Coronavirus

New Delhi: INS Magar departed from Male in Maldives Sunday for Kochi in Kerala with 202 Indian nationals, the Indian Navy said. INS Jalashwa, the first ship carrying evacuees from Maldives under ‘Operation Samudra Setu' reached Kochi harbour on Sunday morning with 698 Indian citizens,...

Madrid: Five players from Spain’s top two leagues have tested positive for coronavirus, La Liga confirmed Sunday. Players in Spain’s top-flight and Segunda division were allowed to carry out individual work at training grounds last week. The move was the beginning of a staggered training...

Dubai: The Abu Dhabi BAPS Hindu Temple will participate in the “Prayers for Humanity” initiative called by the Higher Committee on Human Fraternity May 14 to unite the people in the fight against coronavirus. Head of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, Abu Dhabi, Brahmavihari Swamiji said,...

Barwani (MP): A 30-year-old woman travelling from Maharashtra to her native village in Satna in Madhya Pradesh on foot amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown delivered a child en route, said a police official in Barwani Sunday. The woman, identified as Shakuntala, and the infant, her fourth...

New Delhi: IRDAI has further extended the grace period for renewal of life insurance policies whose premium was due in March till May 31 in wake of the extension of lockdown to fight spread of coronavirus. IRDAI had March 23 and April 4 announced additional...

New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has formed a six-member committee to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for phased resumption of training across sporting disciplines at all the centres once the coronavirus-forced national lockdown is lifted. The six-member panel will be headed...

Washington: America’s economy, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, is likely to bounce back in the third and fourth quarter and is going to have a great 2021, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed...

New Delhi: Ten states and Union Territories have not reported any COVID-19 case in last 24 hours Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Sunday. He also said that the recovery rate has increased to over 30 per cent. Harsh Vardhan asserted that India was moving fast...

New Delhi: A contractual woman teacher of a North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run school and her husband have died after contracting coronavirus, the civic body said Sunday. She died on the night of May 4 in a hospital where she was admitted since May 2. Her...

New Delhi: It is estimated that the novel coronavirus will infect a maximum of three million people by October provided the ongoing third phase of lockdown till May 17 is ‘implemented strictly’. However, lack of strict implementation of the two previous phases of lockdown may...