Coronavirus

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday that India must help all countries in their fight against coronavirus but lifesaving medicines should be made available to Indians first. “Friendship isn’t about retaliation. India must help all nations in their hour of need but lifesaving...

Keonjhar: The state government Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Utkal Hospital Pvt Ltd, to set up a special coronavirus hospital in Keonjhar to treat COVID-19 patients. The MoU was signed by district magistrate Ashish Thakre, CEO of Utkal Hospital Pvt Ltd Syed Kamran...

Karachi: Abandoned when Pakistan’s largest cities went into lockdown, hundreds of caged cats, dogs and rabbits have been found dead inside pet markets hurriedly shuttered as the coronavirus spread. Animals still alive in the corner of Karachi’s sprawling Empress Market were rescued only after activists...

Bhadrak: The district collector of Bhadrak Gyan Ranjan Das Monday issued an advisory asking people not to bring vehicles to the market after Bhadrak police arrested four shopkeepers and 21 violators for defying lockdown guidelines and using their vehicles. According to the advisory, the vegetable...

New Delhi: A case has been registered against two members of Tablighi Jamaat for allegedly defecating in front of a room at a quarantine centre in Narela here, police said Tuesday. The accused men are residents of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and has attended the...

Kendrapara: With the identification of first COVID-19 patient in Kendrapara district Monday, the district administration Tuesday took precautionary measures and sealed 11 villages that are within three-kilometre radius from ground zero in Aul area. The administration had already sealed the patient’s village Monday itself. Meanwhile,...

New Delhi: India has decided to export anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to several countries including those in the neighbourhood on a case-by-case basis in sync with its commitment to the international community to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Tuesday. Hydroxychloroquine is an old and inexpensive...

Soro: When the world is fighting with the deadly coronavirus, a 10-year-old boy, Avinash Behera of Gopalpur village under Soro block in Balasore district rose to occasion with a humanly gesture. Behera donated his entire pocket money he has been saving for past some years...

Washington: Scores of Indian Americans have tested positive with the novel coronavirus and several of them have died, according to multiple news reports from community organisations and diaspora leaders from across the US, currently the global epicentre of the deadly disease. While there is no...

Bhubaneswar: As a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed the office of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Monday and kept all the staff in home quarantine. BMC’s move came in the wake of detection of an employee of IB...