Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO issued directions Tuesday on the usage of its 2-DG drug on Covid-19 patients. The DRDO said that caution should be exercised while prescribing this medicine to people who have comorbidities. It said the drug should be...

Angul: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Tuesday a 270-bed Covid-19 care centre at a steel plant in this district. Odisha Health Minister Naba Kisore Das was also present on the occasion. The Covid-19 care centre set up inside the plant is equipped with 270 oxygen-supported...

New Delhi: Power consumption in India witnessed an 8.2 per cent year-on-year growth in May at 110.47 billion units (BU). The power consumption indicated slow recovery in commercial and industrial demand of electricity, according to Power Ministry data. The slower pace of recovery in industrial...

New Delhi: Good news for the Indian men’s and women cricket teams. Their families will be allowed to accompany them during their lengthy tour of England this month, a senior BCCI source revealed Tuesday. Similarly family members of the support staff will also be allowed...

United Nations/Geneva: The B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants of Covid-19 were first identified in India. They have been named as ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’ respectively by the WHO. It has named various variants of the coronavirus using Greek alphabets to simplify public discussions and also help remove...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 8,735 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the I & PR department, government of Odisha said in a tweet. Of the fresh 8,735 new COVID-19 cases, 4,892 cases were from quarantine centres and 3,843 were local contact infections. In the...

Dhaka: Star Bangladesh players Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman will not be given the no objection certificate (NOC) to play in the remaining games of Indian Premier League (IPL). The information was given by the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Nazmul Hassan...

Ahmedabad: Prominent associations representing doctors in Gujarat approached the Ahmedabad city police Monday. They sought registration of an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for his alleged disparaging remarks against modern medicine and its practitioners. Senior doctors and office-bearers of the Gujarat unit of the Indian...

Mumbai: Actress Pranitha Subhash officially announced Monday that she has got married to Bangalore-based businessman Nitin Raju. The wedding took place May 30. Pranitha Subhash in an Instagram note apologised for the late update about the private ceremony. “It is with great happiness that we...

Kathmandu: A Chinese climber has become the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest. However, he is not satisfied. The Chinese climber said he aims to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents. He also wants to travel to the North and South Poles....