Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,085 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in the state to 9,58,059. While the number of positive cases reported July 19 was 1,648, it was 2,215 July 18.  The active caseload in the state now stands at...

New Delhi: The Union Government has collected Rs 94,181 crore through levy of excise duty on petrol and diesel in the first three months of the current fiscal on the back of a record tax on fuel that yielded 88 per cent higher revenue the...

New Delhi: The government asserted Monday that the Indian economy is showing signs of revival after the 2nd Covid-19 wave. The government stated that India’s strong fundamentals and market size will continue to attract market-seeking greenfield investments. This was stated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Monday hospitals have become like huge real estate industries. It blamed the hospitals for moving away from serving humanity in the face of Covid-19 tragedy. The Supreme Court made the comments directing that ‘nursing homes’ running from 2-3 room...

Tokyo: Czech beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic became the third athlete at the Olympic Games Village to test positive for Covid-19 Monday. In a separate development a woman gymnast training in Chiba prefecture also got infected Monday. The two incidents have dealt fresh set of...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out Monday at the Opposition for creating a ruckus. He blamed them from preventing him from introducing newly- inducted Union ministers in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Narendra Modi asserted such a ‘negative mindset’ has never been seen...

Dubai: Within two months of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing an emergency use authorisation (EUA) for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapy Sotrovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Covid-19, the UAE has become one of the first countries to approve its use following...

New Delhi: Delta variant of Covid-19 virus is around 40-60 per cent more transmissible than its predecessor Alpha variant and has already spread to more than 80 countries, including the UK, the US, Singapore, and so on, said N.K. Arora, co-chair, Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium...

New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 38,164 new coronavirus infections, while the death toll climbed to 4,14,108 with 499 daily fatalities, the lowest in around 104 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. The  total tally of COVID-19 cases...

Mumbai: Actress Mahika Sharma who is currently battling Covid-19 and is also diagnosed with vertigo, says that the virus is taking a toll on her, not just physically but mentally as well. "I'm suffering from various challenges like fever, minor breathing issues while battling the coronavirus....