Coronavirus

Paris: The new coronavirus has claimed at least 200,736 lives since its outbreak in China in December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP. More than 2,864,070 cases were registered in 193 countries and territories. Of these cases, at least 772,900 are...

Bhubaneswar: Three more persons have tested positive for deadly COVID-19 in the state taking the total number of positive cases so far to 103, Odisha Information and Public Relations departments said Sunday morning. https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1254238184772268032 “Health Update, 26th April: 03 New Positive Cases in Sundargarh (Rourkela)....

New Delhi: With the government allowing the opening of standalone retail shops in a bid to ease lockdown restrictions, Amazon and Flipkart Saturday urged the authorities to also let them sell non-essential items so that millions of consumers at home can be benefitted. Flipkart said...

New York: To prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have revealed that a combination of cotton with natural silk or chiffon can effectively filter out aerosol particles. According to the study, published in the journal ACS Nano, SARS-CoV-2,...

New Delhi: The India feature phone market saw a decline of around 24 per cent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2020, implying consumers are transitioning to smartphones, said a report. Leading the feature phones shipment in India is itel which increased its market share...

New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken cognizance of a research highlighting 95 per cent increase in online child porn traffic during the nationwide lockdown and sent notices to Google, WhatsApp and Twitter citing gaps on these platforms which...

Kolkata: Alarmed by the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Kolkata, Indian cricketer Shahbaz Nadeem has put off his plans to return to his residence here for the treatment of his ailing wife. Suffering from liver-related ailments, his wife Saman Akhtar was being treated in...

Bhubaneswar: The total novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Odisha reached 100 with six more persons from Jajpur district testing positive to the deadly virus Saturday. Subroto Bagchi, chief spokesperson of the state government on COVID-19, said, “We have now 65 active cases and 33 cases...

Ouagadougou (Burkina faso): The last time Amado Compaore saw his wife, she asked him for a phone charger so she could text friends and let them know she was OK. She died just hours later. Rose Marie Compaore, 62, Burkina Faso’s second Vice President of...

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus scare has pushed back the start of academic sessions in universities across the country, which will now begin in September 2020. It is one of the recommendations made by a seven-member committee set up by the University...