Coronavirus

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday slammed the Centre for sending teams to look into West Bengal’s preparedness for tackling the Covid-19 outbreak and alleged faulty testing kits were dispatched to the state. Banerjee’s comments came a day after a war of words broke out...

Bhubaneswar: Mandatory 14-day quarantine for those returning from abroad. Large number of tests and early restrictions on movement of people are among the reasons that seem to have helped slow down the spread of coronavirus in Odisha. The state, has recorded a doubling rate of...

Mumbai: A 30 year-old Colombian national stuck here due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown has lodged a complaint against a policeman. She has alleged that a junior police officer had made sexual advances on her at a hotel. The woman said that she had filed a...

New Delhi: Indian cricket icon, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar will turn 47 Friday. However, he has decided not to celebrate his birthday this year. This is to show a mark of respect to the frontline workers leading India’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Reasons for...

London: With the advent of the pandemic coronavirus the days of cheap flight tickets seem to be over as for now. Airline tickets had become affordable for many. But now with coronavirus changing physical distancing rules, airlines must increase ticket prices or go bust. New...

New Delhi: IRDAI has allowed insurers to collect health insurance premiums in instalments for products they deem appropriate, in view of the prevailing conditions due to COVID-19 outbreak, which has adversely affected economic activities. In September last year, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of...

Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma and her cricketer husband Virat Kohli are maintaining a routine for a healthy lifestyle every single day despite the COVID-19 lockdown, and they are being focussed on boosting immunity. "We, honestly, are not doing anything different from what we normally do....

Singapore: Over 1,000 foreign workers, including Indian nationals, tested positive for coronavirus in Singapore Wednesday, taking the total number of infections to 10,141, as the city-state battles a second wave of contagion. The “vast majority” of the new cases are work permit holders residing in...

Nuapada: Yudhishthira Patel, a 50-year-old poor landless man from Tanwat panchayat under Sadar block of Nuapada district, is worried considering his inability to take care of his centenarian grandmother and septuagenarian father. Quite like many other blue-collar workers across the country,  Yudhishthira’s family has also...

Mumbai: Actor Katrina Kaif Wednesday pledged her contribution towards providing food and sanitary needs to the daily wage earners in Bhandara district of Maharashtra. The actor, through her brand Kay Beauty, has partnered with De'Haat Foundation in their work to aid these workers hit by...