Coronavirus

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,074 after 66 more fatalities and the number of cases climbed to 33,050 in the country Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 23,651,...

New Delhi: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 33,300 crore under the MGNREGA in the current financial year so far to liquidate all outstanding dues of previous years and to meet wage expenditure till June, Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Wednesday. Interacting with rural...

Lucknow: Jails in Uttar Pradesh will soon start production of polythene-based improvised Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kit, developed by IIT- Kanpur researchers, for Corona warriors. A beginning in this direction is being made in Mathura jail. Senior Superintendent of the Mathura jail Shailendra Maitri said...

Washington: As many as 82 residents living at an aging veterans home in the US state Massachusetts have died, including 70 having tested positive for coronavirus, the state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. The death toll at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home...

Bhubaneswar: Throwing lockdown guidelines to the winds, some liquor and betel shops are selling alcoholic drinks, various banned pan masala and tobacco products including cannabis in the Capital city. The shop owners are also charging exorbitant prices from the customers, sources said. Both the Union...

Bhubaneswar: Three new cases of COVID-19 have been found from Jajpur district in Odisha Thursday early morning. Now, total number of cases in Jajpur district alone reached 22, of which only one has been recovered and discharged. With these three new cases reported, Jajpur district...

Los Angeles: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will allow only films streamed online for the forthcoming Oscars in the wake of the industry-wide shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The organisers of the annual awards made the announcement on Tuesday, adding that...

Even as the world is witnessing a crunch in personal protective equipment (PPE), a team of US surgeons has developed a new process to disinfect disposable N95 masks that allows health care workers to reuse their masks for up to 20 times. The novel disinfection...

New York: A team of US doctors has claimed that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential “game-changer” for COVID-19 by President Donald Trump, has improved the survival and recovery odds for about 90 per cent of patients infected with the virus. In a letter to...

Bhubaneswar: Even as nearly five lakh migrant workers have registered themselves for their return to Odisha, many labourers stranded in Karnataka are facing a harrowing time as food and other essentials have eluded them. According to sources, thousands of labourers are working as carpenters, security...