Coronavirus

Kolkata: Two doctors and a laboratory technician involved in Covid-19 testing were Tuesday detected positive for the dreaded virus here. One of the doctors is attached to the privately owned Charnock Hospital, which has been temporarily shut down for fumigation after the death of a...

London: The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reached 12,107, a daily increase of 778, the Department of Health and Social Care said. As of Tuesday morning, a total of 93,873 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed,...

Bhubaneswar: Several cancer patients living in rural areas are now badly hit by the lockdown as the treatment regime of many of them have been disrupted owing to the curbs put forth by the government to manage COVID-19. A number of them had been earlier taking...

Puri: Even though the district administration has introduced several preventive measures to deal with the deadly coronavirus, it is yet to sanitise the Swargadwar—one of the busiest cremation grounds in the state. Similarly, no step has been taken by the administration to disinfect Utkal Balashram,...

New Delhi: Legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar has said that a bilateral series between India and Pakistan is not possible in the present circumstances. Sunil Gavaskar said that Lahore receiving snowfall may be possible, but not an India-Pakistan series. Shoaib Akhtar’s proposal Former Pakistan speedster...

Surat: As the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus was extended to May 3, hundreds of migrant workers took to the streets of this city once more Tuesday. They alleged that they were not getting food in the camps in which they have been...

New Delhi: The first 21 days of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown has recorded a spike of about 10,300 COVID-19 cases. During this period beginning March 25 more than 340 deaths have been reported. The lockdown in India has been billed the world largest shutdown, keeping...

Washington: Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its latest forecast. The IMF said Tuesday that it expects the global economy...

Imphal: ‘Meitei Lengyan’, a traditional Manipuri scarf, was worn by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation Tuesday.  The scarf grabbed huge attention especially in the north-eastern states. The stole that he used as a scarf is called ‘Leiroom phee’ and used mainly by...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh reported 102 fresh coronavirus cases and three fatalities Tuesday. The total number of COVID-19 patients in UP rose to 660 and the death toll to eight, an official said. Among the latest deaths, two were reported from Agra and one in Moradabad,...