Coronavirus

Dhaka: Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has raised $24,000 for the country’s coronavirus campaign. Noble gesture Shakib Al Hassan has auctioned the bat he used at the 2019 World Cup. Shakib emerged as one of the highest run-getters in the World Cup with 606...

New Delhi: It’s been close to seven years since he has given up the game. But he still remembers the ‘Saachin’, ‘Saachin’ chants that reverberated in most stadiums across the world when he batted. That is why iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar says the very idea...

Washington: More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for US unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Thursday. Roughly 26 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the five weeks...

New Delhi: The government said Thursday that it has been able to ‘cut coronavirus transmission’ and minimise its spread. It also said it has been able to increase the doubling time of COVID-19 cases during the 30-day nationwide lockdown. The Union Health Ministry said that...

Bhubaneswar: With the spike in COVID-19 cases, state government announced a 60-hour complete shutdown in Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts from 10 pm Thursday. Announcing the imposition of complete shutdown in the three districts, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said the rising number of novel coronavirus...

Mumbai: A 51-year-old Mumbai resident was arrested for refusing to accept groceries delivered by a Muslim Tuesday, according to media reports. Barkat Patel reached the man’s home to deliver groceries ordered online and called his wife, according to a national daily. The man asked Patel...

Rourkela: In an attempt to block the entry of unregistered returnees from outside the state inside Sundargarh district, the local administration Thursday sealed the borders. Sundargarh police put barricades at all major entry and exit points in border areas of the district with other neighbouring...

Pune: A 92-year-old has recovered from COVID-19 despite being paralysed by a stroke which also affected her ability to recognise faces. The woman and three members of her family including her three-and-a-half-year-old great-granddaughter returned home from a city-based private hospital Monday. According to a doctor...

London: Oxford University is launching a human trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine. The researchers have the daunting aim of making a successful jab available to the public later this year. Of the more than 100 research projects around the world to find a vaccine,...

Thane: The crime branch of the Thane police arrested Thursday 25 persons including 21 foreign nationals. They had allegedly attended a gathering of the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi in March. They were arrested after their quarantine period was over. A court later granted them bail,...