This is the first time in the 128-year history of the modern games, conceptualized by French Baron Pierre de Coubertein, that the ceremonial opening of the Olympics is being held outside the main stadium.
The Walt Disney Co.'s premier Disney resort, according to The Hollywood Reporter, shut its doors on Monday, requiring all visitors present at the time of the announcement to remain inside the park until they could show a negative test result. The theme park visitors can be seen frantically sprinting to the closed gates in a number of viral pictures and videos.
China's capital city Beijing has shut more than 40 subway stations, about a tenth of the network, and 158 bus routes, service providers said. Most of the suspended stations and routes are in the Chaoyang district, the epicentre of Beijing's outbreak, reported The Express Tribune.
In affected areas, residents will be required to stay indoors, while non-contact delivery of necessities will be allowed.
While Brent crude lost more than $3 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand for oil will fall, the Shanghai Composite stock index fell in early trade before regaining most of the losses later in the morning.
All the benches of the High court would, however, take up urgent matters through video conferencing as per the roster.
NHRC has issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of Gujarat and Bihar, Chairman, Railway Board and Union Home Secretary calling for a detailed report on the migrant crisis.
Out of these 230 trains, 30 special Rajdhani type trains came on tracks on May 12, while 200 Special Mail Express are scheduled for June 1.
He further said that Goa would pitch for the resumption of restaurants, hotels, malls and gyms with the implementation of social distancing norms.
Kerala has underlined the importance of two aspects about the role of leadership in tackling the crisis. One, the effectiveness of bottom-up involving people at the grassroots with preparedness, planning and implementation rather than top down, talk down oneperson centric approach. Second, the inspirational role played by a woman in a crucial area like healthcare has demonstrated that effective disease containment is possible not only in a democracy, but in a poor one. Similar successes have been reported in countries that have women heads of government/state Bangladesh, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Taiwan.
