Coronavirus

Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh): It was once famous for its Banarasi sarees. Now Mubarakpur in Uttar Pradesh has got a new identity as a coronavirus hotspot. It has made lives very difficult for the town’s weavers and their families. Plight of weavers Looms here have been...

It is Kota (Rajasthan): A Congress MLA in Rajasthan has sought reopening of liquor shops immediately. Bharat Singh Kundanpur’s reasoning is quite simple. He said that alcohol-based sanitisers are being used to destroy coronavirus on hands. So alcoholic drinks will kill the virus in tipplers’...

Mumbai: Oscar and Grammy-winning Indian composer AR Rahman and celebrated lyricist Prasoon Joshi have united to give a musical tribute to the nation's fight against COVID-19, with song Hum haar nahi maanenge. The song has been conceptualised to spread hope, positivity and motivation. The emotional...

Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh): The coronavirus lockdown did not act as a hindrance to this 23-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh. He kept his marriage date even if he had to pedal some 100km to reach his bride’s home. He did so all alone with no family...

Aska: Three buses carrying the second batch of Odia migrant workers who were stranded in Surat due to the ongoing lockdown reached this block in Ganjam district at around 2.30am Friday morning. One hundred and eight persons returned to the district. The district administration was aware...

Thiruvananthapuram: All arrangements are in place for the first train, carrying 1,200 stranded migrant labourers, to leave from Ernakulam (Kerala) for Bhubaneswar in Odisha Friday evening, said Kerala Home Secretary Biswas Mehta. According to the State Labour department there are 20,826 camps across the state...

Jharsuguda: 5T secretary VK Pandian and development commissioner Suresh Mohapatra Friday visited Jharsuguda and Sundargarh to review the COVID-19 preparedness in these districts by the local administration. Pandian and Mohapatra went to the COVID hospital at the old DHH premises in Jharsuguda district and inspected...

Mumbai: Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined hand with Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to protect vulnerable children across the world from the coronavirus. Priyanka Chopra took to social media to express her concern over the effect of Coronavirus on vulnerable children. She tweeted:...

Beijing: COVID-19 patients have significantly low counts of a cell type that plays a crucial role in immune response, with lower numbers of these cells indicating the severity of the disease, according to a study whose findings may lead to the development of new therapeutics...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Friday said that 14 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. With the recent recoveries, Kendrapara district has become COVID free. “Happy to announce that another 14 #COVID19 patients have recovered in #Odisha, taking the total...