Coronavirus

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) further eased bad-loan rules Friday. It also froze dividend payment by lenders and pushed banks to lend more by cutting the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points, as it unveiled a second set of measures to support...

Puri: Amid the ongoing lockdown and closure of Puri Srimandir for devotees, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Friday announced to provide Rs 5,000 financial assistance to each of the temple servitors. In a statement, SJTA said that the servitors are struggling financially to make ends...

Zurich: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Friday it had developed an antibody test that it hopes to roll out in May. The new antibody will help in detecting people previously infected with COVID-19, even those who displayed no symptoms. Roche said in a statement that...

Mumbai: Actress Sara Ali Khan is a ‘rebel’ child who got ‘good grades in school’, according to her mother Amrita Singh and brother Ibrahim. Sara took to Instagram and shared a fun video with mom Amrita and brother Ibrahim as they sit together to take...

New Delhi: Researchers have developed a portable racket with ultraviolet (UV) light which they say can disinfect almost every surface. The surfaces may include groceries, e-commerce packets, keys, currency notes to vehicles. All one has to do is wave the device over the surfaces and...

Tokyo: IOC member John Coates, who oversees planning for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help ‘kick start’ Japan's economy. But then many don’t think on the same lines. Japan has been devastated like many countries by the coronavirus pandemic and...

Mumbai: Dancer-actress Nora Fatehi is utilising her lockdown days to hone her enviable moves. In her latest video, she pulls off a fusion of Afro, Urban and Dancehall styles of dancing, and the video has gone viral with almost 23 lakh views on Instagram till...

Nuapada: In view of blood banks facing acute shortage of blood amid lockdown and to raise awareness on blood donation, Nuapada collector Madhusmita Sahu donated blood Thursday evening. The collected sample was later sent to the blood bank in Nuapada district headquarters hospital. Inspired by...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange has asked officers of the district against visiting Bhubaneswar in view of Khordha district being declared a COVID-19 hotspot. Ganjam administration is keeping a close tab on those including common people and officials who have recently returned from Bhubaneswar....

Ganjam:  The district administration is turning schools and colleges in the Ganjam block into quarantine centres. These will be used to house people who return to their native villages after the lockdown ends May 3. There is a possibility that some of these returnees may...