Coronavirus

New Delhi: Over a month into the nation-wide lockdown, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 23,452 Friday evening, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 17,915 are active, 4,813 people have recovered, and 723 people have succumbed to...

New Delhi: With the coronavirus crisis bringing global aviation industry to a halt, as many as 29.32 lakh jobs are likely to be at risk in India's aviation sector during the year 2020, according to a report by International Air Transport Association (IATA). The data...

Bhubaneswar: The Standing Committee on Labour headed by Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab in its final report to Lok Sabha Speaker sought more clarity on the matters regarding layoffs by industries. The panel was scrutinising the Industrial Relations Code-2019 which mainly deals with to the employer-worker...

New Delhi/London: A leading microbiologist from Russia has claimed that the novel coronavirus, which originated in Chinas Wuhan city, is the outcome of ‘crazy’ experiments conducted by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In an interview to Russian daily Moskovsky Komsomolets, translated in a...

Paris: The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 190,000 Friday, with nearly two-thirds of the fatalities in Europe, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 0740 GMT. A total of 190,089 people have died and 2,698,733 been infected since the...

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government Friday stepped up contact tracing in coronavirus hotspots in Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts to identify people who have recently returned from other states, especially West Bengal. The state government has imposed a 60-hour complete shutdown from 10 pm Thursday till...

Bareilly: The Indian Veterinary Research Institute has said prolonged confinement during lockdown could adversely impact the health of pet dogs. Scientists at IVRI said the sudden change in the normal routine affects most dogs psychologically. Experts said many pet dogs are finding it difficult to...

Paris: Nicotine could protect people from contracting the coronavirus, according to new research in France. Further trials are planned to test whether the substance could be used to prevent or treat the deadly illness. The findings emerged after researchers at a top Paris hospital examined...

New Delhi: The trajectory of COVID-19 cases could have plateaued and might even fall for some weeks after the lockdown is lifted. However, India is likely to see a second wave of coronavirus attack in late July or August with a surge in the number...

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said Friday that its robust surveillance system is closely monitoring around 9.45 lakh suspected Covid-19 cases across the country. Starting from stopping international flights to block the transmission of the infection from abroad, graded steps,...