Coronavirus

New Delhi: The BCCI is currently not in a position to take a call on the future of the Idian Premier League and it would be ‘too premature’ to comment on whether the tournament can be slotted in place of the ICC World T20 in...

Karachi: Disappointed with Kapil Dev’s response, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi has backed his former teammate Shoaib Akhtar’s proposal for an ODI series against India to help raise funds for the less privileged in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Afridi told reporters in Kohat that he...

Washington: A friend and donor to President Donald Trump who the president had said was in coma and seriously ill after becoming infected with the coronavirus has died. Stanley I Chera’s death Saturday was reported by ‘The Real Deal’, which covers the New York real...

New Delhi: Twenty-five districts across 15 states which had detected coronavirus infections earlier have contained the spread and reported no new cases in 14 days, the Union Health Ministry said Monday. The Health Ministry also asserted that the government has enough stocks to conduct tests...

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday enquired about the health of the ASI whose hand was chopped off in an attack by a group of ‘Nihangs’ in Patiala. Meanwhile, a Patiala local court sent 10 of the 11 accused to 11-day police remand. One...

Los Angeles: American rapper Gucci Mane’s insensitive remark related to coronavirus, in which he said he ‘pray his haters die’ of the deadly coronavirus, has angered many social media users. As the world struggles to contain the spread the novel virus, Gucci Mane, whose real...

Houston (US): Three Indian-Americans, who were hospitalised in a critical condition for COVID-19 here, are showing signs of recovery after being transfused with plasma from the recovered coronavirus patients, hospital sources have said. As the vaccine for COVID-19 is not expected for months and new...

Madrid: Workers in Spain’s construction and manufacturing sectors cautiously returned to work Monday as the daily death toll resumed its downward trend and new infections fell to the lowest level in three weeks. Spain is one of the worst-hit countries in the world, and saw...

Bhubaneswar: Two COVID-19 survivors, who have been discharged from hospitals, after their complete recovery urged people Monday not to lose hope on the system. They said it is important to follow government guidelines to defeat the coronavirus pandemic. The survivor duo, both Nizamuddin returnees, hailing...

Dubai: Nineteen Indians are stuck at the Dubai International Airport for the last 21 days after India announced its COVID-19 lockdown, leaving them tired, homesick and desperate to return home, according to a media report. Most of these stranded persons were in transit when India...