Coronavirus

New York: Cases of New York City residents, contacting healthcare authorities over possible exposure to common household cleaners, rose following a controversial comment by US President Donald Trump suggesting injecting disinfectants into the human body as a coronavirus treatment. In the 18 hours following the...

New Delhi: Criticising the decision to cut dearness allowance (DA) hike of government employees and pensioners, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, here Saturday, and asked central government to scrap the bullet train and the central vista projects to save 30 per cent expenditure. "By...

Jammu: One patient died and 40 more tested positive on Sunday for COVID-19 in J&K, taking the total number of corona positive to 494 in the Union Territory even as officials attributed the spurt to more vigorous testing on the ground. "Finally J&K breaks the...

Bhubaneswar: The Revenue and Disaster Management Department of state government Saturday partially modified its earlier order to relax norms to allow reopening of standalone and neighbourhood non-essential shops. A notification issued by the department says all shops registered under the Odisha Shops & Commercial Establishments...

Los Angeles: The wait to watch Benedict Cumberbatch wield magic on the big screen in the title role of Doctor Strange just got longer. The film has been pushed back amid the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 crisis. Disney has moved Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of...

New Delhi: On Saturday, the Home Ministry clarified that only standalone shops are being allowed to open as per the directive and that the order does not apply to Covid-19 containment zones or liquor stores. Then in a further clarification, the government said that salons,...

New Delhi: Despite the central government's order to allow the opening of standalone shops amid the lockdown, shopkeepers in Delhi will have to wait a little longer as the Delhi government is yet to decide on the implementation of the order. According to a senior...

New Delhi: Sporting events across the globe have either been cancelled or suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak and the same goes for cricket. And just like Kapil Dev, former India star Yuvraj Singh believes that cricket shouldn't be on the mind right now and...

Brussels: Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes has announced a detailed plan to gradually lift the country's coronavirus restrictions, the media reported Saturday. After hours of discussions on Friday, Prime Minister Wilmes announced a timetable to gradually end the country's lockdown, which began March 12, reports...

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 tally crossed the 1000-mark on Saturday morning. With 61 new cases detected during the course of testing done between 10 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday, the number of coronavirus cases in the state touched 1016, while the death...