Coronavirus

Islamabad: Pakistan has reported a total of 34,337 COVID-19 cases, with 12,610 in Sindh, 5,021 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 2,158 in Balochistan, 475 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 759 in Islamabad, a health official said Wednesday. So far, the virus has claimed at least 737 lives, while at least...

New Delhi: Four domestic pharma firms – Cipla, Jubilant Life Sciences, Hetero and Mylan – have entered into non-exclusive licensing agreements with drug major Gilead Sciences Inc. The agreement is for manufacturing and distribution of remdesivir, a potential therapy for COVID-19. The medicine has been issued...

New Delhi: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, who visited the railway ministry office a week ago, has tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials said Wednesday. RPF Director General Arun Kumar said, "One of our force personnel today tested positive for Covid-19." He said that...

New Delhi: Host and actor Maniesh Paul, who has made a short film titled "What If", a thriller, revolving around the lockdown days, says the proceedings earned by the movie will be used for charity. "Whatever money we will be getting from the film, we...

New Delhi: There are enough indications that restrictions on mass transport systems will be removed during lockdown 4.0. This was indicated Wednesday by sources close to the prime minister’s office (PMO). Currently Prime Minister Narendra Modi is involved in a meeting with secretaries of the...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, observed during a hearing Wednesday that instructions may be issued soon for judges and lawyers not to wear gowns and jackets, as “it makes it easier to catch virus”. Justice Bobde told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, while...

Ranchi: Here's another tale of herculean endeavour by yet another migrant -- this time it is middle aged Govind Mandal who carried his wife and son on his rickshaw from Delhi to Deoghar paddling for nearly 1,350 km for a fortnight, proving the adage "where...

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and suggested a slew of relief measures for the middle class, small traders, farmers and craftsmen to help them tide over the crisis created by the...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court will Thursday hear a PIL on opening of liquor shops in Cuttack city. Even though the union government has allowed sale of liquor during the third phase of lockdown, the state government is yet to come out with specific notifications...

New Delhi: All the four special Rajdhani Express trains which departed from different cities arrived in the national capital Wednesday morning, while one train left for Thiruvananthapuram from New Delhi. However, in the absence of public transport, many passengers were stranded outside the railway station...