Coronavirus

French Open: Attendance of spectators reduced to 5K per day

The French Open will definitely not be the same this year. The aduience for the French Open later this year will be limited to 5,000 per day due tot he ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 19, 2020

Second wave of COVID-19 inevitable in UK, PM Boris Johnson warns; should you worry

With the virus expected to be more severe over the winter, officials are looking at bringing in measures that could last until the spring.

Sep 19, 2020

Hit by COVID, MP salaries to be axed by 30% amid cost cuts over pandemic

Amid rise in coronavirus cases, parliament passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent. This was done in order "to meet the exigencies arising out of COVID-19 pandemic".

Sep 18, 2020

Brucellosis: New infection in China leaves men infertile; thousands test positive

The Health Commission of Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, announced that 3,245 people had contracted the disease brucellosis.This outbreak began from a leak at the Zhongmu Lanzhou biological pharmaceutical factory, which occurred between late July to late August last year,

Sep 18, 2020

IPL 13: We all have accepted the situation around us, says Kohli

RCB's Virat Kohli said on the pandemic situaiton and the massive changes that have taken place to the game that players have had to make peace with it.

Sep 18, 2020

Disappearing after telling wife he tested COVID positive, Mumbai man moves to Indore for lover

In July, a man went missing after telling his wife he had COVID-19 and that he was 'going to die'. After an elaborate search, he has now been tracked to Indore, having moved there to be with his lover.

Sep 17, 2020

Fact Check: No, Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Gasti isn't dead due to COVID in Bengaluru

Ashok Gasti is critically ill after suffering from COVID-19 in the past month. Reports of his death had emerged earlier today which has led to much confusion. The BJP leader had recently been elected as a Rajya Sabha MP in Karnataka.

Sep 17, 2020

Global economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic may take 5 years: World Bank chief economist

The global economic recovery from the crisis originated by the coronavirus pandemic may take as much as five years, the World Bank's chief economist Carmen Reinhart said on Thursday.

Sep 17, 2020

Chinese scientist Li-Meng Yan's Twitter account suspended who claimed Covid was made in Wuhan lab

Li-Meng Yan's account remains down with a message on her page that says, 'Account suspended. Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules.'

Sep 17, 2020

Covid experience has made me mentally tougher to face any situation: Manpreet

Indian hockey skipper Manpreet Singh spoke about what he's bene upto during the pandemic and shed light on what impact it had on him.

Sep 16, 2020

China coronavirus vaccine may be ready for public in November

Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

Sep 15, 2020

AstraZeneca COVID vaccine trial in US on hold until at least midweek

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial remains on hold in the United States pending a US investigation into a serious side effect in Britain even as other trials of the vaccine resume, sources familiar with the details told Reuters.

Sep 15, 2020

Coronavirus update: Recoveries outnumber new COVID cases in Karnataka

With 8,865 persons getting discharged, recoveries outnumbered 8,244 new Covid cases across Karnataka, while 119 succumbed to the dreaded virus in the last 24 hours.

Sep 15, 2020

J&K Coronavirus update: 1,686 test COVID positive, tally breaches 54,000

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 1,686 new Covid-19 cases, taking the Union Territory's tally to 54,096, health officials said.

Sep 14, 2020

Karnataka NEET 2020: Amid COVID, 1.19 lakh students appear for exams

Defying COVID-19 fears, as many as 1,19,587 students wrote their National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday in 298 examination centres across Karnataka.

Sep 14, 2020

Parliament monsoon session begins tomorrow: GDP, India-China standoff, COVID to take centre stage

As the monsoon session is all set to begin, the government might issue a statement tomorrow on the India-China standoff in the parliament.

Sep 13, 2020

Yoga, daily walks, Chyawanprash: Post-COVID protocols issued by Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has now issued new guidelines for post-COVID care stressing on the need for immunity-boosting, chyawanprash and Ayurveda

Sep 13, 2020

All-party meet ahead of monsoon session scrapped for the first time in 2 decades

The monsoon session of the Indian parliament will begin on Monday and prep is underway. However, as one of the stark changes this time due to COVID-19 will be the absence of the all-party meet prior to the session.

Sep 13, 2020

Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad dies due to post-Covid illness

On Sunday, ex-Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away at AIIMS, Delhi due to post-COVID illness at the age of 74.

Sep 13, 2020

Pfizer, BioNTech propose expanding phase 3 COVID vaccine trial to 44,000 volunteers

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Saturday proposed to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand their Phase 3 pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial to about 44,000 participants while increasing the diversity of the trial population.

Sep 13, 2020