Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Railways Food Vending Association (RFVA) has said it is not ready to begin services on platforms due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and urged officials not to pressure it into opening stalls. Stalls on platforms have been shut throughout the novel coronavirus-induced...

Washington: Roughly 2.1 million people applied for US unemployment benefits last week. It is a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession. This is happening as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. However, the number of...

Ranchi/Mumbai: Over 165 migrant workers were ferried back home to Jharkhand from Mumbai in a chartered flight Thursday. The alumni network of the National Law School (NLS) in Bangalore chartered the flight. This is the first time in India migrant workers have been sent back...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court allowed Thursday the shifting of 955 foreign nationals from institutional quarantine to a different accommodation. All  the foreign national had participated in the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz event in March. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish...

New Delhi: The much-delayed 36th National Games, scheduled for October-November in Goa, was Thursday postponed indefinitely. The decision was taken keeping in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had recently asked the Goa government to host the National Games. The dates fixed were...

Lucknow: Seven more people died Thursday due to coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh. The state also reported 80 fresh cases that pushed the total number of COVID-19 patients to 7,071, officials said. The number of fatalities Uttar Pradesh has suffered no stands at 189. “The total...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday directed that no fare for travel either by train or bus be charged from migrant workers, stranded across the country following the COVID-19 lockdown and want to return to their destinations, and said they be provided food and water....

Mumbai: Everybody is involved in some way or the other in the fight against coronavirus. IIT which has produced illustrious persons and characters is also extending a helping hand in the fight. The IIT Alumni Council announced Thursday the setting up of a mega lab...

Tokyo: Just two months after the unprecedented Olympic postponement, organising committee CEO Toshiro Muto was asked Thursday about progress toward rescheduling next year’s Tokyo Games. “If you ask, are we just around the first corner of the 400-mere race, I cannot answer that question,” said...

Melbourne: Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) chief Christina Matthews has lashed out at Cricket Australia for choosing Brisbane over Perth as one of the venues for the high-profile Test series against India in the summer. Matthews said the newly built Optus Stadium is better than...