Coronavirus

Jammu: Thirty more tested positive in J&K Friday, taking the total number of COVID-19 patients to 823 in the Union Territory. A statement issued by the Information Department said 30 more tested positive today and all of them belong to Kashmir division. With this the...

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Friday said if doctors and scientists are saying that COVID-19 cases will reach its peak in June, it might happen, adding patterns of other countries are also similar. While speaking to the media, Jain was commenting on AIIMS-Delhi...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to consider a plea raising the issue of mass termination and the illegal salary cut of employees in IT/ITES/BPO/KPI by their employers during the lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan,...

New Delhi: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari Friday blamed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for opening liquor stores without realising the real picture of the city and also held the Aam Aadmi Party government responsible for red-zoning of all districts in the national capital. Speaking to...

Bhubaneswar:  With thousands of migrant workers reaching Odisha, the state recorded the largest-ever jump in COVID patients Friday with the state tally reaching 270. According to Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department of the state government, Ganjam reported a massive spike in COVID positive cases...

Geneva: As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday. The WHO warning comes as the continent's most populous nation, Nigeria, with others including South...

Guwahati: A 16-year-old girl tested positive for Covid-19 in Guwahati Thursday night a day after her death, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Friday. With the girl's death, Assam's death toll due to coronavirus has risen to two as a 65-years-old man from Hailakandi...

Hyderabad: Depressed over the postponement of their marriage due to the ongoing lockdown, a couple in Telangana's Adilabad district committed suicide Friday, police said. Pendur Ganesh (22) and Soyam Seethabai (20) ended their lives by consuming pesticides in an agricultural field in Kannapur village in...

New Delhi: As many as 35 CISF personnel are among 526 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) troops who have been tested positive for novel coronavirus till Friday across the country. Of the 35 in the CISF, 15 are in Mumbai, 14 in Delhi, four in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday stayed an order of Orissa High Court which mandates that the migrant workers planning to come to Odisha should be tested negative for COVID-19 before starting their return journey. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices...