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LONDON: An environmental researcher from Aarhus University in Denmark and health researchers from Italy have claimed there could be a link between the high mortality rate seen in northern Italy and the level of air pollution in the same…

Imphal/Guwahati:There is good news from Manipur, where a 23-year-old woman, who had returned from the UK and became the first positive coronavirus case in the entire northeastern region, was now declared completely free of the dreaded…

NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), here on Monday, allowed rapid antibody-based blood tests for coronavirus, scaling up its capacity to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The ICMR has validated and recommended 7 such…

NEW DELHI:  The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that 76 per cent males constitute positive coronavirus cases in the country, which indicate men are more susceptible to contract the deadly infection, and 86 per cent deaths occur due to…

NEW DELHI:  It was a black day in India's fight against the spread of coronavirus cases, as 693 new cases were found in 24 hours - the highest number in a day recorded so far, taking the total count to 4,067. Also, 30 deaths were reported…

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Monday approved an ordinance amending the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 to reduce allowances and pension by 30 per cent with effect from April 1, for a year. The…

New Delhi: Though many experts have expressed optimism towards the onset of summer in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday said high temperature would not finish the virus. The WHO, in a…

JAMMU/NEW DELHI: With the country in a lockdown situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, 30-year-old Arif had only one way to meet his ailing father - cycle 2,100 km from Mumbai to Jammu's Rajouri district, where the 60-year-old lives in…

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that in the next couple of weeks, the US may see the highest number of deaths due to the coronavirus as the cases topped 3,01,902 in the country. Talking about the scope of the…

Kabul: Afghanistan’s intelligence has arrested an ISI-linked Pakistani ISIS militant who was the mastermind behind the attack on a Kabul gurdwara last month that left 27 people including an Indian citizen dead. Abdullah Orakzai alias Aslam…