Coronavirus

Sundargarh: The shutdown in Sundargarh district’s Bisra town has been extended by another 48 hours, the district administration said Thursday. A source said collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan took this step after considering all aspects. Bisra area was first declared a containment zone April 12 and...

Paris: The worldwide death toll from coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,37,500 Thursday, according to a tally compiled by this agency. The tally was mad with the help of WHO figures. More than 2,083,820 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the...

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suffered a revenue loss to the tune of USD 90 million in its last media rights deal because of the freezed bilateral cricket ties with India since 2008. India have played against Pakistan only in ICC tournaments in...

Tehran: Iran Thursday announced 92 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the third straight day that official fatalities remained in double digits in the Middle East's worst-hit country. Health ministry spokesman Kinaoush Jahanpour told a news conference the latest deaths brought the official total to...

New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry said Thursday that passengers who had booked flight tickets during the first phase of lockdown for travel up to May 3 must get a full refund from the airlines without any cancellation charges if they ask for it. Several...

Bargarh: Everyone is trying their best to contribute to prevent the spread of the pandemic coronavirus. Padma Shri and poet Haldhar Nag is also doing his bit.  The poet was seen distributing masks Thursday at Ghens Bazaar under Sohela block in Bargarh district. “Coronavirus has...

New Delhi: The News Broadcasters Association on Thursday described the arrest of a journalist in Maharashtra over a news report, which allegedly led to a crowd gathering in Mumbai's Bandra, as a “frontal assault” on the freedom of press and urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has said action has been ordered against a reporter and an anchor of a news channel for allegedly running a “false” story that state minister Jitendra Awhad’s daughter tested coronavirus positive at the time of return from Spain. In...

New Delhi: The BCCI Thursday suspended the 2020 Indian Premier League “till further notice” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 400 lives and affected over 12,000 in the country. The PTI reported April 14 that the Indian cricket board...

Madrid: Spain’s coronavirus death toll soared past 19,000 Thursday after another 551 people died of COVID-19, with the numbers reflecting a slowdown after nearly five weeks of lockdown. One of the worst-hit countries in the world, Spain has seen the increase in the number of...