Coronavirus

Melbourne: Cricket Australia has locked in four venues for the financially crucial Test series against India and the first match is tentatively set for a December 3 start in Brisbane, as per local media reports. Two Australian media outlets — 7news.com.au and the Sydney Morning...

Mumbai: A 45-year-old woman employee on COVID-19 duty in state-run St George’s Hospital in south Mumbai was Wednesday found dead inside an elevator, police said. The deceased was a class-4 employee who was posted in the ward for COVID-19 patients, an official said. Her body...

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention Wednesday in the alleged “whimsical” functioning of the railways in sending Shramik Special trains to West Bengal daily and urged the BJP-led central government not to pursue politics when the state is battling the...

Christchurch: New Zealand Cricket is looking to shed around 10 to 15 percent of its staff and save NZ$ 6 million in operation costs as it copes with the “challenges” posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Executive David White said Wednesday. NZC’s cost-cutting measures would...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to identify private hospitals where COVID-19 infected patients could get treatment for free or at a nominal cost. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, hearing the matter via video-conferencing, observed that there are private...

Bhubaneswar: Private buses will start rolling across the state from Thursday, secretary of Private Bus Owners’ Association Debendra Sahu said Wednesday. The decision was taken after the association held a series of meetings with the state government over the issue. Sahu informed that the bus...

Bangalore: Amazon.in announced Wednesday that it was providing a COVID-19 health insurance, completely free of cost, for its sellers in India. The insurance will help cover the expenses related to COVID-19 hospitalisation and treatment as well as ambulance assistance and ICU charges of up to...

Ahmedabad: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has severely hit the wedding industry in Gujarat. The state has witnessed approximately 30,000 cancellations and postponements in the last two months. This has happened due to the COVID-19 crisis according to spokesperson of Hotel and Restaurant Association...

Berlin: There might be no fans in the stadiums but the Bundesliga knows the world is watching. Bayern Munich’s Thomas Mueller is ready to take advantage of this fact and he has been charm personified. Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in their crunch game...

Saranda: Instances of quarantine inmates breaking rules have come to the fore in many parts of Odisha. On the other hand, there have been allegations made by inmates who have said that they are not getting proper facilities in the quarantine centres set up to...