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Britains prime minister Boris Johnson displaying his Get Well Soon cards sent in by children while he was ill with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)

UK had contingency plans for Boris Johnson death

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19

3 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

Representational Image. (AP)

Blood pressure medicines don't raise COVID-19 risk: Research

There had been concern arising from animal studies that these drugs might increase body's protein levels which the...

3 May 2020 11:24 AM IST

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik (2L) with former Pakistan wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider (C) and his family members in Islamabad after the cricketers return home from England. Pakistan Sports Minister Shaukat Ullah looks on. AFP Photo

Had to flee after being constantly threatened by Umar Akmal, says...

The wicket-keeper left Dubai for London without informing the team management and sought asylum in Britain

3 May 2020 11:21 AM IST

Only those authorised by states allowed in special trains during lockdown. (PTI Photo)

Special trains only for passengers authorised by states: Railways

Railways only accepting passengers, brought and facilitated by state governments

3 May 2020 11:12 AM IST

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)

UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

3 May 2020 11:04 AM IST

Security personnel patrol a covid19 hot spot area in Varanasi. PTI photo

Yogi Adityanath blames Tablighi Jamaat members for covid19 spread

'Had they not hidden the disease and went about like its carriers, then perhaps we would have controlled the outbreak to...

3 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

England batsman Jason Roy. DC File Photo

Jason Roy desperate to return to cricket, even behind closed doors

The England batsman had a taste of playing in an empty stadium in the Pakistan Super League earlier this year

3 May 2020 10:40 AM IST

Martin Garcia rides Charlatan past the grandstand during the first division of the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Saturday. AP Photo

Bob Baffert sweeps in Arkansas Derby with Charlatan and Nadal

It was the first time since 1960 the race was split and the first time no fans were allowed to watch the races.

3 May 2020 10:36 AM IST

A view of the guest rooms at the shuttered MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip illuminated to form the shape of a heart as a result of the statewide shutdown due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus. AFP Photo

MGM pitches plan for NBA to finish season in Vegas: report

Convention centers will be coverted into 24 basketball courts, five of them equipped with cameras to permit television...

3 May 2020 10:30 AM IST

Mohammed Shami. PTI Photo

I thought of committing suicide thrice, reveals Shami

Cricketer and his brother were booked by the police after his wife lodged a police complaint accusing him of domestic...

3 May 2020 10:26 AM IST

Australias Brett Lee bowls during the World Cup Group A match against Canada in Bangalore. AP Photo

Rohit Sharma had difficulties facing Brett Lee and Dale Steyn

The Indian star picked Proteas' Kagiso Rabada and Australia's Josh Hazelwood as the bowlers he respects from the current...

3 May 2020 10:22 AM IST

Hydroxychloroquine drug (HCQ). (Photo- Twitter)

India assures world of partnership on medicine

The export of anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine by India has proved to the world that India has walked the talk

3 May 2020 10:16 AM IST