Coronavirus

New Delhi: Indian scientists have observed a higher association between asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and viral load, or the amount of virus in an infected person’s bodily fluid. The Indian scientists noted this after a study of over 200 patients with SARS-CoV-2 virus in Telangana. It...

Bhubaneswar: Khurda district, in terms of daily COVID spike, continues to be at the top of the list beating the other districts by a fair margin. The district Tuesday reported 666 fresh COVID-19 cases. Monday, 616 cases were reported from the district whereas Sunday, the...

Kolkata: Four actors of the Bengali film industry, three of them ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, have urged the Centre to consider reopening movie theatres with necessary COVID-19 protocols in place. Four actors asserted that the cinema hall owners and employees are under severe financial...

Mumbai: Actor Abhishek Bachchan stepped out for a haircut Monday, and captured the moments for followers on social media. Abhishek Bachchan posted a ‘before and after’ collage of two pictures on Instagram, to reveal his makeover. He also hinted that the crop was necessary for...

Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a new survey found that 90 per cent of countries that responded reported fallout from COVID-19 on the provision of other health care services like immunisation, family planning services, and cancer and cardiovascular disease diagnosis and treatment....

New Delhi: Central teams will be deployed in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. These states are seeing a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry said Monday. So the central teams will support the states’ efforts towards strengthening containment,...

New Delhi: Former president Pranab Mukherjee, one of India’s most cerebral and respected politicians, died Monday evening following a 21-day battle with multiple ailments. He was 84. Pranab Mukherjee was admitted August 10 to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital. He was operated for a...

Bhubaneswar: The capital city Monday reported 404 fresh COVID-19 cases  from the areas under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, BMC said Monday. With this, the capital city’s tally has increased to 10,425. According to a notification issued by the civic body, as of Monday, 6334 patients have...

Bhubaneswar: Preparations are underway at a hospital here for the commencement of the second phase of human clinical trial of ‘Covaxin’. It should be stated that ‘Covaxin’ is, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, officials said. “The Phase I of the trial is still continuing as we...

Mumbai: Sonam Kapoor has raved about veteran actor Dimple Kapadia's performance in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Sonam Kapoor said she watched the highly anticipated espionage thriller on the big screen in London. Nolan’s Tenet is the first big-budget Hollywood feature to go for a theatrical release...