Lionel Messi confirmed on Monday that Barcelona’s players would take a 70 per cent pay cut and make financial contributions to ensure the club’s other employees are paid in full during the state o...
The supply of medicines took a hit in several parts of the city on Saturday because of a shortage of workers at various levels in the supply chain.Medicines from manufacturers reach stores from wholes...
The lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the vegetable markets in the city that are devoid of buyers despite being well-stocked, and an MLA said farmers have been badly hit by the drop in...
As I write this the global death toll from Covid-19 approaches 9,000 and the total number of cases has breached the 2,00,000 mark.The chief minister of Bengal has demonstrated war-like urgency in the ...
More than 10,000 people have now died in the coronavirus pandemic that has swept from China throughout the world, forcing the confinement of tens of millions in their homes.As the virus marches westwa...
The health ministry on Friday said that 206 coronavirus positive cases have been reported in India so far and more than 6,700 people who have come in contact with them are under surveillance.Joint sec...
The coronavirus pandemic is bringing most of the world’s sports to a standstill. But one event that is still scheduled is the Tokyo Olympics, which are set to begin in late July. On Tuesday, shortly...
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Tourists enjoying a break at the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary were asked on Tuesday to go home after the state government’s order kicked in to close public places in view of the novel coronavirus pandem...
The threatSo far, 19 samples (nose and throat swabs) from Jharkhand have been sent for test, of which 17 have returned negative and two results are awaited. State epidemiologist Dr Praveen Kumar Karn ...
Eight unaided ICSE schools run directly by the archdiocese of Calcutta will waive half their annual fees, Reverend Thomas D’Souza, the archbishop of Calcutta, said on Thursday.
No waiver will b...