Coronavirus

Lucknow: Ten policemen were suspended from duty Tuesday. This development came after a man in his mid-20s died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district. Allegedly the man had a brawl with cops at a Covid-19 vaccination centre Monday. Among the 10 policemen suspended from...

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 195 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.18 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.84 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,629 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 9,70,814. While the number of positive cases reported July 26 was 1,637, it was 1,833 July 25.  The active caseload in the state now stands at...

Tokyo: Dutch tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympics. This information was provided Monday by the International Tennis Federation. “The ITF has been informed that the athlete Jean-Julien Rojer... has tested positive for Covid-19. He is placed in isolation...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused Monday to stay the proceedings against BJP MP Gautam Gambhir’s foundation in a case relating to illegally procuring and distributing Covid-19 medicines. A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said people were running around for medicines and...

London: Staying in touch with friends and family via technology made many older people feel more lonelier and more depressed than no contact at all, researchers have research. The study, led by researchers from the UK's Lancaster University, showed that many older people experienced a...

New Delhi: India will miss a target to administer over a half billion Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of the month. This is because Bharat Biotech – maker of India’s approved homegrown shot is struggling to boost output according to an analysis of government...

New Delhi: As people lost their loved ones during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the mahila panchayat team of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has identified 791 women who lost their spouses to Covid-19. The DCW team also conducted a social survey...

London: Opener Prithvi Shaw and middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav have been added to the Indian Test squad in England. The five-match series against England starts August 4. Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are replacements to injured players Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar.  Bengal opener Abhimanyu...

Bhubaneswar: Foreign-bound Indian nationals, who have taken the first dose of Covishield or AstraZeneca vaccine in a foreign country, can now receive the second dose of Covishield in Odisha, state government officials said Saturday. If any Indian citizen, who has taken the first dose of...