Coronavirus

New Delhi: The novel coronavirus death toll across the world crossed 80,000 on Wednesday, according to the data released Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre. A total of 82,145 people have died so far, with 1,431,375 infections recorded globally. Besides, 301,385 people diagnosed with the...

Sakhigopal: Amid the lockdown, at least 26,700 families of 24 panchayats under Satyabadi block in Puri district have availed financial assistance of Rs 1,000 from the state govt Wednesday. People registered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) have availed the assistance, reports said. The...

New Delhi: In what may hold many answers to possibility of an extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with Parliamentary floor leaders of different parties this Wednesday morning. However, there is unlikely to be any immediate announcement,...

New York: US President Donald Trump has lashed out at the World Health Organisation for not giving sound advice and favouring China over the US as he hinted at taking a relook at the WHO funding from his country. "The W.H.O. really blew it. For...

New Delhi: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in the APAC region are much more likely than those in other regions to experience carve-out acquisition delays (33 per cent), against 18 per cent of those in the Americas and 16 per4 cent in...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday sealed the Satya Nagar area and marked it as a ‘containment zone’ to arrest the spread of COVID-19 as multiple persons in the locality tested positive for the virus. “The recent positive cases of COVID-19 detected in Satya...

Mumbai: Actor Saqib Saleem turns a year older Wednesday, and he plans to spend his special day with his sister, actress Huma S Qureshi, at home because he cannot go out due to the coronavirus lockdown. "I'm actually looking forward to having a quiet birthday...

Bhubaneswar: Cremation of coronavirus victims will be conducted by the State Government as per the guidelines of the Central Government, spokesperson on COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi said. The announcement came after Odisha registered its first coronavirus death April 6. Addressing a press conference, Bagchi said, cremation of...

Talcher: Police Wednesday arrested a man on charges of spreading rumours about the spread of coronavirus here in Angul district using an old picture on social media. The accused has been identified as Abhinash Samantaray (30), a resident of Hakimpara under Colliery police limits. Sources...

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Indo-Western fusion band Swaraag has come out with a song titled "Ja ja re Corona Virus", which has a Rajasthani folk touch to it. The video of the song has been shot at home. In the video, singer...