Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 73 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, taking the state’s total tally to 611. According to the Information and Public Relations Department, the number of active cases in the state now stands at 465 with three deaths. Of the 73 new cases, Ganjam district...

Washington: The global number of coronavirus cases has surged to over 4.3 million, while the death toll was nearing 300,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 4,347,015, while the death toll increased to 297,197,...

Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh): Six people were killed and two injured after allegedly being run over by a state transport bus while they were walking towards Muzaffarnagar late Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as Harek Singh 51, his son Vikas 22, Guddu 18, Vasudev...

San Francisco: Ride-hailing app Uber has laid off nearly 3,700 employees or about 14 per cent of its workforce via multiple Zoom calls and each call lasted less than three minutes, with a common message: "Today will be your last working day with Uber". Last...

New York: An Indian-origin engineer has been charged by prosecutors with making fraudulent applications for over $10 million loans under the US COVID-19 relief programme. Shashank Rai "fraudulently pursued millions of dollars in loans intended for legitimate small businesses suffering the economic hardships of the...

Geneva: Officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) have said it is hard to predict when the pandemic will be over, but countries should stay positive and collaborate closely. "We have a new virus entering the human population for the first time, and therefore it...

Mumbai: Anushka Sharma has delivered a message to people who have been abandoning their pets in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Instagram Stories, the Bollywood actress shared a forwarded message that has a picture which shows a couple of men walking down the...

New Delhi: The Indian women’s cricket team needs to develop the mental toughness that the mighty Australians possess to end its drought of winning a world title, feels veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami. Like the men’s team, Indian women have been consistently reaching the knock-out stages...

 Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik praised Wednesday the economic revival package announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Naveen Patnaik said the package will now largely mitigate the distress of the working class. “The package for employment and economic revival will now largely mitigate the...

Kolkata: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra accused Wednesday the Centre of misleading people regarding the Rs 20 lakh crore special economic package. Amit Mitra said the actual dole is about two per cent of the country’s GDP. Modi’s announcement In a big push to...