Coronavirus

Houston: Scientists have redesigned a key protein from the novel coronavirus which it uses to enter and infect human cells, an innovation that may lead to much faster and more stable production of vaccines against COVID-19. According to the researchers, including those from the University...

Los Angeles: These movies have been huge crowd pullers when they hit the screens. However, now the wait for the sequel of these films will get longer due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Movies like Avatar, Star Wars and Top Gun have always stirred our imaginations...

Kathmandu: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly one third of Nepal's population below poverty line due to the loss of livelihoods in the wake of the health crisis, the World Bank said in a report. The Nepal Development Update, a bi-annual report of the...

New Delhi: India Friday recorded the highest single day spike of almost 50,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours taking the total tally to 12,87,945, with the death toll also crossing 30,000 mark, the Union Health Ministry data revealed. India recorded 49,310 fresh COVID-19 cases...

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl, undergoing treatment at a COVID-19 Care Centre in south Delhi’s Chhattarpur, has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by another coronavirus patient in the washroom, police said Thursday. The girl also said that the person who...

Bhubaneswar: The evaluation of answer sheets of Plus II examination 2020 conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will continue during lockdown period, an official here said Thursday. Evaluation duty was adversely affected due to coronavirus-induced shutdown in the state. It was resumed June...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Thursday allowed home isolation of COVID 19 patients in rural areas by amending the earlier guidelines. The government also brought a notification in this regard. A special notification to amend the earlier guideline was released Thursday. “In partial modification of the...

Bhubaneswar: In view the present Covid-19 scenario, the state government has enhanced the minimum wages of unskilled and skilled workers working in the state. The government has announced special allowance -- Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) of Rs 5.40 per day for unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and...

Bhubaneswar: In the conclusive study of the first phase of serial sero-survey conducted by ICMR-RMRC, the capital city reported that only 1.4 per cent of all the persons have developed anti-bodies for the Covid-19 infection. As per the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), that assisted RMRC...

Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone has revealed how she is killing lockdown boredom along with family members. Deepika Padukone took to Instagram to give a sneak peek Thursday into an intense ‘Taboo’ game session that she played with husband Ranveer Singh and her in-laws. “TPL –...