Coronavirus

Cuttack: The State government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rourkela Hi-Tech Medical College Wednesday, to set up the first coronavirus hospital in western Odisha to treat COVID-19 patients. The MoU was signed in the presence of Sundargarh District Collector Nikhil Pawan Kumar in...

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): A 23-year-old migrant labourer who escaped from a quarantine centre to meet his family in Lakhimpur, allegedly committed suicide after learning that police were searching for him. The victim, youngest among six siblings, was quarantined at a school on the village outskirts...

Washington: The death toll from COVID-19 in the US jumped by 884 over the past 24 hours, setting a new one-day record for the country, according to Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday evening. So far, the total COVID-19 death toll the US reached 4,757. Social distancing...

Bhubaneswar: Several categories of alternative radio stations in the state are now trying their best to fill the void in the flow of information from the government to the rural masses in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus. A number of community radio stations...

Kochi: A Malayalam film crew of 58 people including actor Prithviraj and director Blessy is stuck have been stuck in Jordan for more than a week where they were shooting for a project titled ‘Aadujeevitham’ owing to the measures taken to counter the spread of...

Mumbai: With a view to effectively combat the coronavirus pandemic, a digital application named ‘MahaKavach’ has been designed, which will help the health authorities in contact tracing and tracking of quarantined COVID-19 patients. This platform has been developed after extensive inputs from on-ground officials and...

New Delhi: The biggest-ever consolidation exercise in the public sector banking space effected Wednesday will mark a new dawn for the Indian banking sector, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. Six public sector banks (PSBs) namely Oriental Bank of Commerce, United Bank of India, Syndicate Bank,...

New Delhi: Steel major Tata Steel said Wednesday the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has impacted its business and operations in India as well as Europe. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread rapidly across the world, Tata Steel will be reducing operations at some...

New Delhi: After introducing a pay cut for all employees last week as the coronavirus pandemic has drastically impacted the aviation sector, GoAir CEO Vinay Dube said Wednesday that a portion of their March’s salary has been deferred to April. Apart from the pay cut,...

Mumbai: Job searches related to remote working have witnessed a jump of over 261 per cent amid the coronavirus lockdown, a report said. Job seekers are increasingly searching for terms like 'remote', 'work from home' and related phrases, with searches for remote work witnessing an...