Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Five more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Jajpur district Saturday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha to 154. The five cases include a 28-year-old male, 56-year-old male, 63-year-old male, 24-year-old female and 60-year-old female, the Health & Family Welfare Department...

New Delhi: Cycle rickshaws, autos, taxi, cabs, barber shops and intra-district plying of vehicles and buses are restricted in Red Zones mentioned in the fresh lockdown 3.0 guidelines to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission. However, the guidelines allowed the movement of individuals and vehicles,...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Friday said that it was a good day for the state as no fresh positive case was reported. May Day being a public holiday, Vijayan made the announcement through his Facebook account. "So far 392 people have been cured...

New Delhi: Citing ‘significant gains’ of the ongoing restriction across the country, the Union Home Ministry Friday extended the countrywide lockdown for a further period of two weeks with effect from May 4 to contain the Covid-19 outbreak. The third phase of the lockdown will...

Bolangir: After getting its first coronavirus infected patients with reports of two youths coming positive for the infection Friday, Bolangir district administration has swung into action. Informing about the travel history of the two patients, Collector Arindam Dakua said these two affected youths of Likhiria...

Moscow: Russia has reported a new daily record of 7,933 confirmed coronavirus cases in just 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 114,431, the country's COVID-19 response centre said Friday. The death toll from the pandemic increased by 96 to 1,169, while 13,220...

New Delhi: The Congress Friday attacked the government over the plight of the migrant workers, saying fiscal injection for them is the need of the hour. The party has been demanding a second financial assistance package for some time now. Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu...

New Delhi: The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 35,365 Friday evening, with 1,755 cases and 77 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 25,148 are active, 9,064 people have recovered, and 1,152...

Bhanjanagar: After obtaining necessary permission from Surat district administration in Gujarat, four buses carrying 228 Odia migrant workers set out for Ganjam district Friday. Most of the migrant workers had been experiencing various issues ever since the lockdown began and had been trying on their...

New Delhi: The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said Friday it did not sell a single unit in the domestic market in April. The is due to the nationwide lockdown implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The company had zero sales in...