Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Two nurses working in a private hospital were evicted from their rented houses here Tuesday, after which the Odisha government urged landlords not to ‘lock down humanity’ during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of novel coronavirus. Odisha government spokesperson on COVID-19,...

New Delhi: Around 80,000 jobs are expected to be cut by various retailers due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by industry body Retailers Association of India (RAI). RAI had conducted a survey of 768 retailers, who employ 3,92,963 people across India,...

Srinagar: In Kashmir, policemen are out on the roads enforcing the lockdown that’s in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been working non-stop and in double shifts since the lockdown was enforced a fortnight back. Most of them have not been to their...

New Delhi: In some good news for parents, ‘Collins Learning’ has made free online access to student textbooks that combine all subjects in a single grade e-book, for classes one through eight during the lockdown period. Across the country, parents are settling into the idea...

New Delhi: The Central government is mulling extending the nationwide lockdown beyond April 14 to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic following requests from several states and experts, government sources said Tuesday. However, sources did not indicate if a final decision has been taken...

New Delhi: Former India captain and opener Sunil Gavaskar donated Tuesday Rs 59 lakh, while Test regular Cheteshwar Pujara also made an unspecified contribution to the PM-CARES fund, joining the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed over 115 lives in India. Chetehwar Pujara...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Air Force Monday (IAF) deployed two of its AN-32 cargo aircrafts Monday to airlift critical medical equipment needed to set up a testing facility in the state, the force said Tuesday. According to a tweet by IAF media coordination centre, “02 AN-32 transport...

Kolkata: After reports of a tiger testing positive for the pandemic COVID-19 in the United States set alarm bells ringing across the globe, wildlife experts in India have dismissed the possibility of the big cats contracting the disease at Sundarbans on account of the forest’s...

Washington: A novel vaccine fully protects mice against a lethal dose of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a close cousin of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, scientists said Tuesday. The vaccine uses a harmless virus to deliver a MERS coronavirus protein into cells to...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that in 578 districts of the country, a solid network of state governments and Union Territories along with NGOs is operational to implement relief measures for the people, including migrant workers, affected by the nationwide lockdown...