MUMBAI: Bollywood actress and fitness enthusiast Taapsee Pannu gave a glimpse of her aerial yoga practice with a dollop of humour.

ULAN BATOR: Two additional cases of bubonic plague have been confirmed in Khuvsgul Province, northern Mongolia, bringing the national total to three, the country's health ministry said Tuesday.

KOLKATA: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the multi-crore cash-for-school-job case in West Bengal are considering fresh custodial interrogation of former Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee in at least two cases in relation to the alleged school-job scam.

KAMPALA: The cumulative number of confirmed mpox cases in Uganda has hit 8,001, with 50 deaths reported as the East African country registers a decline in new infections, the Ministry of Health said.

ADDIS ABABA: The death toll from Africa's ongoing mpox outbreak is approaching 2,000 since the beginning of 2024, amid recent "encouraging" decline in the number of cases, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

CHENNAI: With viral fever cases steadily rising across Tamil Nadu in recent weeks, the State Health Department has issued a fresh public advisory urging citizens to adopt precautionary measures, including the use of masks in crowded areas.

MANILA: The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported that it has tallied 2,525 cases of the highly contagious Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in just one week, bringing the total number of cases to 39,893 recorded from January to August 16.

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday announced that India's warships will be manufactured domestically, reinforcing the Modi government's push towards an 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)' to enhance the nation's military strength and global standing amid ongoing economic and geopolitical challenges.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab State Information Commission’s Commissioner, Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, has disposed of 175 cases filed under the RTI Act by a single individual.

NEW DELHI: Mpox continues to be a global health risk, with 47 countries reporting a total of 3,924 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths in July, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.

JERUSALEM: Israel's Health Ministry reported 152 new measles cases, raising the total to 770 since the outbreak began in early April.

JAMSHEDPUR: A spate of suicides has sent shockwaves across Jamshedpur, with four people, including a medical college student, taking their own lives within the last 24 hours.

PATNA: Dengue fever is spreading rapidly in Bihar’s capital, Patna. In the last 48 hours, 28 fresh infections have been reported, taking the total to 86 cases in the first 20 days of August.

MALAPPURAM: An 11-year-old girl from Chelari in Malappuram district of Kerala has been diagnosed with amoebic meningitis, also known as brain-eating amoeba, a rare but often fatal brain infection, on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The country witnessed as many as 1,245,037 number of cases pertaining to cases of crimes against women from 2020 to 2022, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD: Two new cases of polio have been detected in Pakistan, according to the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH). One polio case has been reported in Lower Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while another one has been detected in Sindh's Badin district, local media reported on Monday.

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Monday has ordered former Law Minister Anisul Huq to be shown arrested in connection with two cases linked to last year's July demonstrations.

AIZAWL: Cases of women abuses, including violence against women, are rising in Mizoram, where female folk dominate in all aspects of Mizo societies, officials said on Monday.

DHAKA: As a Bangladesh court is set to record the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses in a corruption case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family on Wednesday, her son Sajeeb Wazed came down heavily on the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for orchestrating "fabricated" cases against them.

PRAGUE: The Czech Republic has reported its highest number of hepatitis-A cases in the past 15 years, according to the National Institute of Public Health (SZU).

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing crusade against corruption in the state, has been able to apprehend 10 officials red handed while accepting bribes in 8 different trap cases during the month of July.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli Health Ministry reported 93 new diagnosed cases of measles, bringing the total in the current outbreak, which began in early April, to 410.

NEW DELHI: In 2024, India witnessed a surge in cancer cases, with over 15 lakh people diagnosed with the deadly disease, said Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, on Friday.

BUCHAREST: Romania recorded 1,703 new cases of COVID-19 in July 2025, marking a 232 per cent increase compared to the previous month, according to data released by the National Institute of Public Health (INSP).

HANOI: Dengue fever cases in Vietnam's two largest cities, Ho Chi Minh City and the capital Hanoi, surged last week, local daily newspaper Nhan Dan (People) reported on Monday.

CHENNAI: As Chennai braces for the peak dengue season, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has intensified vector control and source reduction measures across the city following a sharp rise in dengue cases this year.

NEW DELHI: Taking on tech giants for allegedly promoting online betting Apps which are under probe for serious financial crimes, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday sent notices to tech giants Google and Meta, summoning them for questioning on July 21.

HYDERABAD: Police have registered two cases in connection with Sunday's incidents at Telangana MLC Teenmaar Mallanna's Q-News office after Telangana Jagruthi allegedly attacked the office against his alleged derogatory remarks against their leader and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha.

LOS ANGELES: The number of measles cases in the United States has hit the highest level in more than 30 years, according to the data released by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported about 7,000 dengue fever cases in the first half of 2025, similar to the number of cases during the same period last year, a health official said on Thursday.

DHAKA: Dengue cases are on the rise in Bangladesh, but the health infrastructure and hospital preparedness remain inadequate for the people to receive satisfactory treatment.

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that the trial process and conviction in one of the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal concerning the rape of a minor girl were concluded at a special POSCO court in Kolkata, resulting in the first conviction in such cases investigated by the central investigating agency in the state.

ADDIS ABABA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said malaria coordination and surveillance efforts are underway in Ethiopia, as the country reported more than 520,000 malaria cases in a single month.

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday reported a marginal increase of 3,688 new Covid cases, against the 3,377 infections reported the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said.

CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR/LUDHIANA: Taxation Commissioner Punjab Mr Kamal Kishor Yadav today directed the Taxation officers to refund all the pending cases of VAT and GST by end of June.

NEW DELHI: India on Friday 3,377 new Covid cases, an increase against the 3,303 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said.

NEW DELHI: India reported 2,483 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against previous day's 2,541 infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

GURDASPUR: The Punjab Home Department has issued advisory on 'Mask Wearing' in view of recurring cases of corona in some states and Union Territories of the country. Therefore, under the direction of Principal Secretary, Department of Home and Justice, Government of Punjab, District Magistrate, Gurdaspur, Mr. Mohammad Ishfaq issued the following orders under section 144 CRPC, 1973 and Disaster Management Act, 2005 within the district.

GURDASPUR: The Punjab Home Department has issued advisory on 'Mask Wearing' in view of recurring cases of corona in some states and Union Territories of the country. Therefore, under the direction of Principal Secretary, Department of Home and Justice, Government of Punjab, District Magistrate, Gurdaspur, Mr. Mohammad Ishfaq issued the following orders under section 144 CRPC, 1973 and Disaster Management Act, 2005 within the district.

NAWANSHAHR: As many as 29 pensioners of the state government on Wednesday took part in the pension adalat organized by the district administration at the administrative complex.

ULAN BATOR: At least 40 cases of human tick-borne diseases have been reported in Mongolia, the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES: Covid-19 cases are rising in more than half of all US states due to the new coronavirus subvariant, said a report of the US business magazine Forbes.

SHANGHAI: China's economic hub Shanghai has reported 2,417 confirmed locally transmitted Covid cases and 19,831 local asymptomatic carriers, the municipal health commission said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Amidst the rising Covid cases in the city, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday that there is "no need to worry at present" and the government is monitoring the situation.

SHANGHAI: China's economic hub Shanghai has reported 3,590 confirmed locally transmitted Covid cases and 19,923 local asymptomatic carriers, the municipal health commission said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi government will issue Covid guidelines for schools amid steady rise in the fresh Covid infections, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday

NEW DELHI: In a span of 24 hours, India reported a marginal decline at 1,007 new Covid cases from the previous day's count of 1,088.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 62 new Covid-19 cases and one more death, the country's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India recorded 796 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a marginal decline against 861 infections recorded the previous day, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India reported a marginal decline at 861 Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, and six deaths were also recorded, said the Union health ministry on Monday morning.

KOLKATA: Uncertainty over the hearing on the cases related to irregularities in recruitment by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) continued on Tuesday after another judge of the Calcutta High court recused himself from cases.

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to co-develop and market 5G use cases in India.

SYDNEY:: NEW reported 25,235 new cases on Wednesday, its second highest daily increase in the month of March, the first highest being a result of a backlog of cases earlier in the month, Xinhua news agency reported.

MUMBAI: The Indian women's hockey team's upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League matches against England have been postponed due to the high number of Covid-19 positive cases in the English team.

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 11,763 rape cases were registered in Odisha during last four years (2018 to 2021), Minister of State (MoS) for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra told Assembly on Monday.

NEW DELHI:While the world is still reeling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, India's fight against tuberculosis (TB) has encountered setbacks after decades of gains.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Saturday recorded 496 new Covid cases while the test positivity rate was 2.94 per cent, said Health Minister Veena George.

NAWANSHAHR:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Vishesh Sarangal reviewed the disposal of old pending cases in various courts of the district and instructed the heads of all departments to maintain proper records of cases for speedy disposal.

NEW DELHI: India reported 1,660 fresh Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline from 1,685 cases reported on the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala on Friday logged 543 new Covid cases while the test positivity rate was 3.05 per cent, Health Minister Veena George said in a statement.

NAWANSHAHR:Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said that Sakhi-one stop centre operational in the local District Civil Hospital has been proving a boon for the needy women by solving 93 percent cases received so far.Presiding over a meeting, Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said that the one stop centre in the district has so far received 346 cases filed by victims of domestic violence, physical and mental harassment out of which 321 cases have been resolved.

NAWANSHAHR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Vishesh Sarangal reviewed the disposal of old pending cases in various courts of the district and instructed the heads of all departments to maintain proper records of cases for speedy disposal.

NEW DELHI:The government on Thursday said that around 128 requests are pending in connection with bank fraud cases of Rs 21,074.43 cr for grant of consent by states.

NEW DELHI: Terming the legal clash between former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as "battle royale", the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into all cases lodged against Singh by the Maharashtra Police.

CHANDIGARH: Seven of the 11 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers in Punjab have been facing criminal cases, four of them serious charges, while two of them are doctors and two advocates, an analysis by a poll rights group has said.

NEW DELHI: India recorded 1,761 fresh Covid infections and 127 deaths in a span of 24 hours, said the Union Health ministry on Sunday morning. With the number of new deaths, the total count has reached 5,16,479.

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 10,244 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,007,158.
Of the new cases, 2,241 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 8,003 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the statistics released by the Ministry of Health.

NEW DELHI: The three judges of the Delhi High Court will review the cases of National Security Act under a recent advisory of the Ministry of Home Affairs.The Act allows to detain a person by an investigating agency for up to one year on the basis of suspicion.

HAVANA:Cuba registered a new record of daily Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, with 3,664 cases, for a total of 214,577, along with 18 more deaths to total 1,405.

PATIALA: Following the directions of the District and Sessions Judge, Rajinder Aggarwal, the Panel Advocates attached with various Courts,in wake of the upcoming National Lok Adalat on July 10 have started to identify the cases in which compromise can be effected.

BEIJING:China's Yunnan province reported three locally transmitted Covid-19 confirmed cases in the city of Ruili, health authorities said on Tuesday.

YANGON: Myanmar reported 2,969 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally in the country to 168,374, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

NEW DELHI: With 34,703 fresh Covid cases, India on Tuesday recorded lowest spike since March 17, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, as only 553 deaths were reported in the biggest relief since April 6.

WINDHOEK:Namibia's Health Ministry announced that the latest genome sequencing exercises covering the months of May and June have revealed that in 17 out of 18 samples tested, the Delta Covid-19 variant was identified.

NEW DELHI: AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to replace the Delhi government's public prosecutors with its own lawyers in cases pertaining to the farmers' protests.

NEW DELHI: As many as 36 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital so far this year, a report by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) said on Monday.

CHENNAI: The opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu is planning massive campaigns against the government over foisting "false" cases against the party cadres. The IT cell of the party has already come up with several campaign strategies against the government which it says is unnecessarily targeting its cadres.

LONDON: Britain has reported another 24,248 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,903,434, according to official figures released on Sunday.

MOSCOW:Russia logged 25,142 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,610,941, the official monitoring and response centre said on Sunday.

HAVANA: Cuba on Sunday broke another record for daily cases of Covid-19, with 3,519 new infections and 14 deaths, the Ministry of Public Health reported.
The ministry's director of hygiene and epidemiology Francisco Duran said that with these figures, the number of total cases rose to 204,247 and deaths to 1,351, Xinhua reported.

SYDNEY: Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) saw another new high in daily increase of Covid-19 cases, but authorities said "green shoots are there" in the latest outbreak.

LONDON:Britain has reported another 27,125 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,855,169, according to official figures released on Friday.

BERLIN: The Delta variant is expected to become the dominant Covid-19 strain in Germany with its share of positive cases approaching 80 per cent, Health Minister Jens Spahn said.

MOSCOW: Russia recorded 23,543 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,538,142, the official monitoring and response centre said on Thursday.

BENGALURU: As evidence of the curve flattening, with 14,302 patients discharged, recoveries were four times the 3,203 new Covid cases in Karnataka in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

MEXICO CITY: Mexico is seeing an increase in Covid-19 infections, but the trend has not carried over to a rise in deaths or severe cases, a health official said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI:India reported 37,566 new Covid-19 cases and 907 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday. This is lowest fresh cases of Covid since March 18.

LUCKNOW:Nearly 57 of the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh now have less than 50 active Covid cases, while one district, Mahoba, has become corona-free.This indicates the continuing decline in the Covid cases and the surge in recoveries

HAVANA: Cuba has registered 2,698 new cases of Covid-19 in the past day, the highest daily figure since March of last year, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.

TEHRAN:The Iranian health ministry reported on Sunday 9,758 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 3,167,741.The pandemic has so far claimed 83,845 lives in Iran, up by 134 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said in a briefing published on the ministry's official website, the Xinhua news agency reported.

SRINAGAR: Recoveries continued to outnumber new Covid cases in J&K on Sunday as 745 patients recovered while 415 new cases and eight deaths were reported during the last 24 hours.

LONDON: Britain has reported another 18,270 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since early February, according to official figures released on Saturday.

NEW DELHI:India reported 50,040 new Covid-19 cases, slightly higher than Saturday and 1,258 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday.

HANOI: Vietnam has reported the highest-ever spike in the number of single-day Covid-19 cases, majority of them detected in Ho Chi Minh City, since the onset of the pandemic in the country early last year, according to the Health Ministry.

LONDON: With 35,204 new cases of the Delta Covid-19 variant getting reported last week, the UK has seen a 46 per cent increase in the variant of concern, the Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.

BENGALURU: With 6,524 patients discharged in a day, recoveries continued to outnumber 3,310 new Covid cases across Karnataka, while 114 succumbed to the infection, said the state health bulletin on Friday.

GANDHINAGAR: Two patients, infected with cpronavirus' Delta Plus variant - listed as 'a variant of concern', have been detected in Gujarat, as per data disclosed by the Union Health Ministry.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh on Friday reported 4,458 new Covid cases, pushing the tally to over 18.7 lakh, even as the state's active caseload dropped to 47,790.As many as 6,313 more persons have recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to over 18.1 lakh, health officials said.

SUVA:Fiji recorded 308 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, setting a new record for daily infections, according to the Ministry of Health.
Fijian Permanent Secretary for Health James Fong said that a 63-year-old who was positive for Covid-19 had died and doctors were investigating whether this is related to the virus, the Xinhua news agency reported.

NEW DELHI:India recorded 51,667 new Covid-19 cases and 1,329 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the country's total caseload to 3,01,34,445, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Friday.

WASHINGTON: The Delta variant has emerged as the greatest threat to the efforts of combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the US as it now accounts for more than 20 per cent of cases in the country, top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said.

DELHI: India recorded 42,640 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 23, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday.

MUMBAI: Sounding fresh alarm bells, at least 21 cases of the dreaded Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 have been reported in Maharashtra, Health Minister Rakesh Tope has said.