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Sonia Gandhi: ‘Fighting Covid is not You vs Us battle but Us vs Corona battle…need to fight this together’
In the unprecedented Covid crisis, the Centre and Opposition-ruled states face off over critical supplies of oxygen and…
Croatia announces new measures amid rise in Covid cases
Zagreb, Oct 28 Amid surge in Covid-19 cases, Croatia’s National Civil Protection Headquarters has announced new measures. The…
India records lowest daily spike in Covid cases in over 3 months
with a fresh spike of 45,148 coronavirus infections and 480 deaths in 24 hours, India’s tally on Monday…
Calcutta HC softens stand, allows more members in pandals
A day ahead of Mahasashti, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday partially relaxed its order in which it…
Shops, other businesses to now open till 10 pm in Tamil Nadu
With the aim to ensure faster state economic recovery as festival season is around the corner, Chief Minister…
Lucknow Covid team’s data includes US couple & one long dead
The district health department in Lucknow has released Covid reports of two persons who are in the US…
Covid to reduce profits of hospitals by 35-40% this fiscal: Crisil
Postponement of elective surgeries, revenue loss from the highly profitable medical tourism segment, and increasing safety and sanitisation…
Prithviraj Sukumaran tests positive for novel coronavirus
Pithviraj Sukumaran has tested positive for the novel coronavirus recently. The actor took to Twitter to reveal that…
Karachi witnesses surge in Covid-19 cases
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) Karachi has witnessed another spike in Covid-19 infections, with the National Command and Operations…
India reports 86,052 new Covid cases
With 86,052 new cases in the last 24 hours, India’s coronavirus cases are nearing six million-mark, according to…
38 new Covid deaths in Delhi; cases top 2.42 lakh
New Delhi: Another 38 people have succumbed to the dreaded novel coronavirus here, taking the death toll due to…
2,278 new corona cases push Telangana’s tally over 1.54 lakh
Telangana reported 2,278 more coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing its total tally over 1.54 lakh, even as 2,458…
Himachal sees 6,116 coronavirus cases, says CM
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said 214,182 people have been tested for coronavirus out…
K’taka Minister Jolle tests positive for coronavirus
Karnataka Women and Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle has tested positive for coronavirus. “I have been confirmed Covid…
Amit Shah recovers, likely to be discharged from AIIMS soon
Home Minister Amit Shah, who is admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi,…
India’s trajectory of daily Covid-19 cases highest-ever globally
The coronavirus pandemic in India currently seems to be at its worst, as the country’s trajectory of daily…
S.Korea reports 323 new Covid-19 cases
South Korea reported 323 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, raising the total to 19,400. With this figure, the…
5,980 new corona cases in TN, 5,603 cured patients discharged
As many as 5,980 more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours…
2,172 new corona cases in Kerala
Coronavirus cases continued to increase in Kerala as 2,172 more persons tested positive on Saturday, Health Minister KK…
610 more test corona positive in J&K
Srinagar, Aug 22 (IANS): As many as 610 more cases of coronavirus were detected in Jammu and Kashmir on…
JMM chief, wife test corona positive
Former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM president Shibu Soren and his wife Roopi, along with seven others in…
J&K adds 654 fresh Covid cases to breach 31K mark
rinagar, Aug 21 (IANS): With 654 new coronavirus cases, J&K’s tally breached the 31,000 mark on Friday, while 15…
5,995 new Covid cases push Tamil Nadu’s tally to 367,430
Tamil Nadu’s Covid-19 caseload rose to 367,430 on Friday as 5,995 more people tested positive for the infection,…
Covid-19: Tibetan medicine ‘proving effective’ in fight
Dharamsala, Aug 21 (IANS): The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has claimed that SORIG immune boosters are proving to be…
With 1,967 new Covid cases, Telangana’s tally nears one lakh
Covid-19 cases in Telangana reached close to one lakh on Friday with 1,967 more samples testing positive for…
Trump pushes US universities to reopen
US President Donald Trump has urged universities to reopen their campuses, despite reports of COVID-19 cluster outbreaks among…
Delhi HC: Treat PIL on method of computing power bills as representation
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed authorities to treat as representation, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging…
Allowing economic activities, but strange temples closed: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday told the Maharashtra government that the court finds it very strange that the…
TN Covid cases up by 5,835
Chennai, Aug 13 Tamil Nadu logged 5,835 fresh Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours while a total…
Kolkata top cop tests Covid positive
A senior Kolkata Police officer tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, police said. City police Joint Commissioner (Headquarters)…
Telangana Covid-19 tally crosses 75K, 600 deaths
Telangana reported a further spurt in Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours. The state reported 2,207 cases…
Ohio Guv tests COVID-19 positive ahead of Trump’s visit
COLUMBUS: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested negative for Covid-19 on Thursday after testing positive earlier in the day before he…
UK to remove Belgium, Bahamas, Andorra from safe COVID-19 list
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that travellers returning from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra will have…
5,879 new Covid cases in TN; taly at 251,738
Chennai, Aug 1 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has reported 5,879 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 251,738, health…
J&K Covid-19 tally nears 21,000 as 613 test positive
While 613 people tested positive, 11 succumbed to coronavirus in J&K on Saturday, taking the case tally to…
India celebrates Eid al-Adha amid Covid-19 pandemic
Eid al-Adha was celebrated on Saturday on a subdued note. People offered namaz at mosques as well as…
Kerala train passenger tests Covid positive, sent to hospital midway
A 29-year-old man enroute to his home town Kanyakumari from Kozhikode had to end his journey midway as…
35 new corona cases in Agra, recovery rate over 80%
Agra: Thirty-five new coronavirus cases have been reported in Agra, taking the district’s tally to 1,765, including 99 deaths…
10 COVID patients die, death toll 358 but Kashmiris unmindful
Ten COVID-19 patients died in different hospitals of Kashmir on Thursday as locals unmindfully continued Eid eve shopping…
Odisha’s Covid deaths touch 169, cases cross 30K-mark
The Covid-19 death toll rose to 169 in Odisha as ten more people succumbed to the virus in…
Telangana’s Covid tally goes past 60K, deaths cross 500
Hyderabad, Jul 30 (IANS): The number of Covid-19 deaths in Telangana crossed 500 with 13 more people succumbing to the…
29 new cases take Agra corona tally to 1,730
Agra, July 30: The spurt in fresh cases in the past two weeks, continues to worry the district…
Maharashtra crosses 2 million Covid tests-mark
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Wednesday crossed the 2 million Covid-19 tests threshold mark, the highest in the country for any…
Tamil Nadu Governor in self-isolation as Raj Bhavan staff test positive
The entire Raj Bhavan premises, including offices, were sanitised and disinfected by the Greater Chennai Corporation.
HK implements strict measures amid fresh Covid cases
Hong Kong, July 29 (IANS) In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, Hong Kong is introducing some of…
10 Covid-19 patients discharged in Chinese mainland
Beijing: The National Health Commission said on Wednesday that 10 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery in…
Global COVID-19 cases top 16.6mn: Johns Hopkins
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 16.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over…
Odisha Covid death toll at 140
Bhubaneswar: For the second day in row 10 COVID-19 patients succumbed to the disease even as the death…
6 Covid deaths in a day, Goa Oppn unites ahead of 1-day session
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) The pall triggered by the death of six persons — the highest number of…
Willpower matters: 101-yr-old Andhra woman wins COVID battle
At a time when many people may be panicky over coronavirus spread, a 101-year-old woman in Andhra Pradesh…
B’luru civic chief regrets sealing of corona patient’s flat
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident a Covid-19 patient’s flat in the city’s eastern suburb along with that of her…
Rebuilding domestic travel
July 23, 2020 (IANSlife) As the travel industry continues to face unprecedented impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, one of…
Worst spike of 45K Covid cases hit India in a day
New Delhi: India on Thursday recorded the highest single day spike of 45,720 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24…
Number of recoveries five times higher than active cases in Delhi
With 1,606 new coronavirus cases and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours, the national capitals Covid-19 tally…
4,526 new corona cases in TN, 4,743 discharged
Chennai, Jul 14 (IANS): Tamil Nadu on Tuesday registered 4,526 new coronavirus cases while the number of such patients…
T’gana govt, Coursera to upskill 50K jobless youth during Covid-19
US-based online education company Coursera on Tuesday announced its partnership with the Telangana government and non-profit organisation —…
Rape accused Bishop Franco tests Covid positive
JALANDHAR: Former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is facing the case of raping a nun in Kerala, has…
8 more doctors of Punjab medical college test Covid positive
Six doctors at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.…
Covid-19 takes 93 lives in Agra in around 100 days
More than the lack of medical facilities, it is the critical delay in testing samples of Covid-19 to…
One more Congress leader dies of Covid-19 in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, July 13 (IANS) Yet another leader of the opposition Congress party in Telangana died of Coronavirus on…
India records 28,701 Covid-19 cases, 500 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) India recorded its highest single-day spike of 28,701 coronavirus cases and 500 deaths…
Tamil Nadu Minister tests positive for Covid-19
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu”s Minister for Co-operation Sellur K. Raju on Friday tested positive for coronavirus…
Cancel exams, pass students on past performances: Rahul
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned the University Grants Commission (UGC)’s decision to hold examinations during the…
Home-schooling tips during COVID-19
New Delhi, July 9 (IANSlife) Parenting could be hard during a pandemic, especially when your child”s physical classes…
26-nation review reveals kids more resilient against Covid-19
New York, June 27 (IANS) A 26-country review compiled from 131 studies, the largest systematic review to date…
DMK MLA Arasu tests positive for coronavirus
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) legislator R.T. Arasu has tested positive for coronavirus and…
COVID-19 death toll rises to 18 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) The COVID-19 death toll in Odisha increased to 18 with the death of a…
85th Covid death in Agra, 7 new cases take tally to 1,184
Agra, June 27 (IANS) One more fatality took Agra”s Covid-19 death toll to 85, with a total of…
PM has surrendered and is refusing to fight Covid: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) With India”s COVID-19 cases crossing the five lakh-mark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on…
Goa may set-up Covid Care centres in all constituencies: CM
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) If need arises, the Goa government will set-up ”Covid Care Centres” in all 40…
11.5K new cases take corona tally to 3.30 lakh in India
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) India on Monday witnessed a spike of over 11,000 cases second day in…
66 containment zones in Gurugram, 3 added on Friday
The Gurugram district administration added 3 more containment zones on Friday as the district now has 66 such…
Delhi Assembly: Speaker’s secy, 3 staffers test Covid-19 positive
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Secretary of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and three more staffers…
TN Covid count at 28,694, 5 ministers to oversee measures in Chennai
Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Friday reported 1,438 cases of fresh coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the…
Kerala registers record 111 corona cases in a day: CM
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) For the first time, the number of new coronavirus cases in Kerala on a…
7 more Air India cabin crew among 58 new corona cases in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, May 30 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Saturday said that 58 new coronavirus cases were…
Two HI employees diagnosed with COVID-19, office to remain shut
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Hockey India’s office will remain shut for two weeks after two of its…
NASA picks 3 Indian firms to make low cost Covid-19 ventilator
Washington, May 30 (IANS) NASA has selected three Indian companies to make a low-cost ventilator tailored for Covid-19…
AI flight returns after pilot found C-19 positive, probe ordered
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A special ferry flight of national carrier Air India which took off from…
13 Colombian presidential palace staffers test COVID-19 positive
Bogota, May 30 (IANS) Thirteen people who work at the Colobian presidential palace or Casa de Narino have…
Medical director of Delhi hospital tests Covid positive
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The medical director of Lok Nayak Hospital, city’s Covid dedicated facility, has tested…
39th Covid death in Agra, 5 new cases take tally to 887
Agra, May 30 (IANS) With one more death the number of victims succumbing to the Covid-19 in Agra…
After spurt in cases, Ghaziabad seals border with Delhi
Ghaziabad, May 25 (IANS) In more woes for the people travelling from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi, the Ghaziabad…
Kerala CM’s hometown turns coronavirus hotspot
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) When the figures of the Covid-19 impact on Monday was reviewed, Chief Minister Pinarayi…
Australia suspends Olympic bid amid COVID-19 recovery
Sydney, May 25 (IANS) Australia’s Queensland has suspended its bid to host the 2032 Olympics recently as the…
Another staffer at AIIMS Delhi dies of Covid-19
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) After a mess worker at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)…
Nagaland reports 1st corona cases, Assam sees spike in 24 hrs
Kohima/Guwahati/Agartala, May 25 (IANS) After Sikkim, Nagaland reported its first coronavirus case when three people, who returned from…
Arjun Bijlani ‘more worried now’ after person contracts COVID-19 in his building
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Actor Arjun Bijlani says he needs to be extra careful, after a person has…
Two corona patients die, J&K death toll reaches 23
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Two COVID-19 patients died on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir, raising the death toll…
Seoul kindergarten student tests COVID-19 positive
Seoul, May 25 (IANS) A kindergarten student in Seoul has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the South…
UK COVID-19 deaths rise to 36,793 as another 118 patients die
London, May 25 (IANS) Another 118 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the…
Odisha reports 103 new corona cases
Bhubaneswar, May 25 (IANS) The total coronavirus cases in Odisha climbed to 1,438 as 103 new cases were…
COVID-19: Two more die in Agra, death toll now 33
Agra, May 25 (IANS) With two more deaths due to novel coronavirus, Agra’s death toll due to the…
Agra’s Covid tally touches 807, no relaxation allowed
Agra, May 18 (IANS) The Agra administration on Monday said movement between villages and urban centres will remain…
As Covid count reaches 26, Rajdhjani Express skips Goa halt
Panaji, May 18 (IANS) Goa”s tally of active Covid-19 cases has reached 26, after four persons who had…
After hiatus of 4 days, 5 corona cases in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) After a hiatus of four days, five coronavirus cases in two families were reported…
With over 5K new cases, India Covid tally jumps to 96,169
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) With the sharpest spike of 5,242 new cases in 24 hours, India”s total…
‘Modi Gamchas’ — A game changer for this man
Barabanki (UP), May 13 (IANS) The lockdown may have impacted several businesses but there is a young man…
Europe marks 75th anniversary of WW2 end under lockdown
London, May 8 (IANS) Leaders across Europe on Friday marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the…
Corona Update: 3,900 new cases, 195 deaths in last 24 hrs; total cases 46,433: Health Ministry
1,020 patients cured in last 24 hrs; recovery rate 27.41%: Health Ministry
No fresh Covid-19 case in Kerala, 34 under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said there are no new fresh cases…
Decide plea against corona victims’ burial in two weeks, SC to Bombay HC
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to examine and…
13 SSB personnel test positive for COVID-19
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) As many as 13 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel belonging to 25 Battalion,…
Corona tally touches 1650; 67 cases from 10,292 samples in AP
Amaravati, May 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of cases…
COVID-19 flight voucher scheme sparks legal action in Australia
Canberra, May 4 (IANS) Australians affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions have been encouraged to take legal action against…
Jaipur crosses 1,000-mark as Rajasthan registers 3,009 cases
Jaipur, May 4 (IANS) The COVID-19 cases in Jaipur crossed the 1,000-mark on Monday as it registered 12…
35 more test positive, J&K tally crosses 700
Jammu, May 3 (IANS) Thirty-five more tested positive on Sunday in J&K as the number of COVID-19 patients…
40 BSF personnel in Delhi now test Covid-19 positive
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) With 25 fresh positive reports received on Sunday, a total of 40 Border…
SC: Virtual courts not antithetical to open court system during COVID-19
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said the traditional open court system and newage virtual…
Delhi HC employee tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) An employee of the Delhi High Court tested positive of COVID-19, sources in…
17 more test positive from Delhi’s Kapashera building; total 58
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) At least 17 more people tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday from a…
Russia registers new single-day record of 10,633 COVID-19 cases
Moscow, May 3 (IANS) Russia on Sunday reported a new single-day record with 10,633 COVID-19 cases confirmed over…
UK PM was given ‘litres and litres of oxygen’ during COVID-19 treatment
London, May 3 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed that he was given “litres and litres…
COVID-19: 5 more positive cases, Karnataka tally 606
Bengaluru, May 3 (IANS) Five more patients tested positive for coronavirus in Karnataka, taking the state’s tally to…
2 Surat returnees test COVID-19 positive in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) At a time when Odisha is bracing to receive over five lakh people from…
11 more cops test corona positive in Kanpur, total now 24
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 3 (IANS) With 11 more police personnel testing coronavirus positive, the total number of…
With 27 fresh cases J&K tally touches 666
Jammu, May 2 (IANS) Twenty seven more people tested positive on Saturday in J&K as the total number…
FC Koln COVID-19 cases raise question on safety of football restart
Berlin, May 2 (IANS) The news of three FC Koln players testing positive for novel coronavirus has raised…
Spain allows outdoor exercise after 48 days of lockdown
Madrid, May 2 (IANS) Millions of people across Spain left their houses to exercise outdoors for the first…
COVID-19: 41 persons in one building in south-west Delhi test positive
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In a shocking development that sparked fears of local transmission, 41 persons residing…
Two Covid deaths, 9 new cases raise Karnataka tally to 598
Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) Two more Covid patients, an 82-year-old man from Bidar and a 63-year-old man from…
Sonam misses her ‘brat’ sublings Rhea and Harshvardhan
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) As there are restrictions to move around because of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, actress…
Cricket Australia to work with govt to prepare biosecurity plan
Melbourne, May 2 (IANS) In Australia, the use of saliva or sweat to shine the ball will be…
At 1525 cases, AP Covid effect most pronounced in 5 districts
Amaravati, May 2 (IANS) While Andhra Pradesh continues to report COVID-19 cases, the good news is that the…
AAP MLA from Karol Bagh tests coronavirus positive
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Member of Legislative Assembly from Karol Bagh, Vishesh Ravi has tested positive for…
Gurugram reports six fresh COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 63
Gurugram, May 2 (IANS) Gurugram has reported six more positive cases of COVID-19, taking the total count of…
High BP drugs safe for patients with COVID-19 disease: Study
New York, May 2 (IANS) Despite concerns expressed by some experts, common high blood pressure drugs did not…
Tally crosses 500 mark in Agra, 38 hotspots in the city
Agra, May 2 (IANS) With 22 new Covid-19 cases, the number of positive cases has touched 501 in…
Apple updates coronavirus screening app with new symptoms
San Francisco, May 2 (IANS) Apple has updated its coronavirus screening app with new information about COVID-19 symptoms…
Bihar confirms third death due to coronavirus
Patna, May 2 (IANS) A 54-year-old COVID-19 patient died in East Champaran district, taking the total number of…
AAP MLA, brother test COVID positive
New Delhi: Vishesh Ravi, an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from the Karol Bagh constituency here, was tested COVID…
Punjab CM asks opposition not to trigger panic
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) Asserting that this was not the time to indulge in petty politics, Punjab Chief…
Priyanka joins Greta Thunberg to save ‘vulnerable children’ from COVID-19
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined hand with Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to protect vulnerable children…
Special Nodal Officer appointed to tackle COVID-19 in Chennai
Chennai, May 1 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced the appointment of J. Radhakrishan, Principal Secretary/Commissioner,…
As COVID-19 tally touches 1,463, Kurnool causes concern in AP
Amaravati, May 1 (IANS) For the first time in almost a week, Andhra Pradesh saw a noticeable decrease…
Goa formally declared green zone, says CM
Panaji, May 1 (IANS) The war against COVID-19 is far from over, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on…
11 more COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, tally rises to 576
Bengaluru: Karnataka has reported 11 more COVID-19 positive cases, taking the state’s total tally to 576, a health…
Japan likely to extend nationwide emergency until May end
Tokyo, May 1 (IANS) Japan will likely extend the nationwide state of emergency until the end of May…
Post May 3, ten Kerala districts in orange zone
Thiruvananthapuram, May 1 (IANS) Following the fresh classification done by the Centre, post May 3rd Kerala will have…
Contradicting US intel, Trump says COVID-19 developed in lab
Washington, May 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he has evidence that the novel coronavirus originated in…
14 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Chandigarh, tally rises to 88
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) With 14 more people being confirmed positive for coronavirus on Friday, the total number…
India COVID-19 tally reaches 35,043
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) With 1993 new cases and 73 new fatalities in 24 hours, the total…
Two nurses test Covid-19 positive in Gurugram
Gurugram, April 30 (IANS) The Covid-19 infection among healthcare personnel is on the rise in the Millennium City.…
J&K announces Rs 350 cr Covid-19 relief for daily wagers
Jammu, April 30 (IANS) The J&K administration has announced a Rs 350 crore relief for people affected by…
30 new Covid positive cases take Karnataka tally to 565
Bengaluru, April 30 (IANS) Thirty new Covid positive cases surfaced in Karnataka, raising the state’s tally to 565,…
Punjab sees 105 more Covid-19 cases in highest single-day spike
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Punjab on Thursday saw 105 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day spike, with…
Corona positive youth drinks sanitiser, condition critical
Kanpur Dehat (UP), April 30 (IANS) A coronavirus positive patient on Thursday attempted suicide by drinking sanitiser in…
Decide fast on lockdown extension or relaxation, demands Stalin
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) DMK President M.K.Stalin on Thursday urged the government to announce its decision on relaxing…
161 tests positive for corona, TN’s tally goes up to 2,323
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 161 persons testing positive for Coronavirus taking the state’s…
Covid-19 cases mount to 33,610 with 1,075 deaths
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 33,610 on Thursday…
NDMC to reimburse Covid-19 treatment expenses of staff
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), here on Thursday, announced a reimbursement medical…
Recovery rate rises to 25.19%; doubling rate 11 days: Health Ministry
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday that the…
Nine states now see Covid-19 cases doubling in 20 days and more
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) While the average number of coronavirus cases in the country are doubling in…
NTA pushes JNUEE application dates to May 15
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) In the wake of nationwide lockdown to contain spread of the COVID-19 virus,…
SC declines PIL seeking restrain on inflammatory hashtags on Twitter
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a petition seeking direction to…
China opposes any probe into COVID-19 origin
Beijing, April 30 (IANS) China opposes any “arbitrary” probe into the origin of coronavirus pandemic that is based…
Johnson to update UK on ‘steps to defeat’ COVID-19
London, April 30 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a cabinet meeting on Thursday and then…
Less smokers among COVID-19 patients, finds review of 28 studies
London, April 30 (IANS) The proportion of smokers appear to be lower than-non-smokers among hospitalised COVID-19 patients, finds…
No further deaths even as AP Covid tally rises to 1403
Amaravati, April 30 (IANS) With 71 new cases detected, Andhra Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1403 on Thursday…
TN special group to attract foreign industries post COVID-19
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday said a group under the head…
Agra health services distressed as Covid tally rises to 455
Agra, April 30 (IANS) Health services network in Agra, both private and public, has failed to cope with…
22 new corona cases raise Karnataka tally to 557
Bengaluru, April 30 (IANS) As many as 22 new COVID-19 positive cases surfaced in the past 19 hours,…
Abu Dhabi-based Indian teacher dies of COVID-19
Abu Dhabi, April 30 (IANS) A senior teacher of the Abu Dhabi Indian School has died after contracting…
82 dead at veterans home in Massachusetts amid corona outbreak
Washington, April 30 (IANS) As many as 82 residents living at an aging veterans home in the US…
With 1,718 new cases, India’s corona tally rises to 33,050
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) With 1,718 new cases and 67 new fatalities in 24 hours, the total…
TN Covid-19 positive count touches 2,162, death toll now 27
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 104 persons testing positive for coronavirus, taking the state’s…
COVID-19: Three more nursing staff test positive in Gurugram
Gurugram, April 29 (IANS) Three more coronavirus positive cases were reported from Gurugram district on Wednesday, all of…
23 more Hazur Sahib returnees test positive in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Twenty-three more people, who returned to Punjab after a 1,750-km odyssey from the Sikh…
‘Coffee, diapers may face supply crunch in lockdown 3.0 in Delhi’
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Although there is no shortage of essential goods and medicines in the national…
Netflix working on COVID-19 themed comedy
Los Angeles, April 29 (IANS) Streaming giant Netflix is working on an anthology series “Social Distance”, which is…
India reports 31,787 Covid-19 cases, 1,008 deaths
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) With 1,813 cases and 71 deaths in the last 24 hours, the number…
Punjab extends curfew by two weeks after May 3
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced extension of curfew in the state…
Around 200 health workers have tested COVID positive in Delhi: Minister
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said about 200 health workers in…
COVID-19: Dybala tests positive for fourth time – Report
Turin, April 29 (IANS) Argentina footballer Paulo Dybala has tested coronavirus positive for the fourth time in the…
Dip in new cases sees AP corona tally at 1,332
Amaravati, April 29 (IANS) For the first time in three days, Andhra Pradesh reported a slight decline in…
9 new corona cases raise Karnataka tally to 532
Bengaluru, April 29 (IANS) Nine more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Karnataka in the past 19…
Agra first in UP, 11th in India with 413 Covid cases
Agra, April 29 (IANS) Taj city now enjoys the dubious distinction of topping the UP chart and standing…
8 more test positive in Chandigarh; total cases 67
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Eight more people were tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh on Wednesday, taking the…
Covid-19 tally rises to 31,332 in India, 1007 deaths
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country climbed to 31,332 on…
Strengthen lungs with ‘shankhnaad’, prevent Covid-19: Jitin Prasada’s mantra
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Congress leader Jitin Prasada has posted a video on social media which shows…
TN Covid-19 count crosses 2,000-mark, toll rises to 25
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reported 121 persons more testing positive for coronavirus, taking the…
Kerala reports 4 new cases; 123 under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that four more persons have tested…
DCW members quarantined after rescued girl tests positive
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Two members of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) were put under quarantine…
COVID-19: Record 82 cases in 24 hrs, Andhra tally 1,259; active cases 970
Amaravati, April 28 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh reported a record 82 coronavirus positive cases on Tuesday morning, taking the…
COVID-19: Five more test positive in Chandigarh, total now 50
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) Five more persons tested coronavirus positive in Chandigarh on Tuesday, taking the total such…
S.Korea’s COVID-19 curve flattens
Seoul, April 28 (IANS) South Korea reported fewer than 15 COVID-19 cases for the 10th day in a…
COVID-19 tally mounts to 29,435 with 1,543 new cases
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India on Tuesday saw the highest spike in the cases of coronavirus. With…
Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy: Trudeau
Ottawa, April 28 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for his…
52 more test positive in TN, total tally 1,937
Chennai, April 27 (IANS) A total of 52 persons, including a one-year-old boy, from Chennai, Madurai and Villupuram…
Sat silently, bigger states like Bengal should’ve been heard: Mamata
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Expressing dismay over her state not getting a chance to speak at the video…
9 new Covid-19 cases lift Karnataka’s tally to 512
Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) Karnataka has registered nine new Covid-19 cases, raising the state’s tally to 512, according…
No stigma should be associated with coronavirus: PM Modi
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that no stigma should be associated…
COVID-19: 33 health workers at Max Patparganj test positive
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) At least 33 health care workers of Max Hospital at Patparganj tested positive…
India records 1,463 fresh Covid-19 cases, 60 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 28,380 as…
Kerala reports 13 new cases; 123 under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday that 13 more individuals have tested…
NE states for extending lockdown beyond May 3
Guwahati/Shillong/Agartala, April 27 (IANS) Most northeastern states are for extending the nationwide lockdown beyond May 3 with relaxations…
Suspected COVID-19 death as DoPT officer passes away
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) In a suspected coronavirus death, a Section Officer in the Department of Personnel…
Delhi Police Head Constable tests corona positive
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A Head Constable posted in the Turkman Gate chowki under the Chandni Mahal…
COVID-19: Delhi HC fixes rapid test kit price at Rs 400
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has capped the maximum price of each rapid test…
Rapid kits profiteering: Cong demands documents to be made public
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Congress on Monday demanded that all the documents of procurement of rapid test…
UK PM returns to Downing Street after recovering from COVID-19
London, April 27 (IANS) After recovering from the novel coronavirus, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to…
8 new positive cases raise Karnataka corona tally to 511
Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) Karnataka registered eight new COVID-19 positive cases in the past 19 hours, raising the…
Naukri.com to promote profiles of jobseekers who lost jobs in pandemic
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to haunt companies and job seekers in India,…
Rahul Gandhi raises profiteering on Covid rapid test kits
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) After reports of profiteering in rapid test kits to detect COVID-19 emerged, Congress…
COVID-19: 80 new cases, Andhra tally 1,177
Amaravati, April 27 (IANS) With 80 more persons testing coronavirus positive, Andhra Pradesh’s tally had climbed up to…
Kanika Kapoor gets police notice to record statement
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) A day after Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor explained the controversies regarding her having tested…
COVID-19 patient commits suicide in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) A 50-year-old man infected with the novel coronavirus committed suicide by jumping off a…
News channel reporter found corona positive in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, April 27 (IANS) An electronic media reporter working in Ahmedabad was found coronavirus positive on Monday, taking…
With 33 fresh cases, Kanpur new corona hotspot in UP
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 27 (IANS) With 33 more corona positive cases emerging in the past 24 hours,…
13 new cases take corona tally in Bihar to 290
Patna, April 27 (IANS) With 13 new coronavirus cases reported from Monghyr, the total cases in Bihar rose…
Mumbai: Covid-19 cases take a mega leap in 10 days
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) The state health authorities are concerned as the number of Covid-19 cases in the…
7 new COVID-19 cases in Kerala: 116 under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said seven more individuals have tested positive…
One dead, 40 more test corona positive in J&K
Jammu, April 25 (IANS) One patient died and 40 more tested positive on Sunday for COVID-19 in J&K,…
COVID-19 may not spread through sperm: Study
New York, April 23 (IANS) The deadly coronavirus is unlikely to spread through sperms, say researchers, adding that…
Govt amends Epidemic Act; attacking medics can cost up to 7 yrs in jail
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) In a significant move, the Union cabinet on Wednesday amended the Epidemic Diseases…
One dead, 76 more test corona positive in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reported a spike in the number of persons who tested…
19 new Covid-19 cases in Kerala, 117 under treatment
Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that there were 19 new coronavirus…
West Bengal obstructing works of central teams: MHA
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday accused West Bengal of obstructing the…
3 doctors, 19 health staff quarantined in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Three doctors and 19 nurses and paramedics have been quarantined in the Jajpur district…
2nd MP cop dies of coronavirus
Indore, April 21 (IANS) Yashwant Pal became the second police inspector in Madhya Pradesh in three days to…
27 staff of private Tamil TV channel test Covid-19 positive
Chennai, April 21 (IANS) Twenty-seven employees of a Tamil television channel have been asked to get admitted to…
People abandoning pets in UP due to coronavirus fear
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) With conflicting reports on animals being coronavirus carriers doing the rounds, people have started…
Angry commuters stuck en route as Delhi-Ghaziabad border sealed
Ghaziabad, April 21 (IANS) With authorities ordering a ban on to and fro movement on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border,…
COVID-19: 5 more test positive in Odisha, total 79
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Five more persons tested coronavirus positive in Odisha on Tuesday, taking the total number…
Prevent Corona spread on warfooting: Stalin
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) The DMK President M.K. Stalin on Monday urged the Tamil Nadu government to take steps…
Naval Hospital ship ‘Patanjali’ treated 8 corona patients
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) At a time when 14 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Karnataka, the…
Sonia forms 11-member panel with Manmohan Singh, Rahul as members
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Amid the nationwide lockdown to combat Covid-19, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has formed…
Block C-2, Janakpuri is Delhi’s new containment zone
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Taking the count of the containment zones in the city to 48, Block…
14,000 ‘Covid-19 foot warrior teams’ formed across Delhi
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) To fight the coronavirus pandemic on the ground level, the Delhi government has…
Rahul, Priyanka demand more corona testing
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the government scale up…
1,211 cases in a day; 602 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in India
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday reported another 1,211 confirmed cases and 31…
Reconsider decision on full wages to workers: Punjab CM to Centre
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged the Centre to reconsider its directives…
Punjab starts rapid testing in 2 hotspot districts
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Taking its battle against Covid-19 to the next level, the Punjab government on Tuesday…
AP reports 16 new cases, tally climbs to 180
Amaravathi, April 4 (IANS) The COVID-19 positive numbers continue to climb steadily with every passing day in Andhra…
Pak Senator urges UN to probe if COVID-19 is man-made
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Rehman Malik has urged the UN to form a…
7 COVID-19 patients test negative in J&K
Srinagar, April 4 (IANS) Seven positive cases admitted in Srinagar’s Chest Diseases Hospital have tested negative on Saturday…
Anti-parasitic drug killed coronavirus within 48 hours in lab
Sydney, April 4 (IANS) Amid a barrage of research on finding treatment for new coronavirus, Australian scientists have…
One more tests positive for COVID-19; Goa tally rises to 7
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) One more person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Goa, taking the tally to…
8 Goa Tablighis test negative for COVID-19
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) Eight persons from Goa who attended the controversial Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin,…
3 more Jamaat attendees test positive in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Three more members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who were at the congregation in Delhi’s…
Two more die in Delhi; toll 6, most positive cases from Jamaat
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The corona toll rose to six in Delhi on Friday with two new…
Premji foundation donates Rs 1,000 crore to fight COVID-19
Bengaluru, April 1 (IANS) The Azim Premji Foundation has donated Rs 1,000 crore for a comprehensive on the…
1st coronavirus death in UP
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 1 (IANS) A 25-year-old man from Basti district, who died on Monday evening in…
Coronavirus: Overall tally crosses 1600 mark in India
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The total tally of novel coronavirus cases in India crossed 1600 mark on…
Mimi shares funny expectation vs reality post during lockdown
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Bengali actress-politician Mimi Chakraborty has shared a funny expectation-versus-reality post on her Instagram while…
Three more test positive in Punjab; total rises to six
Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) Three more people in Punjab have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number…
Total coronavirus cases rise to 285 in India, 231 active
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Ministry of Health has said that the total number of novel coronavirus…
Noida housing society sealed after new COVID-19 case
Noida, March 21 (IANS) A group housing society in Noida Sector 74 on Saturday was sealed as one…
Maharashtra: COVID-19 cases shoot to 63
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The total number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra shoot up to 63 on Saturday,…
COVID-19: Railways puts brake on 709 trains on Saturday
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) In the wake of the highly contagious coronavirus and the call given by…
Tirupati temple shut for devotees
Tirupati, March 19 (IANS) Authorities in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday announced closure of Tirumala’s famous Balaji temple for…