India

A doctor pelted with stones while screening residents of a locality here earlier this month, on Thursday welcomed the ordinance to protect healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus from acts of violence.

The total number of positive cases in Suryapet district have now reached 83, next only to Greater Hyderabad.

First-quarter turnover rose 0.2% to 12.40 billion euros ($13.42 billion), slightly missing estimate of 12.77 billion euros, according to analysts polled by Factset.

What is really required from the government is to include these ‘invisible workers’ in policies related to Covid-19, and to reach out to them with support and aid.

A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra noted that providing 100 per cent reservation would be "unfair" and "unreasonable" and no law mandates that only tribal teachers can teach in the scheduled areas.

A 40-year-old woman from Jahangirpuri, who came to the hospital on April 16, was a suspected Covid-19 patient and died on April 18.

As per the complaint filed by the delivery man, he visited Chaturvedi's house on Tuesday morning to deliver certain goods, said senior inspector Sanjay Hazare.

According to the latest data of the UP Health department, a total of 42,912 people were tested for coronavirus in the state, of which 40,263 have tested negative while 1,449 have tested positive.

The Colombian woman tourist, Jennifer Guarin Montoya (30), who came to India on February 22, was stranded in Mumbai after the nationwide lockdown was clamped from March 24 midnight.

Though the incident occurred on April 14 morning, it came to light only recently with social media users showering praises on Ramya Himanish, who runs a dental clinic in Dodda Bommasandra.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said the Central committee has recommended an increase in the capacity of quarantine facility in Mumbai from 1,200 beds to 2,000, in light of the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city.

The advisory comes a day after the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Delhi decided to arrange Covid-19 tests for media persons. Some journalists from a Tamil news TV channel in Chennai tested positive for the infection in a fresh incident involv...

In a Facebook address, Deshmukh said he has requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take the custody of Wadhawans after their quarantine period ends at 2 pm on Wednesday.

On Tuesday morning, the state's tally touched 757 and there appears to be no sign of respite for the state from the growing numbers of coronavirus cases.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 49 deaths and 1,486 new cases were reported nationwide since Tuesday evening.

State Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha issued an order allowing the e-auction. The order said that e-auction should be held after observing social distancing norms and other guidelines in the wake of the coronavirus spread.