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Pune hospital gets ICMR nod for plasma therapy on critical Covid19 Patients

The ICMR has already clarified that the therapy is not a "therapeutic drug of choice"

03 May 2020 4:27 PM

Income Tax Department cautions people against phishing e-mails promising refund. (PTI Photo)

Taxpayers beware of phishing e-mails promising refund

The department issued nearly 14 lakh refunds involving an amount of over Rs 9,000 crore to various taxpayers

03 May 2020 4:05 PM

People walk on a pedestrian overpass near a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in southern Tehran. (AP)

Iran will reopen mosques on Monday as lockdown eases: Rouhani

Iran on Saturday reported its lowest daily toll of new infections since March 10

03 May 2020 2:28 PM

An Indian Navy helicopter (unseen) throws rose petals on the INHS Asvini (Indian Naval Hospital Ship) staff to pay tribute to all those involved in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai. (AFP)

Coronavirus global death toll hits 2,40,000

The United States has the highest number of total deaths with 65,645 out of 1,121,414 cases.

03 May 2020 12:20 PM

Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson displaying his Get Well Soon cards sent in by children while he was ill with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)

UK had contingency plans for Boris Johnson death

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19

03 May 2020 11:45 AM

Blood pressure medicines don't raise COVID-19 risk: Research

There had been concern arising from animal studies that these drugs might increase body's protein levels which the coronavirus latches on to

03 May 2020 11:24 AM

Only those authorised by states allowed in special trains during lockdown. (PTI Photo)

Special trains only for passengers authorised by states: Railways

Railways only accepting passengers, brought and facilitated by state governments

03 May 2020 11:12 AM

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)

UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

03 May 2020 11:04 AM

Burial of Covid postive’s body poses no risk: Jamiat

The application contended that burial of dead bodies is essential to religion of Islam as well as in other religions including Christianity

03 May 2020 10:49 AM

Social distance norms continue to thrown to the wind in Hyderabad whenever free rations are distributed. In this picture, women jostle to receive free rations from the Baptist Church at Shanthi theatre in Hyderabad. (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)at a

Go, corona, go: In Telangana, if you close your eyes, corona will go away

ICMR data show that the number of positive cases has dropped since the decision to limit testing

03 May 2020 10:15 AM

A man gets his bottle filled with a herbal extract believed to protect from COVID-19, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (AP)

Madagascar ships anti-virus herbal tea to Guinea-Bissau president

WHO has clarified that the herbal tea's effects had not been tested, and there are no published scientific studies of the potion

03 May 2020 9:49 AM

Worshippers wearing face masks attend a prayer ceremony entitled 'overcoming and healing the COVID-19 coronavirus', while marking Buhha's birthday at the Jogye buddhist temple in Seoul. (AFP)

Indian-American physician launches study to find if prayers could heal Covid patients

Randomly chosen patients will receive a "universal" prayer offered following rituals of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism

03 May 2020 9:23 AM

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. (PTI Photo)

RBI reviews measures to ease financial stress

The governor appreciated the efforts of banks in ensuring normal to near normal operations during the lockdown period

03 May 2020 9:16 AM

Medical staff from Britain's NHS (National Health Service) in scrubs walk outside the ExCeL London exhibition centre, which has been transformed into the "NHS Nightingale" field hospital in London. (AFP)

Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again

Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in the lockdown

02 May 2020 1:36 PM

'So what?' says Bolsonaro on 5000 corona deaths in Brazil

The far-right leader's off-the-cuff comment has been sparking anger among the public

02 May 2020 12:28 PM

A medic wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 testing. (PTI)

Indian origin doctors in UK at greater risk of virus infection

While 37 per cent of the UK’s doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India, all currently on the frontline of Covid fight

02 May 2020 12:09 PM

Amy Senter, owner of Jake's on Main, folds T-shirts in preparation for reopening her shop after being forced to close due to the coronavirus in St. Charles, Mo. (AP)

Businesses reopen in a few US states

Enterpraises are asked to make sure the coronavirus doesn’t come storming back by employing their own restrictions within premises

02 May 2020 11:41 AM

US allows use of remdesivir to help virus recovery

No drugs are currently FDA-approved for treating the coronavirus, and remdesivir will still need formal approval

02 May 2020 11:02 AM

A medical worker wearing protective equipment looks through the window at arriving ambulances at the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)

Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection

The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at 1,169

02 May 2020 10:28 AM

A Health Care Worker walks across the parking lot at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York. (AFP)

Countries must prepare for virus resurgence after easing lockdown: WHO

WHO director-general defended of his and the WHO’s “timely” actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international emergency

02 May 2020 10:12 AM

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