COVID-19

Covid-19: Govt to pay employer, employee’s PF contribution for 3 months

3:53 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: The government will pay the employee provident fund (EPF) contribution both of the employer and the employee (12 per cent each) for the next three months, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. The move will benefit over 4.8 crore employees in the organised sector. The government has also announced a Rs 1.70 […]

Odisha puts 82,248 in self-quarantine

12:47 am March 26, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked 82,248 people to remain in self-quarantine as they have recently returned either from abroad or from other states in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 patients remained two in Odisha. The state governments chief COVID-19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi said 78,233 […]

COVID-19 positive cases rise to 606, number of infected highest in Maharashtra: Health Ministry

11:28 pm March 25, 2020

New Delhi: Nearly 90 more coronavirus positive cases were reported in India taking the total number of cases to 606 on Wednesday while the number of deaths was 10, according to health ministry data. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 553 while 43 people have been cured, discharged or migrated. The 606 positive […]

871 held in Kolkata for defying lockdown order

11:16 pm March 25, 2020

Kolkata: As many as 871 people have been arrested in the city in a span of 24 hours since Tuesday 5 pm for defying the lockdown order imposed by the government in its attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19, a senior police officer said. The arrests were made by the Kolkata Police during naka-checking […]

COVID-19: Maharashtra tally 112; five more test positive

4:07 pm March 25, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra reported five new coronavirus cases since Tuesday night, taking the number of cases in the state to 112, the highest in the country so far, officials said. The latest cases are from Sangli district, where five members of a family in Islampur tested coronavirus positive, the officials said on Wednesday. “We are checking […]