Bengal to give a week's leave to docs after working for 7 days

Kolkata (IANS) The West Bengal government has decided to give seven days' leave to doctors, nurses and health workers after working for a week, in order to give proper rest to these personnel in the front line of the battle against COVID-19 disease.

Corona cases now over 20 lakh, Spain reports biggest jump

New York (IANS) The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 20 lakh globally on Wednesday, with the US topping the chart with 610,774 cases and more than 26,000 deaths, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at the Johns Hopkins…

Govt taking measures to ramp up drug production: Official

New Delhi (IANS) The Central government is pro-actively working to speed up the production of essential medicines to avoid any drug crisis-like situation during the nationwide lockdown owing to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has claimed…

Oil companies to report big losses as lockdown shrinks sales

New Delhi (IANS) State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) including Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL may see significant erosion in the earnings during the January-March quarter of FY20 even though low crude and product prices jacked up their margins on the…

Human touch saved us, say recovered Covid-19 patients in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) Recovered Covid-19 patients in Kashmir say that more than medicines, it was the human touch of the doctors and the paramedic staff that saved them and helped them see through this crisis phase.

On Tuesday, 13 Covid-19 patients…

Islamic charities linked to terror groups in Pak funded by US govt

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) The US government agencies have been funding the Islamic charities linked to terror groups based in Pakistan and the Middle East through InterAction, America's largest alliance of international non-profit organizations.

Trump alleges WHO cover-up with China on COVID-19, stops funding

New York (IANS) Accusing the World Health Organisation (WHO) of causing thousands of deaths by collaborating with China to initially cover up the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, US President Donald Trump has announced that he will stop funding…

Don't spit in public or you will be fined: MHA

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Spitting in public spaces shall be a punishable offense with fine as per the new lockdown guideline issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

There should be a strict ban…

Apple makes Maps users' mobility data available to fight COVID-19

Cupertino, April 15 (IANS) In a bid to help health authorities further mitigate the impact on COVID-19 globally, Apple has released users' mobility data trends tool from Apple Maps that will provide aggregated mobility data to public health officials.
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Cabinet to approve proposal on EPFO contribution, advances

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Union cabinet may give post facto approval to the proposal of EPF contribution by the government announced under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 26.

Official sources said that…