Coronavirus

Paris: French Ligue 1 club Reims were left with nothing but mourning as they came to know that long-serving doctor Bernard Gonzalez committed suicide after getting diagnosed with coronavirus. Reims president Jean-Pierre Caillot said the coronavirus pandemic has affected the club "in the heart" following the...

Mumbai: As the world is facing a severe health crisis due to the outbreak of coronavirus, a slew of celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt among many others, have come together to create awareness about COVID-19 through a...

Mumbai: Amid the lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis, actress Rakul Preet Singh is helping over 200 families living in a slum close to her home in Gurugram. She says that it is a “small effort” to express her gratitude. The actress along with her...

Mumbai: A residential building in the city's Malad area, where several celebrities including actress Ankita Lokhande stays, has been entirely sealed off after a man in the complex tested positive for COVID-19. The person in question had returned from Spain last month, according to a...

London: As the UK reels under the coronavirus scourge with the national toll nearing 5,000 and total cases almost at 50,000, Queen Elizabeth II will Sunday evening make a special address to the nation — the fifth of her nearly seven-decade-long reign — to rally...

New Delhi: Former India star batsman Yuvraj Singh on Sunday pledged to donate Rs 50 lakh to the PM CARES Fund to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are stronger when we stand united. I will be lighting a candle tonight at 9pm for 9...

London: The COVID-19 lockdowns globally have not only made air breathable or rivers clean but have also resulted in the way our Earth moves, as researchers now report a drop in seismic noise (the hum of vibrations in the planets crust) because transport networks, real...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has switched off the lights at his official residences and took to the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to turn off electric lights and use candles, diyas and flashlights for nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday...

New Delhi: Even as there were over 3,500 coronavirus cases on Sunday and the death count reached 83, India overwhelmingly responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call Sunday night. Right at 9 p.m., Indians switched off its lights and lit candles or flashed mobile torches...

Shimla, Apr 5 (PTI) A 37-year-old man hanged himself to death in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district Sunday morning after allegedly facing ‘social boycott’ by some villagers, who suspected him to be suffering from COVID-19 despite testing negative for it. Mohammad Dilshad committed suicide under a shed...