Coronavirus

New Delhi: The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, scheduled to be played in November in India, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. FIFA has announced that it took the decision after FIFA-Confederations working group, which was recently established by the Bureau of the...

Baripada: In light of the coronavirus outbreak, Mayurbhanj district administration started the second phase of disinfection drive Saturday to sanitise offices and streets in Balasore circle to Palbani locality in Baripada of Mayurbhanj district. Several employees of the district fire brigade services department were seen spraying...

Mumbai: Popular producer Ekta Kapoor is giving up her one-year salary of Rs 2.5 crore at Balaji Telefilms to ensure her employees dont suffer during the lockdown, which was announced last month owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Ekta took to her social media Friday to...

Washington: The US has recorded nearly 1,500 coronavirus deaths in a span of 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities registered in a day globally since the pandemic began last December, it was reported. According to figures from the Washington-based Johns Hopkins University's Center for...

Mumbai: Singer Kailash Kher is looking forward to "dispel the darkness spread by coronavirus" by playing live from his home April 5. Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called to light lamps Sunday at 9 pm for 9 minutes to dispel the darkness caused by the...

Mumbai: Actor Rahul Dev is set to add on three kilos of muscle for an upcoming project. He is currently seen in the web series Who's Your Daddy? "I am loving the response being given to Who's Your Daddy? It's hilarious and people are enjoying...

Gandhinagar: A 42-year-old man in Gujarat's Palanpur who was put under 14-day quarantine period has committed suicide, police said. Vinodbhai Purushottambhai Chaurasia was put on quarantine on March 20. Police said his quarantine period ended on Friday and the coronavirus test reports were negative. Police...

Bengaluru: Digital payments major PhonePe Friday announced the launch of a national movement called #i4India after its #100CrorePledge to help India fight the extraordinary challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic went viral last week. The #i4India movement is an appeal to every Indian to support...

Rio de Janeiro: Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has donated $1 million to help combat the coronavirus outbreak in his native Brazil. The funds were divided between the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a charity campaign launched by television presenter Luciano Huck, Xinhua reported citing...

Bhubaneswar: In the ongoing world crisis called coronavirus which has become a global threat of unprecedented proportions, healthcare workers have become the soldiers on the frontline of the war against this pandemic. Many doctors from the state are doing their part in providing treatment to...