Asia
6.4-magnitude quake strikes off Japan coast
TOKYO: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early on Monday (Apr 20), accor..
Passengers pop out of meds train from Bengal to Jharkhand
RANCHI: A special train meant to ferry medical supplies from Bengal to Jharkhand arrived in Ranchi o..
Govt sets up high-level force to work on vaccine & drugs
NEW DELHI: The government has set up a high-level task force to work on cutting edge vaccine and dru..
Entire Pune declared a containment zone
PUNE: The combined metropolitan area of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad was declared a containment zone la..
Commentary: How China ensured no one went hungry during coronavirus lockdown
Commentary Commentary China has been beefing up its food security since 1998, says an observer. C..
Migrant workers left out in Thailand’s fight against COVID-19
BANGKOK: May Oo Sen is among millions of people in Thailand who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 p..
No post-corona jump in Sari, influenza tally
NEW DELHI: Hospital admissions of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and influenza like illness..
Coronavirus man-made in Wuhan lab: Nobel laureate
NEW DELHI: Creating a scientific firestorm across the world, French virologist and medicine Nobel la..
30% of cases across India tied to Jamaat event: Govt
NEW DELHI: Around 30% of the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in India are linked to the Tablighi J..
Director of Wuhan lab denies COVID-19 link
BEIJING: The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city ..