Coronavirus

New Delhi:  Founders of Indian startups, members of investment advisory firms and independent advisors have joined hands to launch a Rs 100 crore grant for supporting innovators working on solutions to control COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives globally. The mission of ACT...

Mumbai: Most of the private sector lenders have decided to go for the ‘opt-in’ option on loan repayment moratorium, putting the onus on the customer to take the initiative of informing the bank of their choice to go for the three-month breather offered by the...

Bhubaneswar: The novel coronavirus disease continued to spread its wings across the state as Odisha reported its fifth positive case Wednesday. According to the Health and Family Welfare department, a 60-year-old person of Surya Nagar in Bhubaneswar 'with multiple co-morbid conditions admitted at AIIMS Bhubaneswar'...

Pune: Samples of 14 persons who attended a congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in New Delhi’s Nizamuddin area and returned here have tested negative for coronavirus, a health official said Wednesday. It definitely came as a huge relief for the city’s health authorities. Test results of...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday that the social media appears to be targeting a particular section of people, especially those who attended the recent Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi, for the spread of coronavirus in the country. “In Kerala, 60...

Kolkata: In these times when help is the need of the hour, Bengal pacer Ishan Porel is doing his part and more. He has not only donated Rs 20,000 each to the State Relief Fund and Prime Minister's Relief Fund, he has also given Rs...

London: Wimbledon organisers on Wednesday scrapped the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament for the first time since World War II as the coronavirus wreaks further havoc on the global sporting calendar. The cancellation of Wimbledon, the only grasscourt Major at the All England Club leaves...

New Delhi: Two resident doctors at Safdarjung hospital here tested positive for Covid-19 disease, a source said Wednesday. Prior to this, three doctors of Mohalla Clinics were confirmed to have coronavirus infection, while another doctor from Sardar Patel Hospital has also tested positive for the...

New Delhi: About 167 people of the Tablighi Jamaat who were shifted to the Northern Railways quarantine centre in Delhi, created a ruckus and misbehaved with doctors and medical teams present there, officials said on Wednesday. The Tablighi Jamaat, which has been in the centre...

New Delhi: A patient in Delhi’s Rajiv Gandhi Hospital attempted suicide but was saved by doctors, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. “A patient in Delhi’s Rajiv Gandhi Hospital attempted suicide but was saved by the doctors. I have directed for more security at...