Coronavirus

Muzaffarpur: A criminal complaint has been filed in a Bihar court against yoga guru Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved MD Acharya Balkrishna. The complainant has alleged that Ramdev and Balkrishna have misled and put at risk the lives of lakhs of people. They have done so...

New Delhi: Fifty-five-years-old Harinder Prasad, who works at the crematorium of Nigambodh Ghat in north Delhi said Wednesday that he does not have any fear of coronavirus. Continuously dealing with the bodies of COVID-19 patients that come in starch white bags has helped him to...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday said that 22 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While three of them are home quarantine cases, as many as 19 cases are local contact ones. Of the three home quarantine...

New York: In early March, Poorva Dixit rushed to buy a ticket to India from in the United States. She learned her 72-year-old mother had fallen from her bed and was in critical condition. Poorva has been living in the United States for more than...

London: The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to 95,000 additional tuberculosis (TB) related deaths in India over the next five years, due to disruptions to health services, and delays in diagnosis and treatment, according to a study published on Wednesday. The modelling study, published in the...

New Delhi: Expanding the testing criterion for coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research has said it should be made widely available to all symptomatic individuals across the country. "Since ‘test, track and treat' is the only way to prevent spread of infection and save...

Chhatrapur: With 76 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Ganjam district Wednesday, the total number of persons who have tested positive for the virus in the district crossed the 1,000-mark with the total tally reaching 1,031. The number of active cases in the district has...

Berhampur: All government offices in Ganjam will remain closed for citizens for the next 10 days owing to the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease in the district, informed Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange Wednesday. According to Kulange, the decision to close all government offices was...

In a heart-warming gesture, a 31-year-old Mumbai resident sold his Ford Endeavour to buy oxygen cylinders to give away to those in need. Impacted by the death of his friend’s six-month pregnant sister, Shahnawaz Shaikh decided to sell his car and buy oxygen cylinders for...

New Delhi: The country saw the highest single-day jump of 15,968 COVID-19 cases and 465 fatalities, taking the infection tally to 4,56,183 and the death toll to 14,476, according to the Union health ministry data. India registered over 14,000 cases for the fifth day in...