Coronavirus

Beijing: China’s health authority has officially included damage to a number of internal organs as among the potential effects of the novel coronavirus, expanding medical insurance coverage for patients as the long-term toll of the disease emerges. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) in its guidelines...

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown had ensured this year’s Ramzan was going to be like no other in living memory — no iftaar parties, no meeting with friends, no late night shopping, no prayers at mosques. But many devout Muslims are appreciative the lockdown has...

Cuttack: There will be no summer vacation this year for any courts in Odisha, including the high court, according to a notification issued Sunday. In view of the restrictions imposed by the Centre and the state government, and on account of the ongoing lockdown, the...

Mumbai: As many as 20,485 people placed orders for home delivery of liquor across the state Sunday, an top official of the excise department said. The home delivery of liquor has been started in Maharashtra from May 15. “The total orders delivered at home in...

Mumbai: The city, India’s financial capital, reported 1,571 COVID-19 new positive coronavirus cases. Among the new cases, 44 are from the Dharavi slum area. It took the total number of affected people in the city to 19,967. This was disclosed by a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

Kolkata: Twenty-year-old Chandan Rajwar wanted to be a lawyer but he quit college and joined a marble factory in Rajasthan to support his family, while Ajit Mahato, his 50-year-old colleague, was saving money to marry off his daughter. The two had left the western state...

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Sunday directed the state government to conduct a COVID-19 test for anyone being sent to judicial or policy custody, making sure that only those who are free of the disease are put behind bars. A bench of Chief Justice Indrajit...

Puri: As many as 30 officials of Kumbharpada police, including the IIC, here were quarantined after they came in contact with a theft accused who was arrested three days back tested COVID-19 positive Sunday. While the police station was sanitised Sunday evening, the swab samples...

New Delhi: Railways Sunday said only Shramik Specials, other special trains, and parcel and freight services will operate during the fourth phase of lockdown, beginning May 18. The national transporter, which has cancelled all its regular passenger services till June 30, said the guidelines issued...

New Delhi: Prohibition on all public gatherings, closure of schools, malls and restaurants, and suspension of flight and Metro services will remain in force till May 31 as the government Sunday extended the ongoing countrywide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 spread. The Union home ministry...