Pandemic

Tokyo:  As Japan goes ahead with Olympics 2021, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the coronavirus pandemic is a test in which the world is failing. The pandemic could have…

Riyadh:  Saudi Arabia has approved the security plan for this year's Haj pilgrimage, while taking into account precautions against Covid-19. According to the plan issued on Sunday by the Interior Ministry that aims to ensure the safety…

New Delhi: Fuel prices continued an upward march on Sunday and the petrol was priced at Rs 99.51 per litre in the national capital. In Delhi, the price of the fuel increased by 35 paise. Oil marketing companies raised fuel prices on…

Patna: The labourers have started losing jobs amid the Covid-19 resurgence across the country. Fentus Kumar (29), a native of Bihar's Khagaria district, came with his group of 45 fellow labourers from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan. "Since…

Bhubaneswar: Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Rajya Sabha today that 91 percent MSMEs were found to functional amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Replying to an unstarred question, MSME Minister…

Bhubaneswar: After maintaining a decline in the daily detections of new Covid-19 infections from across the State, 94 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. Out of the 94 new positive cases, 56 are reportedly in quarantine…

New Delhi:  While the wealth of nations top 100 billionaires increased by Rs 12.97 lakh crore since March 2020, about 1.7 lakh people lost their jobs every hour in April 2020 alone. Oxfam India's CEO Amitabh Behar says, "To contextualise…

New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated a re-imagining of how access to justice, a key pillar in all democracies, can be ensured in the backdrop of an unprecedented health crisis. The virus pushed a serious Supreme Court into…

Mumbai: Acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddqui, who had two big releases this year -- 'Serious Men' and 'Raat Akeli Hai', said due to the pandemic this year went by like how it was for others but as an actor it went well. In 2020, Nawazuddin…

Jaipur:  Amid the pandemic, another challenge has been thrown up before mankind as antibiotic resistance has emerged as one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today. In fact, many recent studies have…