COIMBATORE: These are desperate times for hoteliers in the city. With coronavirus and bird flu scare doing the rounds, the hotel industry is resorting to desperate measures to tide over the crisis. The 800-odd hotels in the city had been doing a business of Rs 4-5 crore a day till the virus came calling. Some hotels…

An elderly Italian couple, who were together for 60 years, tragically passed away alone within just two hours of each other, after they were infected with the coronavirus.  Severa Belotti, 82, and Luigi Carrara, 86, were together for 60 years but spent their last days on lockdown in their home of Albino, in the northern…

NEW DELHI: Amid the coronavirus scare, an old tweet from 2013 re-emerged and became viral on Twitter and left netizens shocked. The resurfaced tweet was written by a Twitter account named Marco with the username @Marco_Acortes predicting the novel coronavirus outbreak seven years ago. The user tweeted “Coronavirus….its coming” on June 3, 2013. As the…

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread fear in several countries, people are rushing to convenience stores to stock up on medicines, toilet rolls, and hand sanitisers. The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 4,638 and the total number of confirmed cases stands at a staggering 1,26,259, according to Johns Hopkins university data….

Havana: ‘Where to find it?’ and ‘Whatever you want’ and ‘What do you need?’ These are the names of some of the social media groups catering to thousands of Cubans who are using newly available mobile internet to grapple with shortages of basic goods that are worsening under tougher U.S. sanctions. Armed with internet access…

European Union leaders on Thursday rebuked the United States for imposing a unilateral travel ban on arrivals from countries in the Schengen passport-free zone without consulting them. “The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent, and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action,” EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel…

Special arrangements have been made at Manesar’s ITC Grand for Madhya Pradesh’s 106 BJP MLAs who are accommodated at the Studio Apartment Villa area adjoining the five-star hotel. The areas around the main entrance of the hotel and the villa are being guarded by Haryana police’s CID wing, scores of policemen and a host of…

Days after the collapse of Yes Bank, at least three of its peers, including Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB), on Wednesday asserted about their strong capital position and allayed depositors’ fears. The response was supposedly necessitated by “rumours” floating around on social media platforms about the health of these banks. Yes Bank had to be put…

PUDUKKOTTAI: The protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act took a novel turn on Wednesday as protesters queued up in front of two nationalised bank branches in Karambakudi to withdraw money from their accounts. A sum of Rs 55 lakh was withdrawn from Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank in hours as hundreds of protesters, including women,…

In a previous article, we spoke to Dr Vivek Nangia, HOD & Director, Pulmonology, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, and he helped debunk some of the myths about coronavirus. He also mentioned how the government of India has set up specific centers where one can get tested for the virus. In this article, we tell you…

The development process, however, requires a series of tests and experiments that may last many months before the vaccination is deemed effective or safe to use, the report said. Scientists in Israel are expected to announce in the coming days that they have completed development of a vaccine for the new coronavirus COVID-19, according to…

New Delhi: Coronavirus, which is now officially a pandemic, is deadly, but not for everyone. Illness due to coronavirus, also called COVID-19, is generally mild, especially for children and young adults, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the early clinical profile of COVID-19 suggests severe manifestation in people suffering from diabetes , cardiovascular conditions and…

Thane: Amid the ongoing coronavirus scare, a man has been arrested for allegedly dumping one lakh used face masks at an open space in Maharashtra’s Thane district, the police said on Monday. These used infected masks, according to reports, were washed, put out to dry and reused. These infected masks were sold once again due to…

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: The Shaheen Bagh model protest in Athupalam, Coimbatore, against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been decided to be halted for five days. The indefinite protest in the open space adjacent to the Irshadul Islam Shafia Sunnath Jamath mosque in Coimbatore began on February 19th, organised by various Islamic organisations and Muslim-centric…

Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone recently started playing a recorded message with a coughing sound followed by a disclaimer regarding coronavirus. The coughing sound has been removed according to the telecom service providers, however, in our experience, it is still coming but very rarely. The sound and this disclaimer are quite irritating for some people, who…