Coronavirus

Mumbai: As with the Covid-19 scourge, Maharashtra leads in the number of deaths and cases of the dreaded dark cousin of Coronavirus -- Mucormycosis, or commonly known as 'Black Fungus'.   After the first case was detected in third week of April, the state has...

Panaji: Victory in the long drawn rape trial came with heartbreak for former editor-in-chief of Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal. He rued the death of his lead defence lawyer Rajeev Gomes, who succumbed to Covid-19 May 13 this year. Tarun Tejpal was cleared of all rape charges...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court ordered Friday house arrest of four political leaders, including two Bengal ministers. The political leaders were held in the Narada sting tapes case earlier in the week. The judges of the division bench – presided by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh...

New Delhi: The daily rise in Covid-19 cases in India remained below 3,00,000 lakh for the fifth consecutive day. In the last 24 hours 2.59 lakh new Covid-19 cases were recorded, the Health Ministry said Friday. With 2,59,551 fresh cases, India’s total tally of Covid-19...

Tokyo: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will wrap up its final planning sessions Friday with Tokyo Olympics organisers. The meeting comes just two months before the Games are to open. Much of the focus is on persuading a skeptical public and medical community that the...

Guwahati: Around 15,500 Myanmar nationals, who have sheltered in Mizoram since the military seized power in the neighbouring country February 1, have further deepened the distress of the bordering state as several hundred Myanmarese have tested for Covid-19 and one of them died, officials said...

Lucknow: UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that compensation for families of government employees who have died in the pandemic would be ensured. "Every death is sad and the state government's condolences to each employee of state government, State Election Commission, teachers, educationists, instructors, police...

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government Thursday partially lifted the curbs on businesses imposed in 36 major cities of Gujarat, allowing them to carry on business from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon. While on his damage assessment tour of Saurashtra in the aftermath...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Centre to take steps to get the medicine -- Amphotericin B -- used for treating black fungus which is primarily affecting Covid-19 recovered people, from wherever it is available in the world. The court said that...

London: Nearly 1 million extra deaths relating to the Covid-19 pandemic occurred in 29 high income countries in 2020, finds a study published by The BMJ Thursday. The US with 4,58,000 deaths topped the list, followed by the UK (94,400), Italy (89,100), Spain (84,100), and...