Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): A 15-day lockdown came into force in West Bengal from Sunday in the wake of surge in coronavirus infections.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 15 (ANI): Myanmar's military government announced it will reopen public schools on June 1 but many teachers and students opposed to the coup might refuse to return.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Pointing out the Centre's delay in taking decision, former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asked who will be accountable for the avoidable infections and loss of lives due to the central government's delay to invite other
Seoul [South Korea], May 13 (ANI/Global Economic): Even though Samsung Biologics denied reports that Pfizer's novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) vaccine is being produced on terms of the contract manufacturing organization (CMO), observations that the possibility cannot be ruled out are
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): In a heartwarming episode that incidentally took place on Mothers' Day amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the head constable of the Delhi Police on Sunday took care of a child, both of whose parents were down with the coronavirus infection.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 9 (ANI): Nepal on Sunday reported 8,777 cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide caseload to 3,94,667.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): With 4,03,738 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, India continued to report more than four lakh daily coronavirus infections for the fourth day on the trot.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): Amid rising cases of coronavirus infections across the state, the International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Siliguri has started distributing food among COVID-19 patients.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): In order to curb the rising number of coronavirus infections, authorities in Pakistan are imposing complete countrywide lockdown from May 8 for the next 10 days, Gulf News reported.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 8 (ANI): With the coronavirus infection reaching villages of Uttarakhand, the state government will take some "major decision" by May 10 to curb the transmission, said Uttarakhand cabinet minister Subodh Uniyal on Saturday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): In order to curb the rising number of coronavirus infections, Islamabad authorities have announced a full lockdown on May 7 from 6 pm onwards.
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid the shortage of ICU beds due to the rise in coronavirus infections in Kashmir valley, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started construction of a 500-bed COVID-19 hospital in Budgam district to ramp up medica