Coronavirus

New Delhi:  While the rest of the world is struggling against the coronavirus pandemic as hundreds continue to die every day, the Xi Jinping regime has been vigorously carrying out its ambitious defence exercises in the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, Beijing has also announced that it...

Beijing:  President Xi Jinping Friday called for tighter supervision of safety measures at workplaces as China gears up to resume work and production in a big way after over two months of battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Xi asked officials to strengthen monitoring and law...

Kolkata:  Several banks have cautioned their customers against possible attempts by fraudsters as they became active to exploit the three-month loan repayment moratorium offer in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Friday. The cybercriminals pretending as officials of banks have been reaching out...

Cox's Bazar:  Bangladesh has imposed a "complete lockdown" in Cox's Bazar district -- home to over a million Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar -- to halt the spread of coronavirus, officials have said. Experts have warned that the disease could spread quickly through the cramped,...

New Delhi: The global death toll due to coronavirus crossed the 100,000 mark late Friday, with Italy, the US and Spain accounting for over half of the fatalities, while there were over 1.65 million cases with well over a fourth of them in the US...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 COVID-19 patients Friday tested negative for coronavirus, Health and Family Welfare Department said. With two more testing positive for the disease, number of active cases in the state stand at 37 while total cases have jumped to 50 as of early Saturday...

Bolangir: The lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 has severely affected the livelihood of lakhs of kendu leaf pluckers and binding labourers in Bolangir district. Already suffering at the hands of middlemen, the kendu leaf pluckers and binding labourers received a body blow...

Jharsugada: In view of growing number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha, state health minister Naba Kishore Das Friday requested union health minister Harsh Vardhan to grant more funds and provide more personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare workers engaged in the state. Speaking...

London: Actor Purab Kohli Friday took to social media and assured fans that he and his family have fully recovered from a bout of the novel coronavirus. "Thank you all... you lovely people for your warms wishes... we really left a strong bolt of love...