COVID

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, coastal districts; 1 missing

11:36 pm August 27, 2020

Kolkata: Heavy rains lashed Kolkata and the coastal districts of West Bengal on Thursday, inundating low-lying areas, officials said. Several thoroughfares were waterlogged in different parts of Kolkata, including BT Road, Central Avenue, College Street, Amherst Street and EM Bypass, due to the showers that began on Wednesday evening, the weather office said. However, there […]

Sao Paulo state stops professional sports as COVID-19 rages

Pogba tests positive for COVID-19, out of France squad

7:13 pm August 27, 2020

Paris: France midfielder Paul Pogba has been left out of their squad for next month’s Nations League matches after testing positive for COVID-19, manager Didier Deschamps said on Thursday. Rennes midfielder Eduardo Camavinga was called up as a late replacement for Manchester United’s Pogba. “I had to make a last-minute change to this list because […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

GST Council meeting debates revenue shortfall of states

6:58 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: A crucial meeting of the GST Council on compensating states for revenue shortfall began on Thursday with the states ruled by non-NDA parties opposing the Centre”s move to ask states to borrow to meet the deficit. The 41st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala […]

COVID-19 can affect almost all organs, say experts at AIIMS

11:40 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: Not just the lungs, COVID-19 can affect almost all organs and the initial symptoms may be totally unrelated to chest complaints, experts at AIIMS here said on Wednesday. They stressed that classification of cases into mild, moderate and severe categories based just on respiratory symptoms should be relooked to include other organ involvement. Experts from […]

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

People not wearing masks, maintaining social distancing driving COVID-19 pandemic in India: ICMR DG

11:42 pm August 25, 2020

New Delhi: ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said “irresponsible” people not wearing masks and maintaining social distancing are driving the coronavirus pandemic in India. He also said that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has embarked on a second national sero survey which shall be completed by the first week of September. Speaking at […]