Coronavirus

Lisbon (Portugal): Portugal's new daily COVID-19 cases jumped by more than 14,600 to set a new national record Wednesday, as the country weathers one of the worst pandemic surges in the world. Health authorities officially reported 14,647 new infections — about 3,600 more than the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court pulled up Thursday ‘irresponsible’ authorities for not paying salaries and pensions to employees of the three municipal corporations here. The high court said that if things don’t change and go on like this, it will not be surprised if...

Puri: After opening doors of Lord Jagannath temple for the devotees without COVID-19 negative report, the Sree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) urged the Odisha government Thursday to provide coronavirus vaccines to servitors and their family members on a priority basis. SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar...

Pune: Nine persons were evacuated from a building in the Serum Institute of India’s Manjari premises here Thursday. The evacuation was done after a fire broke out there Thursday, police said. There would be no loss of Covishield production due to the fire, Serum Institute...

New Delhi: A total of four people have died following immunisation against coronavirus till now, but the death of three of them have been found to be not related to the vaccination, while the post-mortem report of the fourth person is awaited, the government said...

Beijing: China boasted Wednesday that several world leaders have taken its COVID-19 vaccines. However, it remained silent on why the top Chinese leaders are yet to take the jab. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying in her daily media briefing here named leaders of several...

Hyderabad: A 42-year-old healthcare worker in Nirmal district of Telangana, who received COVID-19 vaccination, died early Wednesday after complaining of chest pain. However, preliminary findings have suggested the death is unrelated to the vaccination, a health official said. The healthcare worker was vaccinated at about...

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden plans to kick off his new administration Wednesday in a grand manner. He will issue orders to restore the United States to the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation, his aides said. They informed Joe Biden will sign...

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his Assistant Secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate. Rachel Levine is a pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician...

New Delhi: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza revealed Tuesday that she had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. However, she also said that she has recovered since then. Sania Mirza winner put up an emotional post on her official Twitter account to make the...