Coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet: MIT scientist
New Delhi: New coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet as a sneeze or a cough results in a turbulent gas cloud that could contain SARS-CoV-2 droplets, an MIT researcher has claimed in a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Owing to the forward momentum of the cloud, pathogen-bearing droplets are propelled More...
216 foreigners among 1,746 jamaat attendee stayed in Nizamuddin Markaz
New Delhi: There were 216 foreign nationals among 1,746 people lodged at the Tablighi Jamaat’s Nizamuddin Markaz facility as on March 21, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ‘Janata curfew’ More...
Nizamuddin Tablighi HQ evacuated, 24 positive cases among 1,033 evacuees
New Delhi: Tablighi Jamaat’s international headquarters Nizamuddin Markaz in southwest Delhi, where around 1,400 persons had congregated in violation of orders restricting assembly of 50 or more persons at More...
PM Modi asks envoys to identify countries for procuring medical equipment
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked all envoys of India across the world, during an unprecedented video-conference, to identify countries for procurement of medical equipment and ensure smooth More...
Two Tablighi Jammat participants die of suspected coronavirus, 6 positive
New Delhi: Two persons have died of suspected COVID-19 in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area from a group of people who had come from various parts of the country and abroad to take part in Tablighi Jammat, a religious More...
Centre rejects reports of extending 21-day lockdown to curb spread of COVID-19
New Delhi: Outrightly rejecting the reports in section of media that the Centre was planning to extend the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 in the country, Cabinet Secretary More...
35 of a pilgrim group back from Saudi booked in UP for evading Covid-19 norms
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): Thirty-five people of a group of 37 that returned from a religious trip from Saudi Arabia, have been booked for hiding their travel history and defying the quarantine. The group avoided More...
Stop movement of people across cities, seal borders: Centre to states
New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday directed the states to strictly follow the nationwide lockdown norms and stop the movement of people across the cities, advising them to arrange shelter, food and other facilities More...
COVID-19: India’s total coronavirus patient count stands at 909
New Delhi: Amid growing concerns about the spread of coronavirus in India came more worrying news on Saturday: the country’s total corona-affected patient count, including those who have been cured, has crossed More...
Kasargode the new hotspot of Covid-19 in Kerala, 76 positive cases
Thiruvananthapuram: Kasargode, a district at the northern tip of Kerala, has reported 76 coronavirus positive cases, turning into a new hotspot in the state, taking the total number of infected cases to 164. A huge More...