Coronavirus

Mumbai: No-frills carrier IndiGo said Wednesday it has flown a little over 75,000 passengers with majority of them between India and Middle-east through 487 flights till Tuesday as part of its charter operations and flights under ‘Vande Bharat Mission’. ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ is a central...

Bangalore: Indian companies are faltering on profits and losing revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, one organisation has halted the trend. Infosys Ltd reported Wednesday a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit. This happened as Infosys Ltd, the software services firm managed to secure large client deals...

New Delhi: More than 3.2 lakh samples were tested for COVID-19 Tuesday, the highest so far on a day. It took the cumulative number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the country till July 14 to 1,24,12,664. This information was shared by officials of the Indian Council of Medical...

New Delhi: Coincidences can be amazing and extra-ordinary at times. This story of the Noida twins will certainly leave the reader awestruck. Both are very good in studies. However, both Manasi and Manya had never expected that they will end up with the same percentage...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Wednesday told a district court that an FIR could not be registered against Patanjali Ayurved Limited, Ramdev and others on the charge of cheating people by claiming a cure for Covid-19 due to jurisdictional and other issues. The Vasant Vihar...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Wednesday said that 612 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. The state also reached a milestone of over 10,000 recovered cases in the state, health department added. According to official data, out of the...

Chhatrapur: The Ganjam district administration announced complete shutdown for six days starting Wednesday in seven NACs under Chhatrapur sub-division in view of the spike in number of COVID-19 cases. It should be stated here that in 11 districts of Odisha including Ganjam, complete shutdown has...

Berhampur: The head clerk of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) succumbed to the COVID-19 virus Wednesday here. The head clerk was undergoing treatment at the dedicated TATA COVID-19 hospital at Sitalapalli in this town. The deceased corona warrior has been identified as Upendra Majhi. Some other...

Colombo: For months he's been anonymous, but now Prasad Dinesh, linked by Sri Lankan authorities to nearly half of the country's more than 2,600 coronavirus cases, is trying to clear his name, and shed some of the stigma of a heroin addiction at the root...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar city Wednesday reported 90 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the city to 859. Among the fresh detected cases, 63 were reported from quarantine centres while 27 contracted the virus locally. At the same time, 24 patients have also been discharged...