Coronavirus

New Delhi: Lack of training is an obvious concern but India’s hockey players are also feeling homesick. They informed about their plight to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. The sports minister, assured them of a ‘controlled’ resumption of practice soon in an online interaction Thursday. Rijiju...

Bhubaneswar: Twin city Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi Thursday clarified that the relatives of passengers who are coming to the airport and railway station in the Capital city to receive their near and dear ones do not require any pass even during the 7pm to 7am...

Bhubaneswar: Inching a step further towards achieving a target of testing 15,000 samples per day, the state government has decided to set up testing facilities at Bolangir, Koraput and Baripada by the end of this month. Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das informed...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Thursday her government has made arrangements for 105 more trains to bring back people stuck in different parts of the country. Mamata Banerjee made the statement amid claims by opposition that the West Bengal government is not...

Singapore: Singapore Airlines (SIA) reported Thursday a net loss of 212 million Singapore dollars (USD 149.30 million). This is Singapore Airlines’ first annual net loss in its 48-year history. It happened after the coronavirus pandemic crippled air travel globally. In a filing to the Singapore...

London: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) predicted Thursday that there could be licensed drugs to treat coronavirus in the next few months. The body said that a vaccine might even be approved in early 2021, in a ‘best-case scenario’. Specialist's opinion Dr Marco Cavaleri, who...

Ankara: Turkish authorities have arrested a former top-tier football player. The football player confessed to murdering his five-year-old son while the boy was being treated in a hospital on suspicion of COVID-19 infection. Cevher Toktas, 32, handed himself over to police. He said that he...

London: The UK court hearing the extradition case of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an estimated USD 2 billion, Thursday adjourned the trial to be resumed from September 7. District Judge Samuel Goozee,...

New Delhi: The doubling time of coronavirus infection cases has slowed down to 13.9 days in the last three days. This was disclosed by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan here Thursday. The Health Minister said 14 states and Union Territories (UTs) have not reported any...

Mumbai: Rapper Raftaar in recent times have done a lot to help those in distress due to the lockdown. Now he has come up with a livestream as part of his initiative ‘Chess For Charity’. This is to help raise funds for background dancers who...