Coronavirus

New Delhi: It’s not just the pacers who will be at a disadvantage due to the ban on use of saliva but spinners too will suffer. This was said by India’s top wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. On the other hand, India pacer Ishant Sharma opined...

Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 6,397 new coronavirus cases Thursday, the highest single day spike, taking the total number of infections in the country to 1,25,933, the health ministry said Friday. The new record single day spike was reported on a day when the Pakistan government...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 112 new cases of coronavirus Friday. It took the state’s tally of coronavirus infected patients to 3,498. One more person hit by the disease breathed his last while undergoing treatment. He is a 55-year-old male from Ganjam district. The Health and Family...

London: Global poverty is set to rise above one billion people once again as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus is reducing the income of the world’s poorest by USD 500 million a day, according to new research published Friday. The research has...

New Delhi: For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry...

Washington: The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 7.5 million, while the death toll was nearing 421,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 7,500,777, while the deaths increased to 420,993, the...

Rio de Janeiro: The Sao Paulo state government announced Thursday that Brazil’s ‘Instituto Butantan’ has reached an agreement with Chinese laboratory Sinovac Biotech. The agreement will be to produce an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus. Some 9,000 Brazilians will participate in tests beginning in July,...

Mumbai: Actress Bhumi Pednekar has said self-acceptance and self-love played key roles in her weight-loss journey. Bhumi Pednekar has surely made her place in the Hindi film industry with her strong and fearless portrayal of roles. Despite her age, Bhumi has stepped away from doing...

New Delhi: Petrol price was hiked Friday by 57 paise per litre and diesel by 59 paise a litre as oil companies adjusted retail rates. This is the sixth straight day of increase in rates since oil firms ended an 82-day hiatus of rate revision....

New Delhi: Job loss is the most severe immediate impact of COVID-19 crisis while lower economic growth and rise in inequality would be the long-term effects, according to a survey by the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE). The online survey was conducted on 520...