Coronavirus

Melbourne: The costliest foreign player in Indian Premier League (IPL), Pat Cummins has said he would be willing to play in the T20 event without fans as it would help bring a sense of normality in a world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. But then...

New Delhi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Masatsugu Asakawa assured Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of USD 2.2 billion (about Rs 16,500 crore) support to India in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In a call, ADB chief Asakawa commended the Indian government’s decisive response to...

Panaji: The coronavirus outbreak coupled with the lockdown has triggered an increase in the cases of stress, anxiety and domestic violence in Goa, mental health experts claimed Friday. According to counsellors in the coastal state, the number of SOS calls from victims of domestic violence...

Mumbai: Aladdin Naam Toh Suna Hoga actress Avneet Kaur is enjoying a new kind of busy schedule at home during the nationwide lockdown. "I am making best use of this time away from the shoot and spending most of it with my family as I do...

New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has assured all possible help to hockey Olympian and member of the 1975 World Cup winning team, Ashok Diwan, who is currently stranded in the United States (US) due to travel restrictions in place amid global COVID-19 pandemic. Kiren...

  Mumbai: The hashtag #DilSeThankYou has kept trending on Twitter all of Thursday and well into Friday, which is hardly surprising because it includes the tweets of A-list stars . What catches your attention about this particular trend, which had garnered an impressive 51.3k tweets...

Bhopal: India lost its first frontline warrior against the deadly coronavirus when a 62-year-old doctor, who had tested positive for the disease, died in Thursday night in Indore. With the death of the doctor, coronavirus has so far claimed 23 victims in Madhya Pradesh. Four...

Berhampur:  The police in Ganjam district have seized 1,757 vehicles from April 4 till date for breaking lockdown rules implemented to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the imposition of lockdown in Odisha, the police have been asking people not to use their...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care Thursday evening as he continues his recovery from COVID-19. However, doctors said that Boris Johnson will remain under close observation in hospital. Johnson, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital here Sunday evening with a persistent...

Guwahati: Assam reported Friday the first death due to complications related to COVID-19 with the total number of positive cases in the state rising to 28, minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The patient, hailing from Hailakandi district, died early Friday morning at Silchar Medical College...