Coronavirus

New Delhi: Unobstructed cough could travel over two metres in less than three seconds, and keep going, according to new a study. First reported by ‘South China Morning Post’, the study was led by Canada's Western University. The study was done in the 2017-18 flu season...

Bhubaneswar: The Odia language version of Aarogya Setu app -- a mobile application developed by Ministry of Electronics and IT for the citizens to know and identify their risk of contracting COVID-19 -- uses the word ‘depressed’ in place of ‘deceased’. Odia word ‘mruta’ translates...

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Johnny Depp has made his debut on Instagram with a cover of John Lennon’s 1970 song ‘Isolation’. The actor, known for being elusive, joined the social media platform Thursday. Johnny Depp’s first post was a picture of him sitting on a...

New Delhi: With novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases growing rapidly in India, overburdened doctors, nurses and healthcare personnel at the frontline are facing immense pressure from the society at large. While fighting against the deadly virus, they are continuously facing threats and abuses from the society,...

New Delhi: Reading habits will continue irrespective of whether there is a lockdown or not. Well known publisher Harper Collins is aware of this fact. It has brought out three books digitally for the readers. One is written by the controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen....

Beijing: China’s economy contracted for the first time in decades as drastic measures to contain coronavirus brought activity to a standstill. The GDP shrank 6.8 per cent in January-March quarter from the same period last year, according to National Bureau of Statistics. It was the...

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has issued a show cause notice to Lovely Professional University near Jalandhar city for violating curfew norms by not shutting down the campus completely and allowing 3,200 people, comprising students, to stay there. The notice, issued by the Department of Higher...

Bhadrak: The Ganjam district administration had made spitting in public places an offence. It stated that those who do so in public will be penalized. Now the Bhadrak district administration has followed suit. It has also banned spitting in public. The information was disclosed Friday...

Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma was in the mood for some banter with hubby Virat Kohli amid the COVID-19 lockdown, but it seems like the Indian cricket captain was not too amused. Anushka took to Instagram where she can be seen troubling Virat. In the clip,...

  Paris: Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel cautioned Friday against the temptation to shoehorn too many Formula One (F1) races into a revised calendar. He described the move as ‘not realistic’. Coronavirus outbreak decimates F1 season The 22-event F1 season has been decimated by the...