Coronavirus

Buguda: In a shocking incident, family members of a man who died of fever carried his body on a trolley-rickshaw to the crematorium after relatives and neighbours did not turn out to participate in his last rites due to stigma associated with COVID-19 here in...

Mumbai: Actor Sidharth Malhotra is missing his shooting days, and his recent Instagram post is a proof of the fact. Siddharth Malhotra took Monday to Instagram and posted a throwback image from the sets. In the picture, we see looking into a shooting camera. “Trying...

Paris: The prestigious Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the soccer season. Awarded by ‘France Football’ magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi...

Kolkata: Weddings and religious functions have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It had put the lives of god’s ardent disciples in dire straits. Many Hindu priests in this city and its vicinity are in huge problems. Some are even looking for...

Kolkata: West Bengal recorded a new high of 2,282 new COVID-19 cases Monday. The additions pushed the total tally in the state to 44,769, the health department said. Another 35 people succumbed to COVID-19 infection, raising the death toll to 1,147. The number of active...

London: The initial trial data for the COVID-19 vaccine which has been developed in a joint collaboration between Oxford University and AstraZeneca is ‘safe, well-tolerated and immunogenic’. This has been said by the editor of the United Kingdom-based medical journal, ‘The Lancet’. The editor of...

Dubai/New Delhi: The ICC postponed Monday the T20 World Cup in Australia owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a decision which has paved the way for the BCCI to organise the IPL during the October-November window. The ICC hasn’t yet decided whether India and...

Bhubaneswar: In spite of the spike in positive COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the number of recoveries is also happening at a very steady rate. Odisha reported Monday a total of 457 more recoveries with all being discharged from their respective COVID-19 facilities where they had...

Washington: US President Donald Trump faces an uphill task in his re-election bid in November with his approval rating hitting a record low. On the other hand Democratic nominee Joe Biden has taken a double-digit lead in key indicators. This is according to a survey...

Beijing: China’s latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. One of the 17 new coronavirus cases reported Monday was in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. This was disclosed by the regional government on its official...