Coronavirus | Government identifies informal urban settlements as ‘vulnerable’ zones
Informal settlements within cities have been identified by the Union Health Ministry as among the vulnerable urban settlements for the…
Coronavirus lockdown | For these migrants, Partition plays out on their never-ending journey back home
Crossing three States, mostly plodding in the furious heat 13 days on, Vikramjeet Verma believes the longest journey of his…
Centre tells States to publish details of migrant workers online
The Centre has asked the States to upload the details of migrants on an online dashboard that would help in…
Private sector in area discovers echo in 2017 ISRO Bill
ISRO scientists work on the orbiter vehicle and lander of Chandrayaan-2 in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Projects for…
8 lakh MT more grains allocated to States for migrant employees
The Union government had issued orders for allocation of nearly eight lakh metric tonnes (MT) of additional food grains to…
Strong is as strong does
The current scenario offers us an important lesson about the idea of strong leadership and the contradictory meanings of the…
Put money in the hands of people, states Rahul Gandhi
The Union government should not act as a sahukar (money lender) giving loans to people; instead it should help them…
Time to eliminate the luggage and modernise the LBW law
The 12th century French thinker and theologian Peter Abelard is credited with the saying, “Only god can judge the intentions…
Covid-19: Why people flee quarantine centres
Representative imageNEW DELHI: People fleeing quarantine centres, struggling with unhygienic rooms and toilets, being treated like untouchables, living in cramped…
Delhi: Series of quakes threat indication? Specialists dispute
NEW DELHI: Are four minor earthquakes in Delhi in almost a month a sign of danger for the region? Officials…
4,885: Most significant jump in India’s Covid count
NEW DELHI: India saw its biggest surge in Covid-19 infections, with 4,885 reported on Saturday, as Gujarat became the second…
26 migrant workers killed, 36 injured in UP accident
Food and belongings of migrant workers lie scattered on the highway after the accident, in Auraiya (UP) on Sat...Read MoreKANPUR:…
NDMA develops National Migrant Information System for movement monitoring and contact tracing
Representative image (PTI photo)NEW DELHI: A central online repository on migrant workers moving by Shramik Special trains and buses to…
Amphan to become extremely severe cyclonic storm on May 19, to cross Odisha and West Bengal on May 20
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorology Department (IMD) on Saturday said the deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into…
HRD holds off announcement of pending examinations’ schedule for class 10, 12 trainees
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank The Ministry had last week announced that the pending exams would be conducted from July 1 to…
Nirmala Sitharaman press conference live updates | FM to announce fourth phase of economic package
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's fourth tranche of economic package is largely devoted to policy and structural reforms in key…
Madras High Court directs Centre to divulge number of migrant labourers who passed away on the way to their house States
Migrant workers travelling in a truck in Patna, to get to their hometowns. Photograph used for representational purposes only |…
Coal to air travel: Finance minister Sitharaman reveals structural reforms in 8 essential sectors
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced bold structural reforms in eight key sectors in the fourth tranche…
Govt allows entry of private players in future planetary, outer space projects
NEW DELHI: Bringing a paradigm shift in the space sector that till now had a government monopoly, Union finance minister…
HRD postpones announcement of pending exams’ schedule for class 10, 12 students
NEW DELHI: The HRD ministry on Saturday postponed announcement of the exam schedule for pending class 10 and 12 board…
Ahmedabad: 700 ‘super spreaders’ found coronavirus positive in a week
AHMEDABAD: At least 700 "super spreaders" were found coronavirus positive in Ahmedabad in a massive screening of vegetable sellers and…
FM announces easing of restrictions on utilisation of Indian air space
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced easing of restrictions on utilisation of Indian air space, benefiting civil…
FM reveals walking in FDI in defence production; restriction on specific imports of defence weapons
NEW DELHI: To boost Make in India in defence production, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said FDI limit in…
Low pressure over Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression: MeT
The well-marked low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on the morning of May 16,…
Centre approves modified DPR of Ujh Multipurpose Job in J&K
Representational photo. The DPR of Ujh project, which was declared as a national project in 2008, was initially prepared by…
Kerala to source weather condition inputs from 4 private companies
Terming weather inputs provided by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) inadequate, Kerala has decided to additionally source them from four…
Centre asks KRMB to stop A.P. from proceeding further on Krishna diversion prepares
River board told to convene a meet at the earliest In a significant move likely to follow in the ongoing…
Babri Masjid case: CBI court decides to continue more proceedings through video-conferencing
BABRI MASJID. File | Photo Credit: SUBIR ROY The Supreme Court on May 8 had directed the special court to…
24 migrant labourers killed in truck collision in Uttar Pradesh
A trailer truck carrying migrant workers from Rajasthan collided with a supply lorry near Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh. At least…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 53 live updates | Centre to announce guidelines for lockdown 4.0 today
India's nation-wide lockdown is likely to be extended till May 30 with considerable relaxations in the green and orange zones.…
Business Continuity In Times of Covid | ETMasterclass
About the programme TOI Dialogues is an e-conclave bringing together some of the best-known thought leaders in India and a…
Stop acting like money lending institution, provide cash instead of credit: Rahul Gandhi to Centre
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Centre should stop acting like a "money lender" for its…
Huge coronavirus recovery bill clears US House, fate uncertain in Senate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks past the Statuary Hall at the US Capitol on May 15, 2020 in Washington: AFPWASHINGTON:…
Coronavirus: 14 projects in 8 cities lead India’s vaccine hunt
BENGALURU: Reiterating that India, which supplies vaccines for various diseases to about 150 countries, is truly a global vaccine hub,…
US to donate ventilators to India, says Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has announced that the US will donate ventilators to India, moments after he underlined the close…
23 migrants killed, 15 injured after trucks collide in UP’s Auraiya
All the injured labourers have been admitted to a nearby hospital. KANPUR: At least 23 migrant labourers were killed and…
No one can be forced to hear something: HC
Representative imagePRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has held that “azaan” (the call to ritual prayer in Islam) can be recited…
Financiers’ flight to safety? SBI deposits skyrocket 1.25 L cr in April
NEW DELHI: The chairman of the country’s biggest bank is clear that economic activity needs to resume and it is…
Covid live: US will donate ventilators to India, Donald Trump says
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 16, 2020, 08:17:20 ISTIndia's Covid-19 death toll surged to 2,649 with the…
Govt likely to bring in ordinance to amend Essential Commodities Act
NEW DELHI: The Centre will amend the Essential Commodities Act to provide for notifying stock limits for a retailer or…
Covid-19: India reports 3,500+ cases ,overtakes China
NEW DELHI: India rose to the 11th spot among countries with the highest number of reported Covid-19 cases, overtaking China’s…
Coronavirus | How panic buying at Chennai’s Koyambedu market created a COVID-19 cluster
The normally bustling Koyambedu market in Chennai, touted to be one of Asia’s largest wholesale hubs for perishable goods, has…
TASMAC adversities: On Tamil Nadu liquor sale
The conflict between fiscal health and public health is quite real for the States. Faced with dwindling revenue due to…
A question of quarantine: On migrant employees and other visitors
As tens of thousands of people move across States, many of them migrant workers and their families travelling as unorganised…
India surpasses China’s COVID-19 tally
India’s COVID-19 case tally shot past China, with a total of 85,761 cases, including 53,219 active ones, according to data…
Can Iran weather the financial storm?
Iran, the hardest hit country by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in West Asia, is struggling to cope with several challenges…
Can’t stop migrants from walking home, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said it could not be expected to stop migrants from taking the hard and, for…
Coronavirus | Universal screening began on March 4, informs Directorate General of Health Services
Early action: Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata airports had started screening of travellers by January 17. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni…
Nirmala Sitharaman reveals brand-new law for contract farming in third tranche of financial stimulus bundle
Making long-pending agricultural marketing reforms the centrepiece of the third tranche of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic stimulus package, Union…
Late or early? Forecast companies vary on monsoon’s arrival in Kerala
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a delay in the arrival of the monsoon over Kerala while Skymet, a…