Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) blamed the government on Thursday for ‘erring’ on coronavirus testing and demanded more COVID-19 examinations even as it sought setting up of a task force comprising global experts for measures to revive the country’s economy. At a meeting...

Mumbai: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) lashed out at the Maharashtra government Thursday for backtracking on an order to compulsorily cremate all those who died of COVID-19. The VHP also accused the NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena government of practicing appeasement politics and playing with the health of...

Bhubaneswar:  From delivering ration to setting up vegetable shops, and making people understand the necessity of remaining indoors during lockdown, 70 lakh women members of six lakh Mission Shakti Self Help Groups are shouldering vital responsibilities across Odisha. Their role has been acknowledged by Chief...

Kolkata: Amid chants of ‘Jai Sri Ram’, hundreds of devotees assembled Thursday in temples in various parts of West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami, giving a thumbs down to social distancing norms prescribed by the government during the ongoing nationwide lockdown period. Long...

London: Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels a shortened five-week Indian Premier League (IPL) leading up to the ICC World T20 tournament in October and November could be a feasible solution if the current situation, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, is brought under control...

Mumbai: Veteran actor Nafisa Ali, who is a cancer survivor and is currently staying with her daughter in Goa has said she is finding it hard to access her medicines due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Nafisa Ali also...

Madrid: Confirmed coronavirus cases approached one million around the world Thursday as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States (US) prepared for what President Donald Trump warned would be ‘horrific’ days ahead. Coronavirus virus claimed thousands more lives in its relentless march across...

New Delhi: Indian Navy rescued of 10 fishermen stranded onboard fishing boat, of Tamil Nadu origin, off Kochi coast, the force said Thursday. “Indian Navy Ship Nireekshak, a diving support vessel of Southern Naval Command, based at Kochi, on mission patrol along the Kerala Coast...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary Thursday revealed the identity of the fifth COVID-19 positive man from Bhubaneswar and announced several measures to contain the spread of the disease in the city. The man doesn’t have any national or international travel history, Chaudhary...

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 40 railway coaches at the state capital and 25 at Kochi are now getting readied to convert it into a makeshift hospital ward, in case a need arises. In every sleeper coach the middle berth is being removed and everything is...