Coronavirus

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Thursday said he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 69-year-old Congress leader had isolated himself Wednesday after his wife Sunita had tested positive. "My COVID-19 test report too came positive today. I have no symptoms, and I am feeling...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Thursday promised to do the utmost in supporting India's fight against the COVID-19 surge and said that anti-pandemic materials produced in China were entering India at a faster pace. In a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Wang...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Centre as to why Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra were given more oxygen than they asked for while Delhi's allocation was not increased as per the request of the AAP government. The query was put to the...

New Delhi/Washington: As India's healthcare system is finding it harder to cope with the rising COVID-19 cases due to the second wave of the pandemic, the American government has advised its nationals to return to the US. The Department of State issued the highest level...

Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra has urged the global community to donate funds to help India, which she said is ‘bleeding’ due to a brutal second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Union Health Ministry's data Thursday, the country saw a record single day rise...

New Delhi: India saw a record single day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,83,76,524, while active cases crossed the 30-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. The death toll increased to 2,04,832 with a record 3,645 daily new fatalities, the data...

United Nations: The UN team in India is supporting the country's authorities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing critical supplies and its agencies are procuring thousands of oxygen concentrators, oxygen generating plants and other essential equipment as well as helping set up mobile...

New Delhi: India's top umpire Nitin Menon and his Australian counterpart Paul Reiffel has pulled out of the IPL due to personal reasons It is learnt that Menon, a resident of Indore, has left the IPL bio-bubble after his wife and mother tested positive for...

Lucknow: Voting is underway in the fourth and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections Thursday amid an unprecedented coronavirus surge in the state. Over 5.27 lakh candidates are in the fray for more than 2.10 lakh seats in 17 districts in this round...

New Delhi: Some painkillers like Ibuprofen are found to worsen COVID-19, known to be harmful to heart failure patients and may increase risk of kidney damage, the ICMR said as it advised against taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and recommended taking paracetamol, if needed, during...