Coronavirus

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday launched the "Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojna", a social security scheme to provide financial assistance to the families of the earning members who lost their lives due to the pandemic. Under this scheme, an ex-gratia payment...

New Delhi: The venue for the women’s Asian Cup football tournament has been changed. The tournament which will be played January 20 to February 6, will now be played at Mumbai and Pune. Earlier the two venues chosen for the tournament were Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad....

London: The Indian team are currently in the UK for a five-Test series. They will continue their 20-day break as of now even as England’s ODI team have been forced into isolation after the outbreak of coronavirus in their squad. The BCCI is worried, but...

New Delhi: GST collection slipped below Rs 1 lakh crore in June for the first time in eight months. This happened as the second wave of the Covid pandemic and the resultant lockdowns hit businesses and the economy. At Rs 92,849 crore, the Goods and...

London: England were forced to select a completely new squad Tuesday for the one-day international series against Pakistan. This happened after three players and four members of the support staff tested positive for coronavirus. The initially selected squad went into isolation following the results of...

Rio de Janeiro: Many Brazil players didn’t want to take part in the Copa America tournament. Look at them now. The Selecao advanced to the final with a 1-0 win over Peru here Monday. Shortly later, their star said he hoped to see their arch...

Boston: Scientists have found a recipe for even more effective and powerful vaccines against the coronavirus and its rapidly emerging variants. The recipe is based on the way human cells activate the immune system in response to Covid-19 infection. If these vaccines against coronavirus emerge,...

New Delhi: Airlines can now operate a maximum of 65 per cent of their pre-Covid domestic flights instead of the 50 per cent allowed till date, the Civil Aviation Ministry said Monday. The carriers have been operating only 50 per cent of their pre-Covid domestic...

Balikuda/Patrapur: Covid norms were thrown to the wind as villagers at a vaccination centre in Balikuda area of Jagatsinghpur district and in Patrapur of Ganjam district jostled with each other while standing in queues to get vaccinated, Monday. The Odisha government as well has the...

New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced Monday a 26-member team to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ace sprinter, Odisha’s Dutee Chand has also been named in the squad. Dutee Chand (women’s 100m and 200m), MP Jabir (men’s 400m hurdles),...