UK unemployment increased by 69 per cent, from 50, 000 to 1.35 million in three months to March as coronavirus lockdown began. The British labour market has been paralysed by the Covi-19 lockdown but the government figure showing employment at a record high and jobless rate below 4 per cent. There is a biggest rise in…
The World Health Organisation in a virtual meeting today, the countries plan to back a resolution demanding an independent inquiry into the pandemic. Although it does not single out China or any other country instead of calling for an impartial independent and comprehensive evaluation of the WHO- coordinated international Health response to Covid-19. While the…
Beaches are reopening around the world in countries that are easing their lockdowns. Temperature checks and limited ticket entry are some of the measures in place to help maintain social distancing. For the first time in eight weeks, National park visitors surge despite plea to stay away from beauty spots after the first weekend since…
Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream – including the problem of blindness, which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. Often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we…
A deserted London never to be seen again during the Coronavirus lockdown. Pictures by Laurence Nair Hyde Park Corner
Transport for London (TfL) has secured a £1.6bn emergency funding to keep tube and bus services running until September 2020. Under the terms of the bailout, London Mayor Sadiq Khan is expected to restore full Underground service as soon as possible and increase bus and tube fares by 1 per cent above inflation. “They…
A new drone service developed by Southampton University for delivering urgent medical supplies is being trialed on the Isle of Wight. The drone has been designed and built by the University of Southampton to transport medical supplies to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport from the mainland via Solent airport in roughly ten minutes much faster…
Austrian princess Maria Galizine, who had married Indian origin chef Rishi Roop Singh in 2017, died of a sudden cardiac aneurysm at the age of 31 at Houston, US. She was born in Luxemburg City to Russian aristocrat Prince Piotr Galitzine and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria – the daughter of the Archduke Rudolf of…
There had been 627 coronavirus related deaths in the UK in all settings bringing the total to 32, 692. There has been 8312 Coronavirus related deaths reported up to 1 May. The number of people who have died because of Covid-19 is nearly twice as high as the figure announced today. Looking back at death…