Coronavirus

Mumbai: Daily wage earners have been badly hit due to the COVID-19 lockdown, and Arunabh Kumar, founder of The Viral Fever (TVF), along with YouTubers like Bhuvan Bam and Prajakta Koli, has started an initiative called #CreatorsforWorkers to pitch in with help. New media entrepreneurs...

Delhi: Legendary Kapil Dev Thursday slammed Shoaib Akhtar’s idea of a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “India doesn’t need the money” and it is not worth risking lives for a cricket match. Speaking to...

New York: At least 11 Indians have died of COVID-19 in the United States (US) according to latest reports available Thursday. Eighteen others have also tested for the dreaded coronavirus and are in hospital in various states of the US. The pandemic coronavirus have so...

Mumbai: Members of the Muslim community helped in performing the last rites of their 68-year-old Hindu neighbour here in suburban Bandra after the latter’s relatives could not reach his place due to the lockdown. The Muslim neighbours carried the body of Premchandra Buddhalal Mahavir, a...

New Delhi: The lack of fiscal space will pose a big hurdle for the central government to announce grants for industries to pay wages of employees unable to work due to coronavirus, sources have recently said. They said that industry representatives have conducted meetings with...

New Delhi: The ‘Childline India’ helpline has received more than 92,000 SOS calls asking for protection from abuse and violence in 11 days. It is an indication that the lockdown has turned into extended captivity not just for many women but also for a lot...

Jaipur: When his mother died, nurse Ram Murti Meena was at work at SMS Hospital’s coronavirus isolation ward. He saw the last rites being performed on a video call on his mobile phone. “Certainly, it was a painful thing for me to skip the funeral...

Digapahandi: Following the direction of Odisha government in which it has said that wearing of masks is mandatory from April 9 onwards, officials of the Digapahandi Notified Area Council (NAC) in Ganjam district,   distributed masks to vegetable vendors and other shopkeepers Thursday. The use...

Puri: The nationwide lockdown implemented to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus has severely affected approximately 2,000 fishermen and their families living in the Penthakata area of Puri district. Overall, close to 10,000 fishermen and their families reside at Penthakata. Some of the fishermen...

Dhenkanal: Fifteen persons who had come in contact with a Tablighi Jamaat returnee in this town have tested negative for the dreaded coronavirus, District Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera said Thursday. Sources said, the 15 have been allowed to return to their homes following a proper...