Coronavirus

New Delhi: As novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to increase in the country, at least 88 per cent Indians feel that the 21-day nationwide lockdown, scheduled to end April 14, should be extended further, a new poll said Thursday. The findings showed that 88 per...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the coronavirus outbreak, approximately 3.3 crore beneficiaries, covered under Food Security Schemes, have been provided 5.65 lakh million tonnes (MT) rice and wheat in advance for the month of April, May, and June, Odisha government’s chief spokesperson on coronavirus -19, Subroto Bagchi said...

Mumbai: Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has started distributing 2000 packets of food daily to provide lunch and dinner to the needy across Mumbai amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This gesture in addition to providing monthly ration to one lakh households of daily wage workers associated with...

Hyderabad: Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu Thursday took a moment to appreciate the efforts of the Telangana Police for working day and night to ensure that the nationwide lockdown, implemented to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, is a success. "I want to take this...

Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone channelled their inner Mickey and Minnie Mouse in a new post on social media that seems to be amusing fans to bits. Ranveer took to Instagram and Twitter, and shared a quirky caricature of his wife and himself....

Bhubaneswar: The stranded labourers of other states staying in camps and other places in Bhubaneswar have become a cause of concern for the administration as they are allegedly not maintaining social distancing norms. Labourers from different places like New Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,...

New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre, states and Union Territories to nationalise all healthcare facilities and related entities till COVID-19 pandemic is contained in the country. The plea, which claimed that India does not have...

Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood has offered his hotel in the city for the healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses and the paramedical staff, for stay as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. The actor said it’s important for everyone to stand strongly with the medical staff across...

Jammu: Two persons who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin were booked for allegedly concealing travel history in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said Thursday. Upon receiving information from the medical authority, Ramnagar, that two persons have concealed their travel history...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar is set to build a COVID-19 testing centre to test samples of persons with suspected symptoms of the deadly virus. The Director of ILS Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida informed Principal Secretary of Health...