Coronavirus

New Delhi: The eagerly-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) will start September 19 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The final of the Indian Premeire League will be played November 8. This information was given by BCCI sources late Thursday evening. The IPL Governing Council will...

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh): A government doctor at the Deen Dayal Hospital here was arrested Wednesday on charges of molesting and attempting to rape a 25-year-old woman. The woman had been recuperating in the isolation ward, after she tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Dr...

Jerusalem:  Israel Thursday said it will send a high-level research delegation to India to conduct a series of "final stages of testing" as part of a joint effort to develop rapid testing kits for COVID-19 to detect the presence of the virus in the body...

New Delhi: Air India's executive pilots have urged the government to roll back the recently-announced 'Wage Cuts' and 'Leave Without Pay' policy, citing the dangers the airline's aviators faced in operating the crucial 'Vande Bharat' repatriation flights as well as their contribution in smoothly running...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked all the district collectors to prepare a six-month vision document in dealing with the COVID-19 situation, said an official Thursday. "At present, there is 37.27 per cent occupancy of beds in all the COVID hospitals and COVID Care Centres...

Manchester: Fast bowler Jofra Archer has returned to the 14-member England squad alongside James Anderson and Mark Wood. Jofra Archer and the two others are in line for selection for the series-deciding final Test against the West Indies. The third game of the series starts...

Los Angeles: In a surprise announcement Thursday, singer Taylor Swift has said that she is set to release her eighth album, ‘Folklore’ soon. The LP, which she wrote and recorded in quarantine, will be unveiled Thursday midnight EST in the United States. Taylor Swift, 30,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Thursday said that 643 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 643 patients, 407 are from Ganjam, 44 from Khurdha, 31 from Balasore, 28 from Mayurbhanj, 27 from Cuttack, 15 from Jagatsinghpur,...

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has deferred by-elections for one Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats due to ‘some extraordinary circumstances peculiar to these constituencies’. The Election Commission will again meet Friday to discuss scheduling of these by-polls. The states where the bypolls have...

Dubai: Long-haul carrier Emirates has said it will cover the costs of passengers’ coronavirus-related medical expenses. Emirates made the announcement in an effort to encourage more travellers to fly on the airline. Due to the coronavirus pandemic all airline companies across the world are suffering...