COVID-19

41 people living in one building in Delhi test positive for COVID-19

9:15 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: Forty-one people living in a building in southwest Delhi’s Kapashera area tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, an official said. A case of COVID-19 had been reported from the building situated in ”theke wali gali” on April 18, prompting authorities to timely seal it. This helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in […]

'Coming back and biting us': US sees virus resurgence

NY nursing home reports 98 deaths linked to coronavirus

12:54 pm May 2, 2020

New York: A New York City nursing home on Friday reported the deaths of 98 residents believed to have had the coronavirus a staggering death toll that shocked public officials. It’s absolutely horrifying, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. It’s inestimable loss, and it’s just impossible to imagine so many people lost in one place. It […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

Govt defers release of April GST collection data

11:18 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Friday deferred the release of April GST revenue collection data as the ongoing lockdown and extended return filing deadline led to lower mop-up during the month, sources said. The government had in March extended the deadline to file GST returns for entities with turnover of over Rs 5 crore by […]

NYSE: Stocks turn choppy as investors weigh earnings, recovery

Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from coronavirus

8:14 am May 1, 2020

New York: Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits has climbed past a staggering 30 million, while Europe’s economies have gone into an epic slide. And as bad as the numbers are, some are already outdated because of the lag in […]

COVID-19 testing begins at Shrinagar medical college

7:07 pm April 30, 2020

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated a COVID-19 PCR testing laboratory at the Vir Chandra Singh Garhwali Medical College, Shrinagar on Thursday. With the inauguration of the testing laboratory at the medical college in Shrinagar, it will be easy for the people of Pauri, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Tehri districts to give their samples, […]