Coronavirus

Washington: The US economy officially entered a recession in February, ending the longest expansion in the country's history, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) said. The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the NBER, which maintains a chronology of the peaks and troughs of American...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday reported 146 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally in the state to 3,140, informed the state department of information and public relations. Among the fresh cases, 127 were reported from quarantine centres and the remaining 19 contracted the virus locally. Khurda district reported...

Balasore: The proof and experimental establishment department at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Chandipur here has been shut down for an indefinite period following identification of two jawans as corona positive, Monday. However, the rest of the departments of DRDO like integrated test...

Berhampur: The district administration in Ganjam is caught in an unusual conundrum in battling coronavirus pandemic, a report said. Meanwhile, the total number of affected patients rose to 631 as 33 new patients were identified, Sunday. Four affected patients have died while 410 persons have...

Mumbai: ‘Unlock 1.0’ has begun after the nationwide lockdown spanning over two-and-a-half months. It seems that ‘B-Towners’ were waiting for this time only. They started stepping out of their homes for fresh air. Some of them were also seen flouting rules during ‘Unlock 1.0’. A...

New Delhi: Amid the continuous standoff between the two Asian giants over a border dispute, the Narendra Modi government has allowed the People’s Bank of China, a state-owned banking institution, to start operations in India. The Modi-government had given the license to Bank of China...

New Delhi: Irrespective of posts and positions, rich and poor, the COVID-19 pandemic has not only registered a new high in infecting commoners, but also surprisingly knocked down over 2,000 Central employees positioned on major duties in various wings of the government – ranging from...

Aurangabad: Auto-rickshaw drivers in this town of Maharashtra find themselves in a strange dilemma over plying their vehicles again. The extended lockdown has forced them to stay off roads. On the one hand auto-rickshaw drivers are apprehensive about catching the infection if they start operating...

Noida (UP): ‘Us sitamgar ki meherbani se, dil ulajhta hai zindagani se’ (It’s the kindness of the oppressor, that entangles me more with life).  Perhaps nothing more than his own couplet can define Urdu poet Gulzar Dehalvi’s recovery from COVID-19. At the age of 94...

Jaipur: A WhatsApp group chat between staff belonging to a private hospital in Rajasthan went viral Sunday. The thread of conversation which featured denying treatment to Muslims drew widespread flak and criticism. In a series of messages, the staff of the ‘Srichand Baradiya Rog Nidan...