COVID-19

Pune: Sex workers seek to resume work with caution, SOPs

3:58 pm June 22, 2020

Pune: With the lockdown being eased, some sex workers in Pune’s red light area want to get back to business by taking all precautions and following the standard operating procedures to stay protected against COVID-19. The livelihood of nearly 3,000 sex workers in the Budhwar Peth area here in Maharashtra has been affected by the […]

HC stays proceedings against Ganga Ram Hospital

3:48 pm June 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday put on hold the investigation and all related proceedings against Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) in connection with an FIR lodged against it for alleged violation of COVID-19 regulation norms. Justice C Hari Shankar passed the interim order on the hospital’s application seeking stay on proceedings in […]

Concerned over how quickly COVID-19 cases are rising in India: Indian-origin expert

1:35 pm June 21, 2020

New York: Harvard Global Health Institute Director Dr. Ashish Jha has expressed concern over how quickly new the coronavirus cases are rising in India and said when populous states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh get hit hard, the country could see a “large increase” in virus infections and deaths. India on Sunday saw a record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s […]

Partial solar eclipse will be visible in Bengaluru

8:12 pm June 20, 2020

Bengaluru: A partial solar eclipse will be visible in the city on Sunday from 10:12 am to 1:31 pm, the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium has said. The maximum, around 40 percent eclipse will be visible at 11:47 am, the Planetarium has said on its website. The eclipsing sun should not be seen without protective and safety […]

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

IIT Kharagpur to start virtual lecture series on innovation, entrepreneurship in post-COVID world

7:59 pm June 20, 2020

Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur’s Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship is set to start a virtual lecture series dealing with crucial aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series titled ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID World’ will be divided into 16 parts and conducted on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced […]