Coronavirus

San Francisco: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wednesday announced to set aside $1 billion from his equity in his financial services and mobile payment company Square to support global relief efforts towards COVID-19. In a series of tweets, he said it's important to show his work...

Geneva: International Air Transport Association on Tuesday predicted that some 25 million jobs globally are at risk with airline shutdown due to Covid-19 crisis. Accordingly, a new analysis by IATA shows that some 25 million jobs are at risk of disappearing with plummeting demand for...

Paris: As France entered its fourth week of lockdown, the coronavirus epidemic still hit hard, claiming 1,417 more deaths in hospitals and nursing homes, making the combined fatalities at 10,328, a French health official said. Data unveiled by General Director of Health Jerome Salomon showed...

Kolkata: In an alarming development, two pavement dwellers who earn their living by begging, have been detected positive for the novel coronavirus infection, officials said. One of them has been admitted at ID Hospital, Beliaghata, and the other at M R Bangur Hospital. One of...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with Parliamentary floor leaders of different parties on Wednesday morning at 11 am through video conference, to decide the future course of action as far as coronavirus outbreak in India is concerned, among other key...

Geneva: About 40 crore workers in India working in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a report today that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting 2.7 billion workers globally...

Kolkata: A 51-year-old coronavirus patient with a history of diabetes and hypertension, who has been discharged from a hospital here after recovery, said Tuesday he was in a positive frame of mind during his treatment. He asserted that diabetics should not be worried as long...

New Delhi: Amid the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, acclaimed author JK Rowling has shared a post on her Twitter account, showing techniques she used to overcome the symptoms of the disease after two weeks of illness. The ‘Harry Potter’ author shared the...

New York: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that the COVID-19 deaths in the state hit a new one-day peak, with 731 people dead in the largest single-day increase in fatalities since the coronavirus crisis engulfed the city, the epicentre of the pandemic in...

Mumbai/Nagpur: It was a momentous Tuesday for Nagpur man Khushroo Poacha when Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray called him up and took an overview of his charitable activities, done without donation of a single rupee. “I was shocked and awed when the Chief Minister himself...