Coronavirus

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has formally written to the Kerala government seeking assistance to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the worst-hit Mumbai-Pune industrial-commercial belt. The development came days after Maharashtra's Health Minister Rajesh Tope spoke to Kerala's Health and Social Welfare Minister K. K. Shailaja...

New Delhi: After many anxious moments India resumed civil passenger flight services Monday, exactly two-months after it had suspended these operations due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Accordingly, IndiGo operated its Delhi-Pune service early Monday. The IGI Airport will receive a SpiceJet flight from Ahmedabad...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 103 fresh COVID-19 cases Monday, taking the total tally in the state to 1,438. According to official sources, the number of active cases in the state stands at 881 as of Monday morning with 550 recoveries. Out of the 103 new cases,...

New Delhi: A record 6,977 new coronavirus cases and 154 more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours in India, taking the total number of such cases Monday to 1,38,845, a Health Ministry data revealed. Of the total, 77,103 are active cases and 4,021...

Wuhan: No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in central China's Hubei Province Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday. The province reported 38 new asymptomatic cases Sunday. By Sunday, Hubei had six existing confirmed COVID-19 cases, including one in severe condition and one in...

New Delhi: With the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus and the exponential rise in the number of cases, people from the North Eastern states of India, besides being affected by the pandemic, have also been hit by racial profiling and discrimination based on their appearance....

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surged past the 5.4 million mark, while the deaths increased to more than 345,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 5,406,537, while the death toll...

Kendrapara: Cyclone Amphan may have brought trails of misery for many. However, it also did pleasantly surprise some migrant returnees who were asked to vacate the shelter homes. At a number of places cyclone shelter homes are being used as quarantine centres. Mandatory quarantine exempted...

Jerusalem: Muslims around the world on Sunday began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramzan, with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks. The three-day holiday is usually a time of travel,...

New Delhi: Former India pacer Irfan Pathan reckons that the ban on using saliva for shining the ball is a significant blow to bowlers and authorities should ensure preparation of bowling-friendly Test wickets to prevent complete domination of the game by the batsmen. The ICC...