Coronavirus

Mumbai: Nobody can really identify them as they go about their jobs in villages across Maharashtra. They work quietly, far away from the spotlight. All the while they tell people the importance of isolation, of hygiene and of sanitisation to prevent the spread of COVID-19....

Mumbai: Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is the latest celebrity to point out the good habits to be followed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. She says if eating healthy and cleaning is essential, disinfecting homes is important too. In a video, posted by her fan club...

Bhawanipatna: The fear of contracting deadly coronavirus has not dissuaded anganwadi workers from operating in remote hamlets of Kalahandi district facing many odds. Chanchala Sahu from Paikabori village under Kankutru panchayat in Lanjigarh block of Kalahandi district is one such warrior fighting the COVID outbreak....

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce Ministry Piyush Goyal applauded the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) fresh slew of measures to ease liquidity and regulatory norms. In a series of tweets, Sitharaman said that central bank's announcement would enhance liquidity and improve credit...

London: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told the government that wearing face masks while travelling the UK capital should be compulsory, the media reported. Despite UK public health experts not currently recommending the use of face-coverings, Khan was lobbying for guidelines to be changed, reports...

New Delhi: The total number of coronavirus cases in India Friday evening reached 13,835, including foreign nationals, with 11,616 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said. The Health Ministry said, in its daily update, that 452 deaths have been reported in India so far, with...

Talcher: 5T secretary VK Pandian Friday visited Angul, Dhenkanal and Jagatsinghpur districts to review COVID-19 preparedness and hospital infrastructure in these districts. According to a source in the government, Angul district administration is setting up a 150-bed hospital with provision for eight ICUs at Nehru...

London: The coronavirus pandemic is currently raging in 193 countries of the world. As the death toll keeps mounting, so does the unscientific theories trying to curb its spread, increases. And in some cases it is the influential and powerful that dole out such ideas....

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Friday said that the ratio between number of patients recovered and number of deaths is 80:20 and 13.6 per cent people have recovered so far. The news is a big relief amid the novel coronavirus scare...

Bhubaneswar: As part of a new strategy for quick detection of coronavirus cases, the Odisha government will be conducting tests of 5,000 samples collected from COVID-19 hotspots in the state capital in the next seven days. The tests will be done on the basis of priority...