Coronavirus

Bangalore: The Karnataka government Wednesday hiked excise duty on liquor by 11 per cent to mop up revenues, two day after allowing its sale, following the easing of COVID-19 induced lockdown. This hike is in addition to the six per cent that was announced in...

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government said Wednesday that plasma therapy will be used for the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients. Encouraging results This decision was taken after encouraging results from the plasma therapy. The state authorities had conducted a trial of the therapy on two patients...

Bhubaneswar: A few days ago Rahm Emanuel, an US politician said that people should never let a serious crisis go to waste. He meant to say that it’s an opportunity to do things people couldn’t do before. The comments had come in the context of...

New Delhi: The Delhi government ordered Wednesday release of 4,000 Tablighi members who have completed their quarantine period. The members had been kept in isolation centres in the national capital, sources said. Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain issued an order which also states that Tablighi...

New Delhi: Coronavirus tracking app ‘Aarogya Setu’ is ‘secure’ and there is no privacy breach in it. This was disclosed by Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here Wednesday. He rejected charges that it was a ‘sophisticated surveillance system’ that was leveraged to track citizens...

Rome: Italian scientists said Wednesday that they have successfully developed a vaccine that can help contain the coronavirus that causes the dreaded COVID-19 disease.  A report has said that the new vaccine will help in containing coronavirus that have spread rapidly across the globe. So...

Hyderabad: Exuberant tipplers thronged liquor shops while owners performed special prayers. They did so as sale of alcoholic beverages resumed Wednesday in Telangana. Shops had been closed for more than month due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Queuing up for booze Customers formed serpentine queues even...

Moscow: Two Russian doctors have died and one is in the intensive care unit in serious condition. All the three had fallen out of windows in hospitals under mysterious circumstances. The tragic incidents last week made national headlines here. Media reports said all three have...

New Delhi: Countries around the world are exploring the potential of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients. However, several experts have said it is not a ‘wonder drug’ and may even be fatal in some cases. Frantic efforts are underway to develop a vaccine againt COVID-19. Doctors all over are trying...

Tehran: Iran warned of a ‘rising trend’ in its coronavirus outbreak Wednesday as it said 1,680 new infections took its overall caseload beyond the 100,000 mark. The Islamic Republic has struggled to contain the Middle East’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak since announcing its first cases in...