Coronavirus

Kolkata: Four cops including the officer-in-charge of a police station were injured when they were attacked by villagers angry over not receiving rice and pulses distributed by a Trinamool Congress councilor in Baduria of West Bengal's 24 Parganas (North) district Wednesday, police said. The disturbances...

Rome: Potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by two private research laboratories outside of Rome could enter into a testing phase as soon as in September, according to information from the two companies. Advent-IRBM and Takis Biotech, two biotechnology companies based in Pomezia, a town around...

New Delhi: The ‘World Book Day’ will be celebrated Thursday. However, the festivities that mark the day will be missing due to the outbreak of the pandemic coronavirus. It will be different, but then the day will certainly be observed. Interactive sessions Interactive sessions with...

Avinash and Kirti had an online wedding April 14 which was virtually attended by 80 of their close friends and relatives. They also held an online mehendi and a sangeet ceremony apart from the marriage which was performed as per Hindu rituals wherein a priest...

Mumbai: Actress Tamannaah Bhatia says “today we are like caged animals,” and says that the universe has given us a time to reflect on the fact. “Lockdown is a need of the hour at this point of time and cases will multiply if we don't...

Bhubaneswar: With four more persons having travel history to Kolkata testing positive for COVID-19 in the state, Odisha Police Wednesday sealed roads along the West Bengal border. The roads were sealed and additional force deployment was made a day after DGP Abhaya visited the border...

New York: Researchers have discovered four new species of African leaf-nosed bats - cousins of the horseshoe bats that are believed to have served as hosts of the virus that caused COVID-19. The discovery, published in the journal ZooKeys, takes on special importance in the era...

Bhubaneswar: State Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik Wednesday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to ensure a quick decision over the annual Rath Jatra of Lord Jagannath after holding talks with Puri Shankaracharya and others keeping in view the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to the chief minister,...

London: Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, launched a new mental health helpline Wednesday. It is targetted at the National Health Service and other key workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic fightback. The project, called ‘Our...

Lucknow: The UP government will allow other states to take their stranded residents home if they wished, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said Wednesday. He said his government will cooperate on this issue with other states. Setting an example Uttar Pradesh recently sent buses to bring...