Coronavirus

Bangalore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the world is facing its biggest crisis since the two world wars amid the Covid pandemic. He was addressing a Bangalore varsity's silver jubilee celebration Monday. "Like the world changed pre and post world war, the same way...

London: The UK's Queen Elizabeth II has been photographed riding in the grounds of Windsor Castle - the first time she has been seen outside since the coronavirus lockdown began in the country. The 94-year-old monarch was pictured on a 14-year-old Fell Pony called Balmoral...

Cuttack: With the implementation of unlock 1.0, the Council of Higher Secondary Examination (CHSE) Monday started evaluation of answer sheets of Plus II examination. Around 65 teachers will check the answer sheets at online evaluation centre in Cuttack set up for the purpose. The centre...

Jharsuguda: Flight service on Kolkata-Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar route from Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda resumed Monday. Sources said, spicejet has started the flight operation from Jharsuguda airport from May 25. However, the service was only for Delhi and Hyderabad passengers to Veer Surendra Sai Airport. With...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 156 new COVID-19 cases Monday, the highest single day spike so far, taking the total tally in the state to 2,104. Out of the newly detected cases, 153 were in quarantine centres and three were local contacts. Of them, 50 were detected...

New Delhi: India witnessed 8,390 cases in 24 hours on the second consecutive day. With this, the total case count of coronavirus disease mounted to 1,90,535 Monday. India emerged as the 7th worst COVID-hit country globally, leaving behind France and Germany. At least 230 new...

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 6.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 371,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 6,165,181, while the death toll...

Rome: Seventy-five more COVID-19 patients had died in the past 24 hours in Italy, bringing the country's toll to 33,415, out of total infection cases of 233,019, according to fresh figures. Nationwide, the number of active infections dropped by 1,616 to 42,075, said the Civil...

Malda (WB): A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passengers who travelled with the body for more than eight hours, police said Sunday. Buddha Parihar, who hailed from Harishchandrapur in Malda district, used...

New Delhi: India has now become the world’s seventh worst-hit country in terms of coronavirus cases with its tally of 1,82,143, according to the World Health Organization's COVID-19 tracker. According to the WHO tracker, a total of 59,34,936 cases have been recorded globally with 3,67,166...