Coronavirus

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Government has started bringing back workers hailing from the state who were stranded in other parts of the country due to the lockdown and as many as 2,224 labourers have returned in the first phase, a senior official said Saturday. Briefing...

Paris/Madrid: The new coronavirus has killed more than 120,00 people in Europe with more than three quarters of those fatalities in Italy, France, Spain and Britain, according to an AFP tally Saturday 1100 GMT using official figures. With 120,140 deaths and 1,344,172 cases, Europe is...

Mumbai: The COVID-19 situation appeared to worsen in Maharashtra with 22 corona deaths and a huge 811 new patients — the highest since the previous high of 778 fresh cases on Thursday — health officials said Saturday. With today's figures, the state's total casualties shot...

London: Downing Street Saturday went into strong denial mode after a political row broke out over a UK media report claiming that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide had attended secret meetings of the scientific group advising the government on its Covid-19 response strategy....

Bhubaneswar: The state government has launched a dedicated website to recognise the work of individuals and organisations that are voluntarily engaged in the war against COVID-19 pandemic. Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has inaugurated the website `https://covidsangramee.odisha.gov.in’ inviting volunteers of Odisha to join the fight...

Mumbai: Actor Vidya Balan has decided to donate 1000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to the frontline healthcare staff across India. In a video message posted on her Facebook page, the actor announced that she is also collaborating with celebrity shout-out platform Tring to raise...

Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress Saturday described the two inter-ministerial central teams (IMCT) visiting West Bengal to assess the COVID-19 situation as “India’s Most Callous Team,” which, it said, has sought to spread the political virus “shamelessly”. The central teams have been visiting hospitals and...

New Delhi: State-owned Bank of Baroda Saturday said it will provide an ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of business correspondents (BCs) in case of loss of life due to COVID-19. It will also provide health insurance cover of Rs...

Kolkata: A central team on a visit to West Bengal to assess the COVID-19 situation on Saturday flagged non-cooperation on the part of the state government over providing logistical support and other relevant information. In a letter to Chief Secretary Rajiv Sinha, the inter-ministerial central...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department Saturday said that the COVID-19 infected man from Sundargarh district has recovered while Jajpur district administration announced five more positive cases. This took the district's tally to 17. With this, total recovered cases in the state stand at...