Coronavirus

New Delhi: In a major breakthrough, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur have come up with a corona killer box that will sanitise all essential commodities that are brought into homes from outside. Vegetables, fruits, sugar, milk, pulses, mobiles, rupees, keys and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought Union government’s response to a petition seeking safe movement of migrant workers to their native places and if there is any proposal in this regard. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justices NV Ramana, SK Kaul...

Bhubaneswar: A whopping 4.86 lakh people stranded in other states due to the nationwide lockdown have registered themselves in state government’s portal for their return to Odisha in just three days. “The state government, April 24, had launched the portal https://covid19.odisha.gov.in for registration of migrants,...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala health authorities are baffled at not being able to identify the source of infection of eight people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week, Health Minister KK Shailaja said Monday. “Those who have turned positive at Kottayam and the two nurses...

New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has called a meeting with state education ministers to discuss issues related to COVID-19 and mid-day meal programme, officials said Monday. The meeting will be held at 2.00pm Tuesday through video conferencing. “The HRD minister will interact...

Thiruvananthapuram: Twelve hours after the Kerala government opened a website, on which all those who want to return from abroad would have to register, over 1.5 lakh of Kerala diaspora have registered expressing their desire to return, when the airports open. These registrations are mostly...

Chhatrapur: Two days after a boat carrying 38 migrant fishermen reached Ganjam, sources said that 35 more such people are learnt to be on their way from Chennai to the district. Their boat is expected to touch Ganjam coast by Monday night. Localities of migrant...

New Delhi: E-commerce giant Amazon India said Monday it has strengthened its partnership with the Indian Railways. It said that it has ramped up its operations to 55 lanes. It will enable faster deliveries to customers amid the nationwide lockdown. Last year, Amazon India had...

Chennai: The ongoing lockdown in the country, which has affected many sectors, has also not spared temples. The places of worship in Tamil Nadu are suffering losses running into crore of rupees by way of ‘hundiyal’ offerings. The temples have no other means to augment...

New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 28,380 and the death toll due to it rose to 886 in the country Monday. It was a record increase of 60 deaths in 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. There has been a...