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For the first time in about 2 months, the number of new Covid-19 cases reported daily in Odisha dropped below the 2000-mark signifying a decline in transmission of the infection but health officials said the cumulative positivity rate of the state continued to be a matter of concern as it was still higher than several […]
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours by comparison, said the study published this month in the […]
While Surat reported the highest number of 239 fresh cases on Sunday, Ahmedabad had the highest number of deaths with five patients succumbing to the virus — four from the city and one from rural areas Coronavirus cases in Gujarat crossed 1.6 lakh on Sunday with 1,091 fresh cases and nine deaths in a day. […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the alleged atrocities on women, Dalits, passing three “anti-farmer black laws” and “demolishing” the economy while claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “abdicated his responsibility” in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. “Atrocities on Dalits have reached a new zenith. Instead […]
Kerala reported 7,631 Covid-19 cases on Sunday taking the state’s tally to 3,41,859 out of which 2,45,399 have recovered while active cases climbed to 95,200, the health department said. There were 22 casualties on Sunday, taking the death in the pandemic to 1,161. Ahead of the release of Sunday’s figures, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan […]
Several entrepreneurs are unable to pay their employees festival advance and bonus With the festive season drawing near, businessmen and entrepreneurs in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector are facing a new challenge: paying their employees festival advance and bonus. With trade yet to revive and reach pre-COVID-19 levels, businessmen are worried. While […]
Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times. Gyms in Maharashtra will reopen after Dusshera. But conditions apply Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that gyms and fitness centres in the state will be allowed to restart operations after Dusshera but […]
On a damp and unseasonably cool late-March day in Southern California, Nicole Batenhorst looked around the triage tent and realized that getting a folding metal chair made her one of the lucky ones. She had just arrived at her local hospital in an ambulance after her heartbeat had become dangerously erratic, and was still wearing […]
Kairavi Bharat Ram’s book ‘C is for Cat and D is for Depression’ takes young children on her journey with mental health, despair and hope “You don’t hide symptoms or precautions of COVID-19 from children, do you?” asks Kairavi Bharat Ram, author of C is for Cat and D is for Depression. “Why do we […]
WBCERC urges private hospitals to keep a note of the contact details of the doctors so that they can be reached in case of emergency Amid apprehensions of a probable surge of COVID-19 cases in the State during Durga Puja, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked doctors not to leave the […]