Coronavirus

New York: The US dollar rose slightly in late trading Friday amid renewed concerns over uncertainties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.06 per cent at 99.0866 in late trading. In late New...

New York: US stocks finished Friday's session noticeably lower amid a broad market sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 622.03 points, or 2.55 per cent, to 23,723.69. The S&P 500 fell 81.72 points, or 2.81 per cent, to 2,830.71. The Nasdaq Composite Index decreased...

Berlin: Three members of Bundesliga club FC Koln have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and are currently under quarantine. The German side recently returned to training in groups and had the entire playing squad, as well as the coaching and background staff tested for...

Malkangiri: Even though the district is yet to get a COVID-19 patient, the Kolkata returnees hiding in different parts of the district have been a cause of concern for the district administration. District BSNL office sources said 42 persons from other districts and states have...

New Delhi: With 2,293 new cases in past 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 37,336 Saturday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 26,167 are active, 9,950 people have recovered, and 1,218 people have succumbed...

San Francisco: Protests were staged in at least 11 California cities, urging the authorities to lift the restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen the state as quickly as possible. Friday, more than 500 protesters converged on Huntington Beach, a city...

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the news that there were no more hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus originated last December, praising its people's 'tireless efforts' to combat the pandemic. According to city authorities, Wuhan, the...

New Delhi: Two policemen of Delhi Police crime branch associated with the probe into the allegations of negligence by the members of Tablighi Jamaat and its chief Maulana Saad have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). A member of the crime branch provided this information...

Rome: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 28,236 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities, and recoveries to 207,428, latest data from the country's Civil Protection Department showed Friday. Some 269 new fatalities were registered over the past 24 hours. There were...

New York: The number of COVID-19 cases in the US has reached 1,100,197 as of 7.40 p.m. (Friday), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The death toll from the disease in the country hit 64,789. New York...