Coronavirus

Rewa (Madhya Pradesh): A police officer was removed   from field duty Friday in Padmadhar area of this district in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hitting a temple priest while enforcing the lockdown in place for the novel coronavirus outbreak. Rewa IG of Police Chanchal Shekhar identified...

 Shimla: It can surely be termed sheer bad luck. Two migrant workers, who arrived here from Bihar amid a statewide curfew to contain the spread of coronavirus, were booked Friday, police said. The two were booked simply because they arrived at the right place in...

Mumbai:  In a major move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday reduced the trading hours for foreign exchange and bond markets by around four hours, with an aim to thwart risks and impact on liquidity amid reduced staff and logistical support. The new timings...

New Delhi: The Railways has produced more than 2.8 lakh masks and over 25,000 litres of sanitiser in its production units till April 1, as part of its efforts to augment the government’s efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the national transporter said Friday. The...

New York: She’d picked her dress, they’d booked their honeymoon and the wedding was set for the end of March. Then, the coronavirus pandemic hit. So the two young American doctors, Kashif Chaudhry and Naila Shereen, whose whirlwind courtship spun them between New York City...

Bhubaneswar: The novel coronavirus disease continued to spread its tentacles across Odisha as the state reported 15 more positive cases Friday, bringing the tally to 20. According to the Health and Family Welfare department, seven close contacts of the Suryanagar case (including wife, daughter and...

New Delhi: With a total of 259 people testing positive from Nizamuddin Markaz, the coronavirus tally of Delhi reached 384 Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. "One more from death has been reported in Delhi. So far five deaths have been reported. The one death...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has booked an alcoholic resident of Rajokri village on the charge of violating the lockdown following a complaint by his own son. Sources in the Vasant Kunj (South) police station said that police received a call from a resident of Rajokri,...

Santiago: The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world's largest radio telescope, has temporarily closed operations due to the spread of COVID-19 in Chile, the observatory said in an announced. "We made the unprecedented decision to shut down ALMA for the well-being and health of...

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday spoke to 49 sports personalities that included cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as the country fights the coronavirus pandemic. The country is currently under a 21-day lockdown as it looks to fight back against the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking on the...