Is there thinning of crowds on Mumbai’s local trains and cancellations reported on planned journeys? Yes and it is the railway statistics over the past few days that itself is proving so. The railways have been reporting increased cancellations and giving out refunds. While suburban traffic on Central Railway has shown a significant dip from…

A Canadian firm claims that it has manufactured a COVID-19 vaccine just 20 days after getting the coronavirus’s genetic sequence, using a unique technology that they want to submit for FDA approval. Medicago CEO Bruce Clark said his firm could manufacture as many as 10 million doses per month. On Thursday, he said in an…

New Delhi: Union Cabinet on Friday (March 13, 2020) approves 4% increase in Dearness Allowance for employees and pensioners of the Central government. The Union government had earlier said that Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) was due for Central Government Employees and Pensioners. The due DA/DR will be paid this month as it…

Coronavirus can stay in a patient’s respiratory system who has been infected by the deadly disease, for more than 30 days (5 weeks), according to a new study. In an article published in Lancet Medical Journal, doctors who studied coronavirus survivors detected RNA samples of the virus for a median of 20 days since the…

A Delhi court on Friday sentenced expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to 10 years’ imprisonment in the murder case of Unnao rape victim’s father. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma directed both Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother Atul Singh Sengar to pay Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to the victim’s family. The victim’s father…

Kajol has shared fresh pictures of her daughter Nysa on Instagram, presumably from a candid photoshoot. The 16-year-old is all smiles as she sits on the floor in a cream lehenga paired with a sequinned blouse and traditional jewellery. Sharing two pictures of Nysa, Kajol wrote, ‘In the times of fear we are in right now we all…

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. With more than 4,000 deaths and over 118,000 positive cases, the virus has now spread to 114 countries. The outbreak comes nearly a century after the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, which had claimed somewhere between 50 and 100…

New Delhi: While scientists have yet to irrefutably determine the source of the deadly novel coronavirus strain, which has claimed over 4,000 lives worldwide, some studies indicate that the natural host of COVID-19 are bats. While bats were not sold at the market in Wuhan, the Chinese region where the virus originated, it is believed that…

Pakistan cricket authorities announced plans Thursday to close public access to a series of upcoming domestic league matches in Karachi, making an abrupt u-turn as criticism mounted online of the country’s handling of the coronavirus. The announcement came as a match had already started in the bustling commercial hub of 15 million, marking what would…

Cristiano Ronaldo has been in quarantine in Madeira for several days but is not showing any symptoms of the coronavirus contracted by a Juventus team-mate, local authorities in Portugal said Thursday. “Ronaldo left Italy a few days ago and his isolation hasn’t just started now,” said Pedro Ramos, a member of the Madeira regional government…

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema reacts at the end of La Liga soccer match between Betis and Real Madrid at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday, March. 8 The deepening virus outbreak prompted the cancellation of Champions League soccer for the first time Thursday, with the high-profile match between Manchester City and Real Madrid…

Amid the coronavirus scare that has spread voices of concern across the globe, a surprising incident in Thailand has left people amazed. In a viral video clip, hundreds of monkeys were seen fighting each other over a banana, as the number of tourists plummeted in the city of Lopburi, in Thailand. According to reports, monkeys…