Coronavirus

Mumbai: Cyclone ‘Nisarga’ is very likely to intensify into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ over the next 12 hours. It will cross Maharashtra and South Gujarat coast Wednesday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Tuesday. The storm will cross North Maharashtra and adjoining South Gujarat...

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district administration increased Tuesday the period of mandatory institutional quarantine to 14 days from one week. This decision was taken amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, a senior official said. Migrant returnees in rural areas of Odisha are placed under seven-day institutional...

New Delhi: A day after Moody’s downgraded India’s credit rating to a notch above junk status on growth concerns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted Tuesday that the country will definitely get back its economic growth. Narendra Modi said reforms undertaken during the lockdown will help...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said Tuesday that 3,708 COVID-19 patients have been cured in last 24 hours. The total number of cured COVID-19 patients now stands at 95,527. Hence the recovery rate in India is 48.07 which is one of the highest in...

Keonjhar: Tension ran high after irate residents of a ‘containment zone’ in Keonjhar city went berserk Tuesday. They blocked a part of the NH-49 demanding easing of restrictions with immediate effect. Sources said, one person from Kimiridoli Sahi close to Nihal Singh Chowk in this...

Bangalore: The Centre said Tuesday it has approved ‘Gilead Sciences Inc’s’ antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir is the first drug to show improvement in COVID-19 patients in formal clinical trials. It was granted emergency use authorisation by the US...

United Nations: Indian Nobel laureates Amartya Sen and Kailash Satyarthi and economist Kaushik Basu are among the over 225 global leaders who have jointly called for a meeting of the G20 nations to agree to a USD 2.5 trillion coronavirus global health and economic recovery...

Kolkata: In a first among domestic teams in India, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) will be conducting mandatory eye tests for its senior and U-23 teams once camps resumes post COVID-19 lockdown. This was decided during discussion between the CAB administration and Bengal coaching unit,...

Kolkata: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah will address the people of West Bengal through a “virtual rally” June 8, state party president Dilip Ghosh said. He said the party would reach out to people, “apprising them of the achievements of the...

Jajpur/Rasulpur: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) registered a case after a COVID-19 patient recently recovered from the pandemic disease lodged a complaint, accusing the COVID-19 hospital authorities of not showing him his treatment chart. The complainant, a resident of Mangarajpur panchayat under Rasulpur block...