Coronavirus

Chennai: Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand finally reunited with his family in Chennai after being stuck in Germany for over three months as the former world chess champion reached his home Saturday after completing a seven-day institutional quarantine in Bengaluru. Anand had returned to the country...

Malappuram (Kerala): Former Santosh Trophy National Football Championship player, E Hamsakoya, who had tested positive for COVID-19, succumbed to the virus early Saturday at a hospital here, taking the toll due to the infection in the state to 15. Native of nearby Parappanangadi, Hamsakoya (61)...

New Delhi: A plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking resumption of normal judicial work in all the courts in the national capital via videoconferencing and e-filing. In an administrative order issued May 29, the high court had said it will only...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused the government of actively destroying the country’s economy by refusing to provide cash support to people and small and medium enterprises as he termed the Modi regime “Demon 2.0”. He shared a news report on Twitter on...

New Delhi: The Health Ministry Saturday said that the recovery rate from COVID-19 in the country stood at 48.20 per cent, from a total of 2,36,657 confirmed cases. Notably, India has now overtaken Italy, which has recorded 2,34,531 cases in total. "During the last 24...

New Delhi: A couple of private hospitals in Delhi are refusing admission to COVID-19 patients and demanding lakhs of rupees for allotting bed to those in a pressing need, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday and warned of strong action against such ‘black-marketing of beds’....

Bahalda: Bahalda block in Mayurbhanj district reported its first coronavirus infected patient Saturday. The patient is a 23 years old woman of Soso village. She is one among 13 fresh COVID-19 cases detected in the district Saturday. According to an official at Bahalda block office,...

Brahmagiri: Every year after ‘Snana Purnima’, it’s a common practice for devotees to make a beeline for a darshan of Lord Alarnath at Brahmagiri, 23 kilometres away from Puri. Brahamagiri becomes the second ‘shreekshetra’ for 14 days after ‘Devasnana Purnima’ in the Jagannath temple. But...

Kozhikode (Kerala): Former footballer who represented India and Maharashtra in the Santhosh Trophy, Hamza Koya succumbed in a Mallapuram hospital Saturday to Covid-19, according to authorities. With this the total number of Covid deaths in Kerala rose to 15. The 61-year-old former footballer who has...

Washington: More than a third of Americans misused cleaners and disinfectants to try to prevent infection by the coronavirus, according to a survey taken shortly after President Donald Trump publicly asked whether injecting such products could treat COVID-19. Washing food with bleach, using household cleaning...