Coronavirus

Mumbai: Two Mumbai policemen have succumbed to Covid-19 in quick succession, sending shockwaves in the city's police circles, officials said here Sunday. According to a senior official, these are the first two cases of corona deaths among the Mumbai Police. A 57-year-old policeman, under treatment...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has allowed the stand-alone shops in the national capital based on the Union Home Ministry's order but the markets and complexes will remain shut, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday. Speaking to the media, Kejriwal also said that no other...

New Delhi: As the world struggles to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday appealed to the people to shun the habit of spitting in public places. Pointing out that it was a case of "better late than never", the Prime Minister...

Baliguda: Several posters urging villagers to maintain social distancing from Maoist in view of coronavirus outbreak were seen put up at various places in both Baliguda and Nuagaon blocks of Kandhamal district Sunday. Biswa Arogya Chetana Association has allegedly put up these posters for the...

Chikiti: Stuck for days in Chennai without basic necessities amid the ongoing lockdown, as many as 38 migrant labourers from Chikiti block of Ganjam district took on a six-day long voyage on sea aboard a fishing dinghy to come back to the state. They managed...

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP): Eighteen persons of a family in Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar district have tested positive for coronavirus. Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Sanjay Kumar Pandey said that a 23-year-old man of Maghar area was found Corona positive April 21. Officials sent samples...

Rome: In another sign of encouragement, Italy reported 415 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, the smallest daily increase since March 18, fresh figures showed. Saturday's number of new deaths was five fewer from Friday's 420, according to figures from the country's Civil Protection Department....

New Delhi: The total number of novel coronavirus cases in India reached to 26,596 the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said Sunday. In a morning update, the Health Ministry said, of the total cases at least 19,871 are active cases. A total of 5,803...

Washington:  US President Donald Trump tweeted that his daily coronavirus briefings were not worth his time, two days after sparking a furore by suggesting patients might be injected with disinfectant to kill an infection. He appeared to confirm media reports that he was considering halting...

Berlin:  German police arrested dozens of protesters in Berlin for flouting the coronavirus lockdown measures they were demonstrating against. About 1,000 people turned out for the rally, which has become a weekly event in the German capital. Saturday's protest attracted mainly far-left activists but there...