Coronavirus

Mumbai: Former India opener Wasim Jaffer feels that the ICC  guidelines banning use of saliva to shine the ball to deal with COVID-19 pandemic would make the life of bowlers difficult and urged the world body to ensure a balance between the bat. The ICC...

Dubai: A 61-year-old Indian doctor, who was at the forefront in treating and attending to COVID-19 patients at a hospital in the UAE, has died of coronavirus, his hospital said Sunday. Dr Sudhir Rambhau Washimkar, who hailed from Nagpur, Maharashtra, died at Al Ain Hospital...

New Delhi: A Kashmiri woman, who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly planning a terror attack in the country during the anti-CAA protests here, has been sent for treatment after the National Investigation Agency informed a court that she tested positive for COVID-19. Submitting...

Kabul: Afghanistan’s national cricket team began a month-long training camp Sunday, even as the coronavirus was spreading widely across the country and an international aid organization warned it was on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Afghanistan has officially recorded more than 20,000 cases countrywide,...

Sundargarh: This district reported 18 fresh COVID-19 patients Sunday. It is the highest spike in a single day for the district. Sundargarh District Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan told reporters Sunday that among the fresh cases, 15 are males and the rest women. It is important...

New Delhi: As many as 11 officials of Ministry of Labour and Employment have tested COVID-19 positive, according to a source. The staff are being tested for COVID-19 after two employees found positive last week, which led to closure of Shram Shakti Bhawan that houses...

Hyderabad: Those with comorbidities, like cardiac and liver ailments, and smokers are more prone to fall prey to Covid-19, say doctors. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed smoking as one of the major risk factors for coronavirus as it suppresses immune functions of body....

New Delhi: Courts cannot ignore issuing notice to victims in sexual assault cases while deciding bail pleas of offenders. This is what the Delhi High Court had to say Sunday. It said that survivors were not being informed in a majority of matters. The Delhi...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut Sunday wondered whether the BJP propped up Bollywood actor Sonu Sood to "offer help" to migrant workers from north India stranded in Maharashtra amidst the lockdown, with the political motive to show the Uddhav Thackeray government in poor light....

New Delhi: A day before relaxations under 'Unlock 1' were set to begin, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said that place of worship, malls and restaurants will open in the national capital but hotels and banquet halls will remain closed. Addressing a press conference...