Coronavirus

Islamabad: While the world continues to struggle against the consistent and deadly spread of coronavirus, a study has revealed that Pakistan is among the third-riskiest countries to be hit with the virus. A detailed report by Deep Knowledge Group, focused on nations and their safety...

Bhadrak: A migrant worker staying in a quarantine centre in Odisha’s Bhadrak district was found dead Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Radhashyam Pani, a resident of Korkora gram panchayat in the district, who had returned from Kolkata in a car June 9....

New Delhi: Mathematical models of the progression of COVID-19 show it would be ‘possible’ for Delhi to have 5.5 lakh cases by the end of July, several scientists have said while stating that community transmission of the disease may have started a while ago. Warning...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 death toll rose to 7,745 and the number of cases climbed to 2,76,583 in the country after it registered 279 fatalities and 9,985 new infections within a period of 24 hours till Wednesday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry....

Washington: COVID-19 cases have touched 7.2 million globally, with more than 411,000 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Wednesday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 7,244,108, while the death toll increased to 411,260, the University's Center for Systems Science and...

New Delhi: India Wednesday witnessed a spike of over 9,900 cases of the novel Coronavirus for the third consecutive day with 9,985 fresh cases, a Health Ministry data revealed. For the first time the number of cured surpassed the total active cases. There were 1,33,632...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 110 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,250. Out of the 110 new cases, 97 were reported from quarantine centres while 13 are local contacts. Jagatsinghpur district reported 33 new cases, Raygada 4, Cuttack 20, Jharsuguda...

Madrid: The Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare reported no new deaths from COVID-19 for a second straight day Tuesday. According to the ministry, a total of 27,136 people have died from COVID-19 in Spain. The figure is the same as those...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Tuesday had a new suggestion for the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Supreme Court said NHRC may consider framing guidelines for protection and rehabilitation of bonded labourers. This would be particularly helpful during the prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic....

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to document its consolidated actions and interventions taken to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic for future generation. While holding a high-level meeting with senior officers, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy has directed the departments engaged in Covid management to create a...