Bengal set 24-hour records in the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths at 743 and 19, respectively, for the second day in a row on Saturday. The state also reported the highest number of daily recover...

The Ashok Hall Group of Schools issued newspaper advertisements on Saturday saying the institutions would not be able to pay salaries to its staff if they had to give further fee concessions and may e...

Five weeks since May 30, when the first coronavirus infection was reported in the district, there was only one active Covid-19 case here as of Friday. The figure is remarkable because an estimated 1....

China is testing restaurant workers and delivery drivers block by block. South Korea tells people to carry two types of masks for differing risky social situations. Germany requires communities to cra...

More than 3,000 private buses hit the streets on Thursday, following an assurance from the transport department that the operators’ demand for a fare hike would again be placed before the chief ...

Police are trying to figure out  what to do if a person arrested is found running a temperature. In the absence of any clear protocol, police stations across the city have devised ways to keep t...

A young man whose job is to sell denims has to mop the shop floor, too. An employee of a bar and grill chain, getting 30 per cent of his usual salary, is serving patrons with a smile. The manager of a...

The outbreak of Covid-19 has ripped open a deep-rooted ethical crisis within human society. Science seems to be clueless about a solution for this crisis. The instant success of science has trapped th...

Bengal on Wednesday reported 611 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total to 19,170, of which 13,398 were recorded in the past month. In just six days since Friday, the state recorded 3,522 new cases. Th...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday the state government would requisition private buses under the National Disaster Management Act if operators didn’t hit the roads from Wednesday. ...