Coronavirus

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed Wednesday the Union government after the special economic package was announced. The chief minister said that the package has nothing of help to the states and is ‘a big zero’. She alleged the central government was ‘misleading...

Kanpur/Chitrakoot (UP): Three migrant labourers and an infant girl were killed, while 46 others suffered injuries in two road accidents in Uttar Pradesh. All the migrant laboureres were returning to their homes from other states, officials said on Wednesday. First accident A truck carrying a...

Boston: As the demand for COVID-19 diagnostic tests continues to soar, scientists have developed a blueprint to covert academic laboratories into facilities for testing patient samples for coronavirus. “As with other basic biology labs across the country, we were forced to shutter operations due to...

Kolkata: He has been tainted by a doping offence a year ago. However, Odisha FC and India footballer Rana Gharami has now become a hero in his home town. He is lending a helping hand to those struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Rana Gharami,...

San Francisco: Amid mounting pressure to keep a check on fake news related to COVID-19, Facebook has said that it put warning labels on about 50 million pieces of content related to the pandemic during the month of April. The content was flagged based on...

Bhadrak: The Bhadrak district administration has extended the curfew at Charampa railway station as two trains carrying thousands of migrant workers are expected to reach here Wednesday. The curfew, imposed within 500-metre radius of the Charampa railway station, has been extended until 7am, Thursday. Notably,...

Berhampur: A 32-year-old woman who had tested positive for coronavirus earlier gave birth to twins at MKCG Medical College and hospital in Berhampur Wednesday. According to a source, the pregnant woman had returned from Surat along with her husband. She was admitted to the Sitalapalli...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Wednesday that self-reliant India does not mean cutting off from rest of the world. Nirmala Sitharaman made the comment while addressing the media about the details of the special economic package. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said Tuesday...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange Wednesday asked all business establishments in the district to maintain contact diaries of the customers visiting them. According to Kulange, the shopkeepers will need to note address, name and phone numbers of the customers coming to their establishments. Besides,...

London: An ‘outstanding’ Indian-origin woman doctor has died in north-east of England after a long battle with the deadly coronavirus. Dr Poornima Nair, a 55-year-old Keralite from Delhi worked at the Station View Medical Centre in Durham county of England. Dr Poornima Nair died at...