Coronavirus

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev has directed officials to take strict action against landlords forcing migrant workers and students to pay rent. He said leniency must be shown amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Dev, in the order issued April 22, said all district magistrates...

Chandigarh: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij directed Thursday top police officials to take action against political leaders violating lockdown. This directive came in an apparent reference to visits by the opposition to grain mandis. The Congress is the main opposition in Haryana. Referring to such...

Beijing: Cash-rich China Thursday announced an additional USD 30 million grant to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its global fight against the deadly coronavirus, days after Beijing expressed “serious concern” over President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze US’ funding for the UN health...

New Delhi: The Shahi Imams of Jama Masjid and Fatehpuri Masjid in the city have appealed to Muslims to offer namaz indoors. They have said during the holy month of Ramzan people should stay at home. The devotees should follow lockdown guidelines to prevent the...

Kolkata: A central team Thursday visited a quarantine centre in Rajarhat area in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and a hospital in the city to take stock of the state’s preparedness to combat the COVID-19 crisis, an official said. Two inter-ministerial central teams are...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Thursday people to read books as it ‘helps broaden knowledge base and stimulate minds’. Patnaik, taking to Twitter, on the occasion of ‘World Book Day’, said reading helps us understand different cultures. “Books help us broaden our knowledge,...

Thiruvananthapuram: With the entire Malayalam film industry affected adversely by the Covid-19 lockdown, the producer's association has requested its actors and technicians to reduce their fees by 50 percent when the lockdown is lifted and the working in the industry gets back to normal. Around...

Bhubaneswar: The total number of positive coronavirus cases in Odisha went up to 89 Thursday. Four new cases were reported from the Jajpur district while two were reported from Balasore district. With the addition of four more cases the total number of coronavirus cases in...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said issues of migrant workers must be addressed as the first priority and lockdown beyond May 3 should only be continued in COVID-19 hotspots and not in green zones. Speaking at the Congress Working Committee meeting through video-conferencing,...

New York: It is not just the COVID-19 virus is focusing its attention on human beings only. The virus which first originated from an animal market in Wuhan, China is also a threat to big cats. Big cats hit by coronavirus The latest to be...