coronavirus

Pune start-up develops eco-friendly hand sanitiser

Coronavirus: Nivea India starts manufacturing hand sanitisers; to be distributed ‘free of cost’

12:23 am April 4, 2020

New Delhi: Personal grooming products maker Nivea India on Friday said it has started production of hand sanitisers from its skincare manufacturing plants in collaboration with its key partners. The company said its plant at Sanand in Gujarat which originally manufactures skincare products for the India market has begun production of alcohol-based hand sanitisers, and […]

UP govt has set up panels to look into problems of various sectors: Adityanath

UP govt to set up Rs 1000 crore corona care fund

4:56 pm April 3, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will create a corona care fund of Rs 1000 crore which will help in setting up testing facilities and procuring ventilators, masks and sanitisers, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday. Not only will the government help with this fund, but help will also be taken from corporate houses under […]

Coronavirus patient dies in Pune

11:55 pm April 2, 2020

Pune: A 50-year-old coronavirus patient died at the government-run Sassoon Hospital here on Thursday evening. Dr Ajay Chandanwale, dean of the hospital, said the woman was admitted as she had severe pneumonia, and subsequently tested positive for coronavirus. “She had no foreign travel history,” he said. Adityanath skips Ram Navami ritual at Gorakhnath math

COVID-19: 44 Texas University students test positive after spring break trip

5:35 pm April 2, 2020

Houston: Forty four students of the University of Texas in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 after they returned from a spring break trip to Mexico, avoiding social-distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The university, which is in Austin, had previously confirmed only 28 coronavirus cases. About 70 students flew on a chartered plane […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members, primary contacts quarantined

5:26 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now across the country in view of the coronavirus infection, a senior home ministry official said on Thursday. Punya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the Union Home Ministry, told reporters during a daily briefing that out of about 2,000 such Tablighi Jamaat members […]