Search For "corona"
87-year-old doctor braves COVID-19 pandemic to treat villagers in Maharash
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], October 23 (ANI): While the COVID-19 phase led to hardships for many, healthcare facilities in villages were severely affected, but even during this crisis, an 87-year old doctor from Chandrapur continued braving the pandemic to reach his patients on a bicyc
Read More
Mumbai-based school student Karan Taparia's 'Kushal Bharat' initiative is
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Countries across the globe have been overwhelmed by an unending stream of unprecedented social, economic and humanitarian problems. In March 2020, hoping to counteract the
Read More
With 1,793 new COVID-19 cases, Odisha's tally reaches 2,77,887
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 23 (ANI): Odisha reported 1,793 new COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths and 2,128 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases rises to 2,77,887, said State Health Department, Government of Odisha.
Read More
Arjun Kapoor's food venture empowers 1000 people across the country to bec
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23 (ANI): Actor Arjun Kapoor had invested in an emerging food delivery start-up, FoodCloud, with the aim to improve gender parity. Arjun seems to have pivoted towards empowering as many people as possible to be self-reliant during the coronavirus pandemi
Read More
ICC expects clarity on World Test Championship by mid-November
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], October 23 (ANI): Announcing the start of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship with the 2019 Ashes series, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had said that the top two teams would fight it out for the title in June 2021 at the iconic Lord's. But the coronavi
Read More
Only those who vote for BJP to get COVID vaccine shows its discriminatory
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut slammed Bharatiya Janata party for promising free COVID-19 vaccine to those who vote for BJP in Bihar elections through its manifesto and said it shows discriminatory nature of the party.
Read More
Nitish welcomes PM Modi to Bihar, thanks him for assistance during COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Sasaram (Bihar) [India], October 23 (ANI): Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sasaram, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar thanked him for the assistance provided to the state during the COVID-19 pandemic phase.
Read More
With spike of 54,366 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reaches 77,61,312
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): With an increase of 54,366 new cases and 690 deaths, India's COVID-19 count reached 77,61,312 on Friday, as per the Union Health Ministry.
Read More
Final Presidential debate: Trump says COVID-19 vaccine soon; Biden calls T
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tennessee [US], October 23 (ANI): Democratic nominee Joe Biden renewed his attacks on Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic at Thursday's final debate before the November 3 election with US President Donald Trump saying a vaccine would be announced soon.
Read More
Several States, UTs exhibiting higher COVID-19 positivity rate than nation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): There is a need for 'aggressive and widespread testing' as 14 states and Union Territories (UTs) are exhibiting positivity rate higher than the national average for COVID-19, said the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
Read More
Canada launches pilot programme to test travellers for COVID-19 upon entry
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government in conjunction with Alberta are launching a pilot programme looking to cut down quarantine time for international travellers by testing for COVID-19 at the point of entry, the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs said in a
Read More
US FDA approves remdesivir, first drug to treat COVID-19 patients
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus, Al Jazeera reported citing a statement issued by Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Read More