Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: 23 more persons tested positive for coronavirus infection Tuesday, taking to the state’s tally to 437. Among these 23 new cases, 15 are from Balasore, three each from Ganjam and Jajpur and one each from Puri and Boudh. Odisha now has 349 active cases...

Washington: The global number of coronavirus cases has surpassed the 4.1 million mark, while the death toll stood at 285,971, according to the Johns Hopkins University. AS of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases increased to 4,175,284, the latest update by the University's Center...

Kendrapara: Fishermen in Mahakalapara and Rajnagar blocks in the district are a worried lot nowadays as their dry fish trade has been severely hit due to the countrywide lockdown, a report said. Fishermen are panicky about losing their livelihood as dry fish business has come...

London: Premier League clubs received a boost to their hopes of completing the season Monday. The British government published a ‘roadmap’ that could see the return of elite sport in England from June 1. As the 20 English top-flight clubs met for further talks on...

Chandigarh: Well coronavirus is not just killing people, it is healing some too. Well that is the case in Punjab. The government of Punjab has achieved a ‘major success’ against the malady of drug abuse. Over 86,000 drug addicts have registered themselves for treatment due...

Kanpur: A 35-year-old Home Guard jawan in Kanpur district has offered himself for human trial of COVID-19 vaccine. The Home Guard has been identified as Akash Gupta, a resident of Juhi locality on Kanpur-Hamirpur road. The father of two, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat reported 347 new COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths Monday, with Ahmedabad alone accounting for 19, taking the total case count to 8,542 and the overall number of fatalities to 513, a health department official said. A total of 235 patients were discharged, taking...

Bhubaneswar: Following revised home isolation guidelines for very mild symptomatic and asymptomatic Covid-19 cases, the state government has allowed such patients to go for home isolation. During a presser here Monday, Additional Chief Secretary-Health, PK Mohapatra said patients with mild symptoms of Covid-19 or asymptomatic...

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is stable and his condition has improved. Manmohan Singh has also tested negative for COVID-19, hospital sources said on Monday. Reasons for hospitalisation Manmohan Singh (87) was admitted to the AIIMS here Sunday evening after he suffered reaction...

New Delhi: The government Monday issued a set of guidelines to be followed for data processing of ‘Aarogya Setu’ app users. It added a few clauses that may lead to imprisonment of persons found guilty of violating certain norms while using the Aarogya Setu app....