coronavirus

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

8:46 pm June 28, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to put the country on a diet as part of a wider strategy to counter obesity, seen as a major risk factor in those impacted by coronavirus. Johnson, 56, who is on a slimming regime himself, is expected to outline plans by next month to increase fitness […]

Gujarat: Five former Congress MLAs join BJP

4:10 pm June 27, 2020

Ahmedabad: Five former Congress MLAs from Gujarat, out of the total eight who had resigned as legislators in March and June- ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections- joined the BJP on Saturday. Former Congress MLAs Jitu Chaudhary, Pradyumnasinh Jadeja, J V Kakadiya, Akshay Patel and Brijesh Merja joined the BJP in the presence of party’s […]

COVID-19: Amravati records 19 new cases; tally rises to 472

9:22 pm June 25, 2020

Amravati: As many as 19 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while one person succumbed to the infection in Maharashtra’s Amravati district on Thursday, a health official said. With the detection of these cases, the district’s COVID-19 tally now stands at 472, a release from the civil surgeon’s office stated. A 48-year-old man from Badnera, who tested positive for […]

South Africa’s economy to see worst performance in 90 years

12:15 am June 25, 2020

Johannesburg: South Africa’s economy is expected to decline by 7.2 per cent this year, its worst performance in 90 years, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on sub-Saharan Africa’s most developed country. This was revealed in an emergency budget delivered by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday, a day after the country’s statistics body revealed its […]

Coronil gets Ayush Ministry certification as per WHO scheme: Patanjali

Patanjali didn’t have permission for coronavirus drug; issuing notice: U’khand official

7:51 pm June 24, 2020

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government is issuing a notice to yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali for launching a drug claiming to be a cure for coronavirus when it had only applied for an immunity booster against cough and fever, an official said on Wednesday. State Ayurved Department’s licence officer Y S Rawat said the notice is being issued […]