Coronavirus

New Delhi: IndiGo will be cutting the salaries of senior employees from May onwards. The airline company has also implemented a ‘limited, graded leave without pay programme’ for the months of May, June and July. This was disclosed Friday by the company’s CEO Ronojoy Dutta....

Madrid: Barcelona FC will be able to start individual training Friday after none of the club's first team players or coaches tested positive for COVID-19. "The first team will return to training this Friday individually following the protocols laid down by La Liga," the club...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Friday the Government must start giving transparency to its actions in fighting COVID-19. It should do so by cooperating with states and making them partners in decision-making. Rahul addressed Friday a press conference through video conference. He said...

Mumbai: In an attempt to prevent smuggling of liquor from neighbouring states during the lockdown, Maharashtra has sealed its borders with them and deployed adequate manpower at a dozen checkposts, an official said Friday. The move by the Maharashtra excise department has come in the...

Seoul: South Korean health authorities have warned against an increase in new COVID-19 cases, as the country reported yet another cluster infection Friday after easing social distancing. The country detected 12 more cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, most of which were imported, bringing the...

Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare Department, government of Odisha said Friday in a tweet that one more patient has been cured of COVID-19. The Rourkela man had been under treatment for some time now and has now tested negative for COVID-19. The number of...

London: In a growing list of studies on vitamin D and its link with COVID-19 disease, British researchers have found an association between low average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries. Previous observational studies...

New York: Loss of the sense of smell is most likely to occur by the third day of infection with the novel coronavirus. This has been found according to a study of over 100 COVID-19 patients. This development can help public health experts better identify...

Balasore: Balasore police with the help of a special task force of the crime branch Friday arrested a man for allegedly selling brown sugar. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the Laxmananath area in the district and nabbed the accused. About 30 gram of brown...

Karachi: A cricket museum based in India has bought a bat auctioned by Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali. It has done so to raise funds for the needy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Up for grabs Azhar had put two of his precious belongings up for...