says father who claims he got 50-60 letters from the taxman about his case in the past 18 months. 'They are incompetent at HMRC. They show no empathy.'




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Roll out of smart meters halted to protect customers during pandemic

Trade body Energy UK says its members have stopped installing or repairing smart meters, except in emergencies, in line with G­overnment guidance.




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Best wireless headphones 2019: Top alternatives to the Apple AirPods

The market for true wireless headphones has exploded in recent years. For those unwilling to shell out £140.99 for the latest AirPods, here are the best wireless earphone alternatives you can find.




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The ALTERNATIVE Premier League table: Manchester United miss out, Arsenal fall to 12th

As doubts grow about the viability of playing out the rest of the Premier League season, a number of methods have been mooted to complete the campaign. L'Equipe proposed their own.




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Kyle Walker opens up on his mental health anguish after breaking lockdown rules

The Sun reported that the 29-year-old had flouted Government guidelines just weeks after he apologised for holding a sex party with two escorts. Walker released a statement on social media.




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Derby County 1-1 Fulham: Alexander Mitrovic cancels out Wayne Rooney's panenka penalty

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT PRIDE PARK: Wayne Rooney is still breaking new ground even after 500 games in English league football with the first 'Panenka' penalty of his career.




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Aadhaar-linked health cards is a welcome step: Dr Prathap C Reddy

Harmonisation of rules for medical devices will have a positive impact for healthcare sector




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Initiatives to promote healthcare R&D is missing in budget: Dr KM Cherian

Lagging behind in biosciences is not good for social security and strategic national security




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Union budget: New horizon for the healthcare sector

Budget's proposal to frame new rules for regulating medical devices is reassuring, says Viral Gandhi




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Impact of budget 2017 on healthcare sector: High on ambition, low on vision

It lays out some ambitious targets, but falls short on long term vision, says Dr Dharminder Nagar




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Malta

Honorary Consulate of India, Malta
Cannon Road, Santa Venera-SVR
9037, Malta. (R): St. John, triq II
Blanzuni, Attard-ATD 1611, Malta.
[*Under Emb of India, Tripoli].

Telephone: 00-356-21-222346, 415626 (R)
Fax: 00-356-21-446792
E-Mail:info@india.org.mt,johann3@gmail.com (R)
Website: www.indianembassy.ly/Malta ,

Honorary Consul*
Mr. Johann J. Cuschieri




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Home moves halted in lockdown and property viewings are banned

Agents have called for more guidance as those due to move home, whether completing on a purchase or having committed to a rental are left unsure what will happen. 




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Prime Minister meets Battulga Khaltmaa, President of Mongolia in Vladivostok [ph]Photo Courtesy : Naveen jora[/ph]





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Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia arrives in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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President and Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia witness Signing of Agreements at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy : Hemant Joshi[/ph]




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President meets Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy : PHOTO RB[/ph]




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Prime Minister and Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia remotely unveil Buddha statue at Gandan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar during State Visit of President of Mongolia to India





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Vice President and Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia hold delegation level talks at Hyderabad House, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Vice President meets Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia at Hyderabad House, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia pays floral tribute at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Photo Division[/ph]




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Minister of State for External Affairs calls on Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia inspects Guard of Honour during Ceremonial Welcome at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Prime Minister delivers his remarks at High Level Dialogue on Universal Health during the 74th session of UNGA [ph]Photo Courtesy : Lalit Kumar[/ph]




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Minister of State for External Affairs meets Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for Commonwealth, UN and South Asia, of United Kingdom in London





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Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of Commonwealth arrives in New Delhi [ph] Photo Courtesy: Hemant Joshi[/ph]





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HealthifyMe collaborates with online grocery players to tap wider markets

A pilot project in partnership with Swiggy to deliver healthy food launched in Gurgaon; mental wellness segment on anvil




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Sequoia India leads $16 mn funding round in healthtech start-up Qure.ai

Qure.ai will use the capital to drive geographical expansion, expand product portfolio in two more areas




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With health dept in quarantine, MP struggles to tackle coronavirus pandemic

After Kumar and Govil were tested positive, the government's first response was to downplay the news




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Trump Says He May Withhold Funding From the World Health Organization

President Trump on Tuesday said the administration will look into withholding money from the World Health Organization. The president said the WHO had become “China-centric.” Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters




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WHO Responds to U.S. Halt in Funding

The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged solidarity in the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and said they regret the Trump administration’s decision to suspend funding to the WHO. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Shutterstock




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Trump halts US funding for World Health Organization

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has instructed his administration to halt World Health Organisation's funding while a review is being conducted in the WHO's "role in severely mismanaging and covering up" the spread of coronavirus after it emerged in China."Today I'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization. We will redirect global health and directly work with others. All of the aid that we send will be discussed at very, very powerful letters," Trump said during a press conference.The US President has been critical of the world health body stating that the organisation was aware of the dangers of the coronavirus months before it took action.The United States has been the worst-hit country from the coronavirus. The virus has killed over 25,000 people in the country since the outbreak. There are at least 594,207 cases of coronavirus in the US.The US President also said the funding would be suspended while officials conduct a review "to




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Mahindra plant in Michigan creates new 'Arsenal of Health' to combat COVID-19

Michigan [USA], April 15 (ANI): Indian automaker Mahindra is joining the "Arsenal of Health" efforts spearheaded by General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. in Michigan to make medical Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19.More than 20 Mahindra employees of the Michigan plant are making medical shields from windshields. This innovative ease-of-use box-shaped design will be used by doctors, nurses, local frontline healthcare workers and first responders."MANA's Michigan employees have taken an all-hands-on-deck approach to the COVID-19 fight," said Rick Haas, President and CEO, Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA)."We have a company full of people who love to design and make things and they are not people who like to stand on the sidelines. We have ideas coming in from across the company and we are looking hard at all of them." Haas added.MANA is working with the state, Michigan's congressional delegation, trade organisations, Oakland County and .




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Wealth: How To Ignore the Noise

How advisers can keep heirs as clients. Plus, how you can teach clients to ignore the noise. And, a look at non-traded REITs. Dow Jones Wealth Adviser's Veronica Dagher reports.




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Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care standalone net profit rises 1.10% in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 6.19% to Rs 656.05 crore




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Health care service providers want tax sops in Budget

Wants patient treatment, which is currently exempt from service tax, to continue to enjoy this sop under GST for 10 years




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Cadila Healthcare rises after USFDA nod on Deferasirox tablets

Cadila Healthcare gains 0.11% to Rs 321.95 after the company said it received final approval from US drug regulator for Deferasirox tablets for oral suspension.




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Only severe COVID-19 patients to be tested before discharge: Union health ministry

Coronavirus infected patients developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to test negative through RT-PCR test before being discharged by a hospital, the Union health ministry on Friday said in its revised discharge policy for COVID-19 cases. Moderate cases of COVID-19 and pre-symptomatic, mild and very mild cases need not undergo tests before being discharged after resolution of symptoms. According to the rules till now, a patient was considered fit to be discharged if he or she tested negative on day 14 and then again in a span of 24 hours. "The revised discharge policy is aligned with the guidelines on the 3 tier COVID facilities and the categorisation of patients based on clinical severity," the ministry said. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The discharge criteria for severe ...




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Odisha trains 1.72 lakh health personnel to combat COVID-19 in state

The Odisha government has trained 1.72 lakh health personnel to fight COVID-19 in the state, where a spike in the number of positive cases was recently witnessed following the return of Odia migrant workers from other parts of the country, a senior official said. The state government has trained 1,72,499 health personnel to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, Chief Secretary A K Tripathy said while launching the 'COVID-19 workforce portal' here on Friday. Altogether 129 fresh novel coronavirus cases were reported in the state since May 3, when the return of the stranded migrant workers began. Of these, around 114 COVID-19 patients are returnees who were stranded in Gujarat, a health official said. A total of 8,023 doctors, 8,296 staff nurses, 4,105 paramedical staff and laboratory technicians, 4,114 AYUSH doctors, 4,905 ambulance drivers, 1,35,820 ANM/ASHA/AWW workers and 7,236 sanitation workers have been drafted into the COVID-19 workforce, Labour and ESI ...




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I am healthy, not suffering from any disease, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said he is "totally healthy" and not suffering from any disease. In a statement, Shah said rumours about his health conditions have been spread through social media. "I am totally healthy and I am not suffering from any disease," he said in the statement in Hindi which was posted on his Twitter handle.




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Realtors body Credai reports 40-50 pc hike in cement, steel prices; alleges cartelisation

Realtors' apex body Credai on Saturday said cement and steel rates have increased by 40-50 per cent in last few weeks despite the lockdown and alleged price cartelisation and unfair trade practices by the manufacturers. The association has written a letter to Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri seeking his intervention in the matter. "We would like to bring your attention to the cartelization by the cement and the steel manufacturers by imposing a sudden increase in their selling price," Credai said in the letter. Across various states, there has been an increase of Rs 100-250 per bag cement and about Rs 2,000-2,500 per tonne of steel, it added. During the past few weeks, there has been a sudden, steep increase in prices of essential raw materials such as cement and steel by 40-50 per cent despite the nationwide lockdown. The Centre has allowed construction work on sites where labourers are already available. Given the current crisis faced by the real estate ...




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'Inhuman' comments about Shah's health 'extremely condemnable': Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday that making "inhuman" comments about the health of Home Minister Amit Shah is "extremely condemnable". "Making inhuman comments about the health of Home Minister Amit Shah is extremely condemnable. Spreading such misleading remarks about anyone's health shows the mindset of people doing so. I strongly condemn it and pray to God to grant them good sense," Nadda said in a tweet. His tweet came after Shah, also Nadda's predecessor as the BJP president, asserted in a statement that he is "totally healthy" and rejected rumours being spread about his ill health on social media.




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Guj: four held for spreading rumour about Amit Shah's health

Four persons were detained by Ahmedabad police on Saturday for allegedly spreading misinformation about Union Home Minister Amit Shah's health by creating a fake Twitter account in his name. Earlier in the day, Shah had issued a statement saying that rumours about his health were being spread through social media, and he was in good health and not suffering from any disease. The local crime branch detained four persons for spreading misinformation about Shah's health, special commissioner of police (crime) Ajay Tomar said. A screenshot of a fake Twitter account in Shah's name with his photo, claiming that he was suffering from a serious ailment, had gone viral on social media platforms, Tomar said. The suspects were detained from Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar and they were being questioned, he said. A case has been registered in this regard under sections 66(c) (punishment for identity theft) and 66(d) (cheating by personation using computer resource) of the Information ...




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BJP leaders condemn rumours about Shah's health

BJP leaders on Saturday reacted strongly to rumours about Home Minister Amit Shah's health, with party president J P Nadda terming these as "inhuman" comments which are "extremely condemnable". Several leaders of the ruling party took to Twitter to express their anguish at the rumours on social media after Shah put out a statement to assert that he was "totally healthy" and rejected speculation of his ill-health. They also wished Shah, Nadda's predecessor as party president, a long and healthy life. BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said spreading such rumours could be a "political ploy" of those who are rattled by Shah's working style and decisions. Party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain claimed that people behind them are "enemies of the nation". In his tweet, Nadda said, "Making inhuman comments about the health of Home Minister Amit Shah is extremely condemnable. Spreading such misleading remarks about anyone's health shows the mindset of people doing so. I strongly condemn




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Rajasthan govt gave politics precedence over people's health: Union minister

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday lashed out at the Rajasthan government, saying it gave politics precedence over people's health and failed to contain the coronavirus spread. The Jodhpur MP said asked the state Congress government to introspect over deficiencies in dealing with the situation in his constituency, which is also the hometown of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. "Had there been no deficiencies, the government would not have failed in tackling coronavirus in Jaipur and Jodhpur, said Shekhawat. He alleged that the state government gave priority to politics over people's health' due to which the condition worsened' in the state, especially Jodhpur. In a statement, Shekhawat also accused Gehlot of not taking serious steps to contain coronavirus cases, saying the chief minister was indulging in politics of appeasement. Referring to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's claim that the Centre did not release funds for the state, Shekhawat said adequate budget ...




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Two booked for attacking health official in Nagpur

A Nagpur municipal corporation (NMC) health official was attacked on Saturday by two men after he clicked photos of a woman who was roaming on a road with two children without wearing face masks, police said. The injured official is identified as Sanjay Karihar (47), a police official said. He said the woman called up two men, who came to the spot in Seminary Hills area and attacked Karihar. The accused are identified as Vinod Shahi (42) and Rajesh Shahi (37), the official said. A case was registered against them under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). No arrest is made yet.