Coronavirus

Puri: Though there will be no devotees to witness the Hera Panchami ritual at the Gudicha temple, Goddess Laxmi will break a piece of wood of Nandighosh chariot of Lord Jagannath as part of the ritual, Saturday. According to Srimandir tradition, Goddess Laxmi is carried...

New Delhi: Even as India witnessed a spike of over 18,000 fresh cases of novel coronavirus and total cases crossing five lakh mark, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence, saying he has surrendered and...

New Delhi: India took just six days to jump from 4 lakh to 5 lakh cases as it recorded yet another worst spike of 18,552 cases Saturday. The steady rise over the past week saw the nation breach its daily count every day, with the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday reported 170 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 6,350. Out of the 170 new cases, 143 were reported from quarantine centres while 27 are local contacts. Death toll in the state reached 18 with the death of...

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 9.7 million, while the deaths were nearing 500,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 9,776,963, while the fatalities increased to 493,609, the University's Center...

New Delhi: The ice cream business which amounts to about Rs 4,500 crore annually has been badly hit by the coronavirus spread as it is expected to slowdown by almost 40 per cent. It is unlikely to recover in the current scenario as the rainy...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja Friday said that 150 more coronavirus cases were reported in the state, taking the total number of active cases to 1,846, while so far 2,006 have been cured. This is the eighth successive day when the number of cases...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 12 opposition parties in Odisha Friday staged a protest at Master Canteen Square in Bhubaneswar targeting the Odisha government and the Centre over mishandling of COVID-19 and rising fuel prices. They also submitted a memorandum to Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal in...

Ranchi: The mental depression is proving to more dangerous than coronavirus in Jharkhand these days. If data of suicides is taken into consideration during lockdown and Unlock 1.0, the average of people committing suicide everyday is 5.5. According to data of the state government, 449...

New Delhi: With looming uncertainty and no likelihood of an early economic recovery in sight, the bull run in gold prices is here to stay. Analysts expect domestic futures to touch Rs 52,000 per 10 grams in the next few months, till Diwali. Experts also...