Covid second wave claims over 1.3 lakh lives in 50-odd daysIn contrast, the first wave had claimed one lakh lives in India but these were spread over 6.5 months –– between March 12, 2020 and October...
24 May, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
One million cases in 4 days, record deaths: India's Covid 'storm' in 10 chartsThe single-day rise in new coronavirus infections inched closer to 3 lakh with more than 2,000 daily deaths, according to the Union health ...
21 Apr, 2021, 06.21 PM IST
2,098 new COVID-19 cases in Kerala; toll climbs to 4,435 with 13 more deathsKerala on Wednesday logged 2,098 fresh COVID-19 cases, including two UK returnees, pushing the infection count to 10.96 lakh and the toll r...
17 Mar, 2021, 07.56 PM IST
Every 250th person on Earth now infected with coronavirusThe current world population is 7.8 billion (as of September 2020), according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Wor...
26 Sep, 2020, 07.50 PM IST
India's single-day count of COVID-19 cases more than that of US, Brazil in past 7 days: WHO dataIndia recorded 4,11,379 COVID-19 cases and 6,251 deaths due to the disease in a span of seven days till August 10, while the US which is at...
11 Aug, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the world reach 20 million; doubling in 45 daysHealth officials believe the actual number is much higher, given testing limitations and the fact that as many as 40% of all those who are ...
11 Aug, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
India’s covid count on Sunday highest in world, records a single-day spike of 53,641 casesIndia reported 3,69,588 cases during last week (July 27-Aug 2), higher than Brazil’s count of 3,13,776. The US logged 4,41,808 cases during...
04 Aug, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Lockdown, Day 82: Delhi to get Centre supportNowhere is India's sticky situation more evident than in the nation's capital, with cases spiralling out of control, crossing the 35,000 ma...
14 Jun, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 81: Another grim milestoneSome experts, meanwhile, have come down hard on the ICMR for its assertion that there was no community transmission of COVID-19, saying it ...
13 Jun, 2020, 07.08 PM IST
India coronavirus caseload goes up to 2,56,611It took five days for the country's caseload to to go from 2 lakh (June 2 numbers) to the 2.5 lakh mark. To put things in perspective, it h...
08 Jun, 2020, 01.00 PM IST
Cases rise by 9,971, India now fifth worst-affectedAs per the latest data, the 10 states with highest confirmed incidences together account for 84% of the total cases and 95% of the deaths. ...
07 Jun, 2020, 09.38 AM IST
Lockdown, Day 67: Will India take leap of faith?On jobs front, top 5 insurance companies believe that they can hire upto 5000 people on business boom. Tata Steel also confirmed to honour ...
30 May, 2020, 05.10 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 62: Crisis continues unabatedIndia's coronavirus tally also seems to have taken off, with almost seven thousand cases being reported in just the last 24 hours, now maki...
25 May, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 58: Business (not) as usualWhile Corporate India is taking a dip in its revenues by over 25 percent during the covid lockdown, normalcy in business might take an year...
21 May, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 54: Another Sunday extensionAs part of the fifth tranche, Covid-related debt will not be termed as default under the IBC, and no fresh insolvency proceedings will be i...
17 May, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 46: A long week aheadIn the last five days, the country has reported close to 10,000 cases and 675 deaths.
09 May, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 31: Only the first wave so farAs COVID-19 continues wreaking havoc on global economies, Franklin Templeton has wound up six of its debt mutual funds - worth $4.1 billion...
24 Apr, 2020, 09.39 PM IST