Coronavirus

Cuttack: SCB Medical College and Hospital here has so far tested over 20,000 samples for COVID-19. Chief Minister’s Office and Chief Secretary lauded SCBMCH in their tweets for this commendable job. Sample testing for COVID-19 started at SCBMCH March 31. With minimum staff and equipment,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 102 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Odisha, taking the state’s tally to 978. At the same time, the state registered another death, increasing the state’s death toll to five, informed Odisha state Health and Family Welfare Department Tuesday. Of...

Kolkata: Hawkers in West Bengal Monday threatened to stage protests if they are not extended cash support by the government, insisting that merely opening their stalls will not help them tide over the crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mamata Banerjee-led government had earlier in...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has disclosed that he is taking daily doses of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to ward off the coronavirus, though health officials have warned it may be unsafe. Speaking at a meeting of restaurant executives on Monday, Trump said he began taking...

New Delhi: The number of novel Coronavirus patients in India passed the significant one-lakh mark Tuesday with total number of cases rising to 1.01 lakh, with a rise of 4,970 cases in past 24 hours, Union Health Ministry data revealed. According to the Ministry, there...

Los Angeles: In his latest painting, Hollywood star Jim Carrey has projected US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the infamous ghost twins from horror classic The Shining, over their poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic. According to Carrey, the novel...

Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone has said the past several weeks have been ‘exceptionally unusual’, but also very difficult. She said everyone is facing the fear of uncertainty about the future. Deepika Padukone added that she wants to share how she is nurturing her mental health...

New Delhi: The Anil Kumble-led ICC Cricket Committee on Monday recommended banning the use of saliva to shine the ball. This recommendation was done owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a meeting over a video conference Monday, the Anil Kumble-led committee also pushed for another change....

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government accepted Monday the Congress offer to run 1,000 buses to bring migrant labourers back to the state. This proposal had triggered a war of words between the two sides. The UP government asked Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who...

Unnao (UP): Accidents continued to plague migrant workers in Uttar Pradesh. Two migrant labourers were Monday killed and 20 others injured. The tragedy happened when the vehicle carrying them from Delhi to Azamgarh. The vehicle overturned in Behda Mujawar area on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police...