CII proposes different guidelines for top 100-150 financial concern districts
The country’s high performing economic districts should be allowed to play by different rules in the third phase of the…
Sluggish release: On lockdown 3.0
Balancing lives and livelihoods, the Centre has extended the national lockdown for COVID-19 for two weeks from May 4, with…
No convenience in numbers: On Bengal’s coronavirus cases
West Bengal, which reported its first COVID-19 case in mid-March, has now recorded a total of 922 cases. The State…
Coronavirus | 27 Bangladeshis held in Assam on way back home
Close watch: A BSF jawan keeping vigil along the Bangladesh border in Dhubri district of Assam Bangladeshi diplomat says they…
UAE books 3 more Indians for spreading hate online
The three individuals, who posted offensive messages on Facebook, have been terminated from their jobs and action has been initiated…
Saudi Arabia’s investments in India on track despite financial decline, says Ambassador Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati
Despite a massive 50% drop in oil revenues and a downturn in the economy, Saudi Arabia’s investments in India will…
Central health groups to monitor 20 districts with heavy case load
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India crossed 40,000 on Sunday, making it one among 16 countries that…
Kerala scrambles for funds as Centre tightens up handbag strings
The health and economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the fiscal woes of the Kerala government, which…
Colonel, Major among 5 personnel killed in J&K’s Handwara
Five security personnel, including a Colonel, a Major and a sub-inspector, and two unidentified militants were killed during an 18-hour…
Pompeo says ‘significant’ evidence new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus…
Covid-19: 25% of all active cases detected in past 3 days
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 count crossed 40,000 cases in the country with fresh infections hitting another new high on Sunday,…
1 lakh tests a day by May-end planned: Govt
Medical personnel puts a swab sample into a vial at a mobile testing center, in India. (Reuters)NEW DELHI: As the…
PM Modi to address NAM on India’s Covid-19 strategy
PM Modi. (Reuters file photo)PM Narendra Modi will participate Monday in a virtual Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit meant to discuss…
Colonel, Major amongst 5 martyred while rescuing captives in J&K
Security forces personnel during an encounter with terrorists in Kupwara district of north Kashmir (PTI photo...Read MoreSRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Leading from…
Rate of development of new Covid-19 cases steadying for a while: Harsh Vardhan
A medic looks on at a patient who has shown positive symptoms for coronavirus at an isolation ward (representational image:…
Inter-state movement relaxation only for stranded migrants: MHA
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Sunday told the states and Union territories to facilitate the inter-state movement of only…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | May 3, 2020, 20:03 ISTNEW DELHI: Fighter jets and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Sunday…
World Test Champion’s points system is ludicrous: Holding
NEW DELHI: West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding has termed the World Test Championship's points system as "ridiculous", where…
Covid-19: MHA asks states to prepare second line of defence as many cops getting infected
NEW DELHI: Concerned over scores of policemen getting infected by Covid-19, the Centre has suggested to states for preparing an…
India knows how to handle countries like Pakistan: Ram Madhav
TOI file photo of BJP general secretary Ram Madhav NEW DELHI: The post-Covid-19 world order will be "markedly different" and…
Ministry of House Affairs asks States to develop 2nd line of defence, amidst reports of authorities personnel contracting COVID-19
The directive comes amidst reports of police personnel on frontline duty contracting the virus. Photograph used for representational purposes only…
IAF conducts fly-past over Delhi saluting “corona warriors”
Helicopter showering flower petals on doctors and medical staff at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Tahirpur area in New…
Karnataka govt. reveals free transport for migrant employees after facing flak for high fares
Migrant workers, students and others board KSRTC buses at Majestic bus stand, in Bengaluru on May 3, 2020. | Photo…
Coronavirus | When will a COVID-19 vaccine be ready?
The story so far: On April 23, Oxford University initiated a phase-1 human clinical trial of its vaccine — ChAdOx1…
Tamil Nadu Cabinet relieves lockdown norms in large parts of State
A day after the Central government extended the country-wide lockdown till May 17, the State Cabinet decided to follow suit.…
IMAGE: Ranbir Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor host a prayer meet for Rishi Kapoor
Days after the demise of veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, his wife Neetu Kapoor and son, Ranbir Kapoor reportedly hosted…
Armed forces perform flypast for corona warriors, choppers shower petals
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force on Sunday conducted flypast across India to show gratitude to the thousands of healthcare…
Existing circumstance resembles Test match on hazardous wicket: Sourav Ganguly on COVID-19 pandemic
NEW DELHI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is deeply saddened and intimidated by the devastation caused because of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Coronavirus latest updates: 39,980 cases in India; 1301 deaths
NEW DELHI: Total number of Covid-19 positive cases in India rises to 39,980 including 28,046 active cases, 10,633 cured/discharged/migrated and…
J&K: Colonel, Major among 5 personnel martyred in encounter with terrorists
Image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: An Army Colonel and a Major were among the five security personnel who…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 40 updates | West Bengal records 15 deaths in past 48 hours
India, on Saturday, recorded the biggest single-day jump of 2,411 COVID-19 cases, taking the total number to 37,776, according to…
Colonel, Major, SI among 5 security workers killed in Kashmir’s Handwara, says Army
Five security personnel, including a Colonel, a Major and a sub-inspector, and two unidentified militants were killed during an 18-hour…
1 carrot, 1 radish and a few beans: Cooking in the time of COVID-19
I know this is not the place: it is, after all, a food column. But when I was asked to…
In its lockdown avatar, yoga has gone on the internet– and it means big business
Delhi-NCR’s first novel coronavirus patient, 45-year-old Rohit Datta, jokes that the only yoga he did in the pre-pandemic days was…
Warren Buffett: ‘American magic’ will spur US economic recovery
WASHINGTON: Billionaire investor Warren Buffet said Saturday he's confident the US economy will bounce back from its pummeling by the…
Covid-19: At 3.3%, India’s fatality rate almost as low as S Korea’s
NEW DELHI: India's fatality rate of 3.3% of total confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths of 0.09 people per one lakh…
Credit to farmers and MSMEs tops PM Modi’s list
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday discussed possible interventions in the financial sector, along with ways to support…
Coronavirus live updates: Total Covid-19 cases in India rise to 37,776
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 03, 2020, 08:15:01 ISTTotal Covid-19 cases in India have risen to 37,776,…
India records most significant rise in variety of cases considering that January
India, on Saturday, recorded the biggest single-day jump of 2,411 COVID-19 cases, taking the total number to 37,776, according to…
COVID-19 declares life of Lokpal member Justice A.K. Tripathi
Tripathi, 62, former Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, was in the intensive care unit. Lokpal member Justice A.K.…
Coronavirus lockdown | Despair packs migrant workers from U.P. into a concrete mixer truck
Desperate to get back to their homes, four drivers took turns crawling into the steel drum of a concrete mixer…
Obligatory Aarogya Setu app not accessible to individuals with specials needs
Arogya Setu app being downloaded by children in Bengaluru. File | Photo Credit: G.R.N. Somashekar Social Justice Ministry asks NIC,…
The priest and the maverick
As a 17-year-old in Calcutta, just out of school, I had a stroke of great luck. I was waiting outside…
Shramik special trains | Migrant workers, other stranded people to pay ₹50 more to get home
Even as the Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the Indian Railways to operate Shramik special trains to move migrant…
Separating the wheat from the chaff in journalism
The Press Council of India’s (PCI) statement against the attack on the Editor of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami, reminded me…
Lockdown blues? More people stepping out
Call it quarantine fatigue or just sheer necessity but many more people across the country are stepping out of their…
FCI’s grains stock crosses over 60 million tonnes, govt says enough to meet requirement
An Indian laborer carries a rice bag after they were unloaded from trains to store at a Food Corporation of…
Lokpal member Ajay Kumar Tripathi dies due to cardiac arrest after testing positive for coronavirus
Credit: Lokpal.gov.inNEW DELHI: Lokpal member Ajay Kumar Tripathi, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on Saturday after suffering…
India clocks 75,000 Covid-19 tests each day, crosses 1-million mark
Health workers in protective suits collect swab samples for Covid-19 tests (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: On Saturday, India crossed 1 million…