Coronavirus

Bangalore: India hockey skipper Manpreet Singh has said that coronavirus has made him mentally stronger. Manpreet Singh has stated that his isolation period was very stressful. However, overcoming it has been given him the confidence that he will now be able to tackle any situation...

New Delhi: Phase-I clinical trials have revealed ‘excellent safety’ of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech. It should be stated here that Bharat Biotech is developing the vaccines in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR and Cadila Healthcare Ltd. Currently their their immunogenicity testing is now...

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 78.28 per cent. So far a total of 38,59,399 people have recuperated, exceeding the active cases of coronavirus by 28,69,338 as on date. This information was given by the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. Currently there are...

New Delhi: Leading gynaecologists and infertility experts across NCR-Delhi have opined that amid the coronavirus pandemic, a host of factors are at play that are advantageous to the couples eager to start a family. They said remote working is the "best time to conceive" as...

New Delhi: The central government has no provision for compensation or economic assistance to the families of migrant workers who died on the journey back to their hometowns during the over 60-day lockdown across the country amid the COVID-19 crisis, the Union Labour Ministry informed...

Toronto: Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have isolated the smallest biological molecule to date that they say completely and specifically neutralises the SARS-CoV-2 virus which cause COVID-19. Ten times smaller than a full-sized antibody, the molecule has been used to construct a drug --...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday registered 3,645 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 1,58,650. The death toll rose to 645 with eight more people succumbing to the infection - three in Cuttack and one each in Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Sambalpur and Subarnapur....

New Delhi: India's novel coronavirus tally crossed 49 lakh Tuesday with 83,809 new cases, while 38.59 lakh people have recuperated so far, taking the recovery rate to 78.28 per cent, the Health Ministry said. The death toll rose to 80,776 with 1,054 more people succumbing...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Pipili MLA Pradeep Maharathy tested positive for COVID-19 Monday. He informed this on his Facebook page. In his post, he urged those who had come in contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested if required....

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 29.1 million, while the deaths have increased to over 927,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 29,182,198 and the fatalities rose to 927,015,...