HEALTH

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump blames China for coronavirus pandemic; a lab ‘mistake’?

8:06 am May 1, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake,” and his intelligence agencies said they are still examining a notion put forward by the president and aides that the pandemic may have resulted from an accident at a Chinese lab. […]

Plasma therapy as COVID-19 treatment not proven, can be life-threatening: Centre

10:09 pm April 28, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide tally of confirmed coronavirus infections crossed 30,000 on Tuesday and the death toll was seen inching towards 1,000 with Maharahstra, Gujarat and some other states reporting more fatalities, but hopes for any immediate cure were dashed after the Health Ministry said there is not enough evidence as yet to back plasma […]

Tigress dies due to kidney failure in Delhi zoo, sample sent for coronavirus testing

Tigress dies in zoo, sample sent for corona testing

9:25 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi: A tigress has died in Delhi Zoo due to “kidney failure” and authorities have sent her samples for coronavirus testing. The 14-year-old big cat named Kalpana died on Wednesday evening and the carcass was cremated on Thursday following directions to minimise human-animal interface, an official from the Environment Ministry said. The tigress had […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

India sees highest one-day spike, govt says outbreak under control

9:08 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi Nationwide cases of confirmed coronavirus infections rose on Friday by over 1,750 — the maximum for a day — to nearly 23,500 with several states including Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat detecting new patients, even as the government said the outbreak is under control and the tally could have reached one lakh by now […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Anxiety and angst as Indians mark one month of lockdown

8:09 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi: It has been a month. Of life slowing to a crawl, of going back to the basics, of recalibration equations with family, friends and colleagues and waking up, as if from a dream, to the vast inequalities and commonalities that underlie Indian society. On the evening of March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]