Coronavirus

Tirupati: When 26-year-old K. Damodar Reddy lost his battle to Covid-19 at SVIMS Hospital in this temple town, his blood relatives did not come forward to perform his funeral, but a group of Muslims ensured his last rites as per Hindu traditions. When a church...

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are at it again. Dhankar expressed concern Monday over the situation arising out of post-poll violence in West Bengal. He said he would soon be visiting the affected areas. Mamata Banerjee, on the other...

New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy and pacer Sandeep Warrier, who were the first to test positive for Covid-19 in the currently-suspended IPL’s bio-bubble, have returned to their respective home cities after completing 10 days of mandatory isolation. Tamil Nadu’s Varun Chakravarthy...

New Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli and senior pacer Ishant Sharma received Monday their first dose of Covid-19 vaccination. Virat Kohli now lives in Mumbai. He posted a picture of his taking the shot on Instagram. On the other hand, Ishant and his wife Pratima,...

New Delhi: After recording over four lakh fresh cases for four consecutive days, India witnessed a single-day rise of 3,66,161 COVID-19 cases Monday. The new COVID-19 cases pushed India’s tally to 2,26,62,575, according to the updated data provided by the Health Ministry. The death toll...

Panaji: As Goa continues to top the country's Covid positivity rate chart, the state government Monday cleared a new Covid treatment protocol which recommends all residents above the age of 18 to take five tablets of the ivermectin drug, in order to prevent the steep...

Gurugram: With Covid-19 cases spiking in Gurugram, the district health department will focus on testing, tracking, tracing and treatment. For this, the district health facilities have started intensive testing in urban as well as rural areas of Gurugram, said the health officials. District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner...

Patna: A video purportedly showing a Covid victim's body being dumped into the bank of Saura river in Bihar's Katihar district has gone viral on social media. Katihar's District Magistrate Udayan Mishra has cross verified the video clip and found it to be true. The...

New Delhi: Amid surge of Covid cases in the rural areas, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Central government for not tackling the situation. "Shehron ke baad ab gaon bhi parmatma-nirbhar (After cities, villages also left to the mercy of...

Washington: Exposure to respiratory fluids -- very fine respiratory droplets and aerosol particles -- present in air and which carry viruses are the main reason for contracting Covid-19 infection, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. People release respiratory fluids during exhalation...