Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Health Ministry issued Sunday guidelines for domestic travel. It advised the passengers to download the ‘Aarogya Setu’ application on their mobile devices. The Health Ministry also asked states to ensure thermal screening at departure point of airports, railway stations and bus terminals....

Bangalore: Neglect of diseases like TB and cholera during the lockdown may cancel out lives potentially saved by the COVID-19-induced enforcement measure. This was disclosed by a public health expert, Sunday. Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, Public Health Foundation of India, V Ramana...

Khajuripada: Migrant workers from Surat who were en route to their homes flouted lockdown norms here Sunday. They got down from the bus they were travelling in and took a bath in the pond at Sambepadar village. This incident created panic among the local residents....

Bhandaripokhari: The Odisha government and district administrations have devised methods to keep inmates busy and occupied at various quarantine centres in the state. However, the inmates of the facility at Kulana Maitree Government High School in Bisola village of Tesinga panchayat under Bhandaripokhari block in...

Ahmedabad: Human life is precious and cannot be wasted, the Gujarat High Court said Saturday. The Gujarat High Court also pulled up the Civil Hospital here, for its poor handling of COVID-19 patients. So far 377 persons have died due to COVID-19 infection in the...

Karachi: Former Pakistan opener Taufeeq Umar has tested positive for COVID-19 but said his “symptoms are not at all severe”. The 38-year-old is the fourth cricketer to be infected with the coronavirus after Majid Haq (Scotland), Zafar Sarfraz (Pakistan) and Solo Nqweni (South Africa). “I...

New Delhi: The Health Ministry Sunday issued guidelines for international arrivals, saying that before boarding, all travellers shall give an undertaking that they would undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days. The guidelines come a day after Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said India will...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Sunday said any lawsuits brought against China over the COVID-19 have “zero factual basis in law or international precedence”. Wang told reporters at a news conference that China was a victim of the global pandemic alongside other countries and...

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd has launched an online grocery service, ‘JioMart’, the head of its grocery retail business said. It is a move aimed at rivalling ‘Amazon.com’s local unit and Walmart Inc’s ‘Flipkart’. Both ‘Amazon’ ‘Flipkart’ are big players in the Indian market. ‘JioMart’...

Khurda: As many as 1,464 Odia migrant workers stranded in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu amid coronavirus-induced lockdown Sunday arrived at Khurda Road railway station in this district aboard a Shramik Special train. Among the Tamil Nadu returnees, there are 344 from Ganjam, 235 from...