A local police constable was injured in accidental firing on Monday in high security Gupkar Road area of Srinagar city. Police said a police constable of the Special Security Group (SSG) was injured when his service rifle went off in the SSG lines in Gupkar Road area on Monday. Police said he was shifted to […]
WrestleMania 36 Part 2 was truly historic as Drew McIntyre reigned supreme over Brock Lesnar to capture his first WWE Championship, Charlotte Flair bested Rhea Ripley to reclaim the NXT Women’s Championship, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt took John Cena into the darkness in a Firefly Fun House Match and Edge outlasted Randy Orton in a […]
Could a tiny hilltop village in Italy help us solve some of the mysteries around coronavirus? Last week, the village of Nerola, was suddenly declared a red zone, after a dozens of coronavirus cases were discovered. It’s been sealed off by the army, and everyone who lives there put into quarantine. Now medical researchers are […]
On 23 March, a 56-year-old man living in a vast, labyrinthine slum in the western Indian city of Mumbai went to see a doctor. He was feeling feverish and had a bad cough. The garment trader lived in Dharavi where more than half-a-million people are spread over 2.5 grubby sq km, which is less than […]
The Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, listed a COVID-19 hotspot by the government, was shut and declared a containment zone on Monday after three doctors and 26 nurses from the hospital tested positive for the novel coronavirus, NDTV reported. 270 nurses and patients from the hospital are being tested for coronavirus. Entry and exit to the hospital […]
The Indian Railways has begun preparing plans to resume passenger and mail express train services after the 21-day lockdown period in the wake of Covid-19 disease. Directions have been issued to zones to prepare restoration plans from April 15. However, the Railways ministry has said that no resumption plan has been officially issued, and that the concerned people […]
With the coronavirus pandemic posing an unprecedented challenge in terms of preparedness, capacity building and implementation of strategies to counter the spread of the virus, the Karnataka government has deployed a big chunk of its IAS officers to ensure “meticulous implementation of plans”. IAS officials in Karnataka have taken control of much of the strategy to counter […]
Will the lockdown be extended? As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise and with no immediate signs of the curve flattening, there is a growing feeling that some of the hotspots in the country might be put under extended restrictions after the 21-day lockdown ends on April 14. COVID-19 LIVE updates Top government sources […]
New Delhi: Could a sudden loss of sense of smell and taste indicate Covid-19 infection in the absence of other symptoms? Doctors from across the world have reportedly found that a significant number of the novel coronavirus positive patients lose their sense of smell. While the loss of sense of smell is often hard to detect, this may […]
Pandemics are not particularly new. In fact, COVID-19 is simply the latest in a long line of pandemics. But this one has a rather modern streak. For the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 has used the connectedness of our globalised world to spread. And spread with such speed and stealth, that containment — keeping the […]