Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaksDespite recent hantavirus and norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships, industry experts anticipate a record number of passengers this year. Man...
17 May, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
Parliament sanitised after latest case of coronavirusAccording to the orders issued by the secretariat, a certain number of staffers are required to work from home and employees are allowed to...
30 May, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 23: Maharashtra becomes first state with 3000 casesMaharashtra today became the first state in India to hit the 3000-mark, but there's a silver lining. India's worst affected state saw a 34%...
16 Apr, 2020, 10.17 PM IST
KG, primary schools closed in TN till March 31; Theatres, malls too shut in border districtsChief Minister K Palaniswami also issued order for closure of cinema halls and malls where people gather in large numbers till the month en...
15 Mar, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Coronavirus can live in patients for five weeks after being infectedBy comparison, only a third of patients with SARS still harbored the virus in their respiratory tract after as long as four weeks.
14 Mar, 2020, 03.54 PM IST
Parliament cancels visitors passes in view of coronavirusFollowing the Holi break that ended on March 11, the Parliament has decided not to allow visitors inside the house, and to stop the tours o...
12 Mar, 2020, 02.14 PM IST
Ordering food in the time of corona: Swiggy e-mails advisory to customers, assures high standards being followedFood brands are taking proactive measures to deal with the pandemic.
12 Mar, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
China turns to propaganda to right image in coronavirus 'war'China's ruling Communist Party has given instructions on the outbreak or touring related facilities. Coverage then segues to doctors and nu...
09 Mar, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
First confirmed coronavirus case in Jammu & KashmirA 63-year-old woman, who had a travel history to Iran, tested positive for coronavirus here, making her the first confirmed case in Jammu a...
09 Mar, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
Coronavirus: All 6 samples from Noida test negative, say officialsAmong those whose samples were taken on Tuesday were a couple and their 12-year-old son, and a woman and her two children, aged 12 and five...
04 Mar, 2020, 01.25 PM IST
Telangana, Karnataka go all out to contain Covid-19 spreadThe two state governments as well as the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh have announced a state of high alertness after a technology worker fro...
04 Mar, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
Sold out: iPads, Facebook VR headsets in short supply as coronavirus spreadsHP’s Envy, Pavilion and Slim desktop computers are out of stock, as are some of the company’s Sprocket mobile photo printers.
03 Mar, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
Exports of certain APIs, formulations put under restricted category amid coronavirus outbreakParacetamol, Tinidazole, Metronidaxole, Vitamins B1, B6, B 12 included in the list.
03 Mar, 2020, 02.28 PM IST
Why WHO has not declared Coronavirus as a pandemicThere exists a clear difference between an epidemic and a pandemic. Pandemic is the spread of a disease across a large region while epidemi...
28 Feb, 2020, 05.41 PM IST
Indian refiners get rare oil cheap as Coronavirus chokes demand in ChinaBPCL will receive a million barrels each of Brazil's Sapinhoa and Mediterranean CPC blend in April.
25 Feb, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
Italy reports fourth coronavirus death as infections mountIt was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put under lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread ...
24 Feb, 2020, 04.51 PM IST
Death toll in China's coronavirus jumps to 361, confirmed cases soars to over 17200China's National Health Commission in its daily report on Monday said that 2,829 new cases of coronavirus were reported nationwide on Febru...
03 Feb, 2020, 10.00 AM IST