Coronavirus

Auckland: Known for his tongue-in-cheek take on life and cricket, New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham is depending on humour during tough times. He is focusing on the funny side of things. He feels it will help him cope with difficult situations like the COVID-19 pandemic....

Cuttack: Amid a shortage of hand sanitisers in the market and keeping in mind the health department advisory that recommends its use at workplaces in absence of handwashing facility, Cuttack's Christ College staff prepared hand sanitisers in their laboratory and gave them away to police personnel...

Bangalore: The wedding of former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Gowda with Revathi at a farmhouse near Bidadi in Karnataka's Ramangara district on Friday sparked a row over alleged violation of lockdown norms. Taking objection to non-observance of social distancing by the attendees who...

New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his administration from classifying some COVID-19 cases as ‘Tablighi Jamaat’ or ‘Masjid Markaz’. The plea has said such segmentation amounts to religious profiling. In Delhi,...

Amaravati: The surging fears and stigma over coronavirus infection forced a woman in Andhra Pradesh refused entry to her husband in the house, till he underwent COVID-19 test. The incident occurred in Venkatagiri in Nellore district when the man stuck in Nellore since the lockdown...

Cuttack: The Odisha government as per the Centre’s directive will relax lockdown restrictions in certain sectors after April 20. However, it is also gearing up to control gatherings once the restrictions are relaxed. DGP Abhay interacted with top police officials Thursday including IGs of all...

Washington: Indian-American Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has been appointed to the White House coronavirus advisory council. The council has been formed to combat the deadly disease in the United States. The country has seen over 6,000 deaths in the last two days. Ro Khanna, 43,...

London:  Using paper towels to dry your hands is substantially more effective than hand dryers for removing viruses including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new study. According to the researchers, hand drying is important to minimise the spread of dangerous microbes - including...

Ahmedabad: The total number of positive cases of coronavirus in Gujarat crossed the 1,000-mark Friday after 92 new infections was reported during the last 12 hours, health officials said here. The death toll went up to 38 with two more persons succumbing to the disease....

Sundargarh: Amid the ongoing lockdown and closure of schools, Sundargarh district administration has started distribution of textbooks for Class I to VIII students at their doorsteps. The book delivery began Wednesday as directed by School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash. Sundargarh collector had...