Coronavirus

Houston/Washington: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his Microsoft counterpart Satya Nadella have assured help to India which is grappling with a ravaging coronavirus crisis. India logged Monday a staggering 3,52,991 new coronavirus infections. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with a record 2,812 daily new...

Chennai: An all-party meeting convened by the Tamil Nadu government resolved Monday to allow Vedanta’s Sterlite Industries in Tuticorin to produce oxygen for a four-month period. This decision was taken amid surging Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu. The decision paved the way for the partial...

Mumbai: Citizens should practice restraint and discipline amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. They should implemented corrective measures before blaming the Maharashtra government, the Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court said Monday. The high court made the observations while passing several directions on the pandemic....

Chennai: The IPL has created the ‘safest’ bio-hub for its participants according to Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting. However, he is also well aware of the ‘grim’ COVID-19 situation outside the bubble in India. Ricky Ponting also said he often discusses this issue with...

New Delhi: Global forecasting firm Oxford Economics revised downwards its India GDP growth forecast for 2021 to 10.2 per cent Monday. Oxford Economics had previously pegged the GDP growth to 11.8 per cent. It said that India’s escalating health burden, faltering vaccination rate and lack of...

Chennai: The Madras High Court came down very hard Monday on the Election Commission (EC) and just stopped short of calling it murderer. The Madras High Court not only blamed the Election Commission for the ‘for the alleged spread of the second wave of Covid-19...

Mumbai: Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fast bowler Pat Cummins has donated $50,000 (approximately Rs 35 lakh) to the PM Cares Fund. He has done so to help in India’s fight against Covid-19. Cummins is hopeful that the amount he has contributed will be...

Bengaluru: Aimed at controlling the COVID-19 spike, the Karnataka government on Monday announced ‘close down’ across the state for 14 days from Tuesday night. The state cabinet also decided to provide COVID-19 vaccinations free of cost at government hospitals for those between 18-45 years of...

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded Monday the withdrawal of central forces to contain Covid-19 spread in West Bengal. She said that some of the central forces are responsible for the spread of the virus in West Bengal and they should be withdrawn before the...

New Delhi: Active cases in the ongoing second COVID-19 wave in India may peak at 38-48 lakh between May 14-18 and daily new infections could hit a high of 4.4 lakh from May 4-8, according to a mathematical model by IIT scientists who have revised...