Coronavirus

New Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma have donated Rs 2 crore to a fund-raising project. They have done so to support India’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of the project is raise a total of Rs 7...

Laussane: Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics. This information was given by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday. Delivery of doses is set to begin this month to give Olympic delegations time...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked Friday the Union government over the Central Vista project. Rahul Gandhi termed it a ‘criminal wastage’ and asked the dispensation to focus on people’s lives. The redevelopment project of the Central Vista – the power corridor of India...

New Delhi: With a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,14,91,598. The new additions took the active coronavirus cases past the 36-lakh mark, according to the latest Union Health Ministry data. The death...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered Friday 12,238 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the I & PR department, government of Odisha said in a tweet. This incidentally is the highest single-day spike in 2021. The state had also reported over 10,000 cases Thursday with 10,521...

Melbourne: Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday the travel ban on Australians returning home from coronavirus-hit India will not be extended beyond May 15. He said that repatriation flights will commence soon. The Australian government, for the first time in history, recently imposed a temporary...

New Delhi: India A regulars like Abhimanyu Easwaran and Priyank Panchal will be in contention along with rookie sensation Devdutt Padikkal when the selectors Friday pick a 30-strong Indian team squad for the four-month trip to United Kingdom (UK). The Indian team are scheduled to...

Washington: The Biden administration has backed an initiative by India and South Africa at the WTO to temporarily waive patent rules on COVID-19 vaccines, seen as a breakthrough in the global fight against the deadly pandemic by potentially expanding the supply of the vaccines and...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Thursday said no oxygen concentrator, received as aid from abroad, is lying with the customs authorities at any port of import as these consignments are being cleared swiftly, the Union health ministry said Thursday. In all, 3,000 oxygen concentrators...

Colombo: Sri Lanka Thursday announced that all arrivals from India will be banned with immediate effect due to the record rise in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring country. Several countries like the UK, the UAE, Australia and Singapore have already banned travellers from India as...