Even though reopening of liquor vends is a priority for the state Congress government, wives of two prominent leaders of the ruling party - cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring - have asked chief minister Amarinder Singh to reconsider home delivery of liquor during lockdown.

Frontline health workers of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were allegedly threatened with life and spat at by six persons including four women in Sanjaynagar locality on Saturday.

South Korea's had 18 new cases in 24 hours with all but one of them linked to a 29-year-old man who visited three clubs in Seoul's Itaewon district before testing.

Spain's health ministry reported 179 new confirmed deaths on Saturday, increasing the death toll to 26,478.

The move came as more nations review restrictions on blood donations imposed during the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis, with some countries imposing blanket bans, some waiting periods after gay sex, and others - like Italy - having no limitations at all.

Pakistan, which has reported 26,435 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 599 deaths, has announced it will start lifting a countrywide lockdown from Saturday in a bid to restart economic activity.

Cuomo had on Friday disclosed the death of a 5-year old linked to the coronavirus and a syndrome that shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, which was the first known fatality tied to the rare illness in New York.

The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 30,395 the agency said, the third highest in the world after those of the United States and Britain.

The FDA said the authorisation is for an antigen test, which is a new type of diagnostic test designed for rapid detection of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Canada's death toll rose 3.5% to 4,628 from a day earlier, while cases approached 67,000. Nearly 60% of Canada's deaths have occurred in Quebec, where there are numerous outbreaks in nursing homes.

The ministry said the number of people in intensive care units - a key measure of a health system's ability to deal with the epidemic - fell by 56, or about 2%, to 2,812. That is less than half the peak of 7,148 seen on April 8.

Trump has been criticised as abdicating any leadership role in guiding the country through one of its worst crises in a century, leaving states on their own to grapple with the pandemic and even bid against each other to obtain critical medical equipment on the open market or abroad.

Fighting between forces loyal to rival governments over Libya's capital intensified Saturday with heavy artillery shelling hitting the sole functioning airport in Tripoli, setting jet fuel tanks ablaze and damaging passenger planes, authorities in west Libya and the UN said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Sunday the next phase of Britain's battle to tackle the health crisis, following a review by ministers of lockdown measures that have all but shut the economy and kept tens of millions of people at home for nearly seven weeks.

The South Korean government on Wednesday started to relax its strict social distancing rules but only in line with a set of guidelines referred to as the 'distancing in daily life' policy.

In the capital, Santiago, where the largest cemeteries ordinarily attract tens of thousands of visitors with associated road closures and chaotic scenes, the national federation of cemetery workers this week urged people to stay away.

Washington has halted funding for the WHO, a UN agency, after President Donald Trump accused it of being "China-centric" and promoting China's "disinformation" about the outbreak, assertions the WHO denies.

The EU member of 38 million people has found itself in the bizarre predicament in which the presidential ballot is formally neither postponed nor cancelled.

A new study has claimed synthetic bedding can aggravate asthma more than feather products as it contains high levels of fungal cells.

Want to lead a healthy life and free your home from bacteria? Perform 'havan' at regular intervals.

ಡುಕಾಟಿ ಕಂಪನಿಯು ತನ್ನ 2020ರ ಮಲ್ಟಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾಡಾ 950 ಅಡ್ವೆಂಚರ್-ಟೂರರ್ ಮಾದರಿಯನ್ನು ಭಾರತೀಯ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು ಖಚಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ವರ್ಷದ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಡುಕಾಟಿ ಮಲ್ಟಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾಡಾ 950 ಬೈಕ್ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಲಿದೆ.

Ayushmann Khurrana has teamed up with his friend and composer Rochak Kohli for a special song titled 'Ma' dedicated to all the hardworking mothers.

ಹುಲಿಯಾಗದಿದ್ದರೂ ಇಲಿಯಾಗಲೇಬೇಕು... ಇದೆಂಥಾ ಮಾತು... ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಹುಲಿಯಾಗಬೇಕು ಅಂತ ಬಯಸಿದರೆ ನೀನೇನಯ್ಯಾ 'ಇಲಿ'ಯಾಗಬೇಕು ಅಂತ ಹೇಳೋದು? ಅಂತ ಅನ್ನಿಸಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ಅರ್ಥೈಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಾದ್ದು 'ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಕೊರೆದು ನೋಡಲು ನಾವ್ ಇಲಿಯಾಗಬೇಕು' ! ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ಇಲಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಮಾತಾಡೋಣ... ಇಲಿಯ ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ ಏನು? ತುಂಬಾ ಸಿಂಪಲ್. ಸೀದಾ ವರ್ಣಮಾಲೆಯ ಕಲಿಕೆಗೆ ಹೋಗೋಣ ಬನ್ನಿ... ಅ- ಅಗಸ, ಆ

Later, it was reported that the owner of the bakery located in T Nagar in Chennai was arrested.

With COVID-19 wearing out healthcare system of India thin, is India equipped to deal with the COVID-19 baby boom? Can it contain the impact it will have on women's mental and physical healthcare as well as India's deplorable child mortality rate?

Tesla boss Elon Musk and his partner Claire Grimes Boucher welcomed their first baby on May 4 and baffled everyone with the choice of the name.

Kohli, who has been actively doing his bit to help during the coronavirus lockdown along with wife Anushka Sharma, posted a couple of pictures with his mother on social media.

The Dubai state carrier made 1 billion dirhams ($287.5 million) in the 12 months to March 31, compared to 871 million dirhams a year earlier.

Like life insurance policies which can be paid in monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly modes, soon you will be able to pay health insurance premiums similarly. This has come amid Covid 19 outbreak after IRDAI's call on the issue, when people have been

Charlie Munger, the vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathway, the investment company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffet, is not looking at making investments amid the COVID-19 crisis. In a recent telephonic interview with the Wall Street Journal, Munger was asked if his investment

Indian currency rupee against the dollar has tumbled to a historic low of 76.91 per US dollar on April 22, 2020 and as per reports it may touch levels of 80 as the pandemic Covid 19 brings with it a lot

On Monday, banks and NBFCs (non-banking finance companies) were among the biggest losers on the Indian stock exchanges. ICICI Bank ended 10.56 percent lower, HDFC 9.98 percent down, HDFC Bank 7.89 percent lower, SBI was down 5.88 percent and NSE's banking

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has granted provision to allow withdrawal of funds from the fund balance to tackle liquidity crunch. Nonetheless, while the institution has received many such withdrawal request there has

State Bank of India (SBI) has initiated an emergency loan scheme for its customers amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. It allows bank account holders of the nation's largest bank to apply for the loan on its

The contagion of COVID-19 has adversely affected every walk of life, businesses have gone back to the drawing boards to chalk out sustainable plans. The government and financial bodies are constantly working on developing plans for different sectors to be able

The Indian realty sector and its current condition is going to have a profound impact on the country's economy. This is because of a large number of individuals and businesses depend on the sector as it alone contributes 7-8% to the

Google explained that its latest doodle was inspired by a surge in searches for 'Homemade Mother’s Day card' and similar searches for 'virtual' gifts and ideas for the holiday.

Spectra is competing with the likes of Reliance JioFiber, Airtel Xstream broadband and ACT Fibernet, to name a few. And the company has some rather unique plans, in terms of what is bundled, depending on the duration you choose to pay for in one go.

Inter-State travel of migrant workers, pilgrims, tourist, students and other persons stranded in different states due to lockdown were recently permitted to travel through notified entry and exit points of Karnataka by the government.

A total of 219 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the tally of those who recovered and were discharged in the state to 2,091.

The cross-border shelling is going on but there is no report of any casualty on the Indian side so far, a spokesman said.

Vardhan said the doubling time of coronavirus infection cases in the country for the last three days has been about 11 days and 9.9 days for the last seven days.