Coronavirus

New Delhi: India added 37,724 fresh cases of COVID-19  Wednesday taking the country's tally to 11,92,915, while recoveries surged to 7,53,049 with 28,472 people having recuperated in a day, the highest so far, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease rose to 28,732 with 648 people succumbing to...

Kendrapara: Digging up channels for supply of seawater to prawn gheries has lead to salinisation of farmlands in Krushnapriyapur in Rajnagar block in this district, a report said. Prawn gheries are mushrooming in the area despite a direction by the Orissa High Court for their...

Washington: President Donald Trump has warned that the US pandemic will probably "get worse before it gets better", as he revived his coronavirus briefings. Trump also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying "they'll have an effect" and show "patriotism", the BBC reported Tuesday....

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 14.8 million, while the deaths have topped to more than 615,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 14,898,145, while the fatalities rose...

New Delhi: Former JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the conspiracy behind the Delhi riots, has tested positive for Covid-19, his legal team said Tuesday. As per the conversation between Imam, who is in a jail in Guwahati, and his lawyers, he tested positive...

Washington: A study shows that in people with mild COVID-19 cases, their antibodies against the coronavirus drop sharply over the first three months after infection. A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles, did an in-depth study of 34 people who had recovered...

Srinagar: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) decided Tuesday to cancel this year’s pilgrimage to the cave shrine in south Kashmir. This is in the wake of the closure of religious places in Jammu and Kashmir due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to cancel...

New Delhi: Alluding to the emerging evidence, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) chief Shekhar C Mande has asserted that airborne transmission of COVID-19 is indeed a "distinct possibility" and advised people to wear masks even in enclosed spaces. His remarks came days after...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped significantly to 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per cent on June 17. The fatality rate has decreased due to effective clinical management of coronavirus cases. This information was given Tuesday by the Centre. It said that India...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday reported recovery of another 400 COVID-19 infected patients. The new recoveries took the total number of recovered cases in Odisha to 13,309. Earlier in the day, the state reported 647 new COVID-19 infections in the state. As far as the recoveries are...