Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As many as 67 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in last 24 hours bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 1,336, official data suggested Sunday. The state has so far recorded seven deaths to the contagion. According to Information and...

Washington: US President Donald Trump returned to a golf course at one of his properties as jurisdictions across America reopened additional public spaces for people eager to take advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Saturday, Trump, an avid golfer, decided...

New Delhi: COVID-19 cases in India saw the biggest spike for the third consecutive day Sunday with 6,767 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 1,31,868. The death toll due to the disease rose to 3,867 after 147 more fatalities,...

Mumbai:  Veteran film and TV actor Kiran Kumar has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently under home quarantine. The 74-year-old actor said he is asymptomatic and is doing 'absolutely fine'. "I am asymptomatic. On May 14, I went to the hospital for a medical...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 5.3 million, while the death toll surged past 342,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 5,309,698, while the death toll increased to...

Mumbai: India opener Rohit Sharma said he had recovered from his calf-injury and was all set to play before the coronavirus-forced lockdown upset his plans and now will have to clear a fitness test before he can resume his duties with the national team. The...

Ahmedabad: In an embarrassing mix-up in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, a coronavirus positive man was discharged from hospital on the basis of a negative report that actually belonged to another person with the same name, officials said Saturday. The authorities at civic-run Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital admitted...

London: England captain Joe Root feels the likely ban on using saliva to shine the ball in the post COVID-19 pandemic world can actually improve the skills of the bowlers, who will have to put more effort to get something out of the pitch. The...

New Delhi: Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, an eminent pulmonologist and former head of the Department of Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, died at his residence Saturday. He was 79. Dr...

Chandigarh: Indian National Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala Saturday said he would sit on ‘dharna’ if the ML Khattar government does not clear “outstanding payments” to farmers for procuring their wheat and mustard crop. “Farmers feel cheated. The government makes tall claims, but reality...