COVID-19 | India among countries backing probe into scientific ‘events’ behind pandemic
Residents wearing face masks wait in line for nucleic acid testing at a residential community in Wuhan, Hubei, China. |…
Coronavirus | India records over 5,000 cases on May 17
Maharashtra registered its highest single-day increase of 2,347 COVID-19 cases to take its overall tally to 33,053 and 1,198 deaths.…
Coronavirus package | Centre throws open all sectors to private players
The Centre has agreed to demands from States to hike their borrowing limits from 3% to 5% of their GDP…
Peaking: On India’s coronavirus tally
In 106 days since the first laboratory-confirmed novel coronavirus case was reported on January 30, India surpassed China’s tally of…
Farm gate in focus: On amending Necessary Products Act
The Centre’s objective of using the COVID-19 crisis to usher in an Atmanirbhar Bharat saw Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman focus…
Coronavirus | Surge disproves NITI Aayog’s ‘zero cases by May 16’ prediction
The number of COVID-19 positive cases in India nearing the six-digit mark has disproved an assessment by V.K. Paul, NITI…
Coronavirus lockdown | Truck ditches ill man on road, friend stays back till his death
Reaching home a couple of days late was all right for Yaqoob Mohammad but not returning to his village alone,…
It’s a 3.22-lakh-crore bundle, says Congress
The actual quantum of the Aatmanirbhar stimulus package announced by the government is not ₹20 lakh crore or 10% of…
Picture of a weeping Rampukar Pandit becomes sign of India’s migrant worker tragedy
Rampukar Pandit, who became a snapshot of India’s migrant tragedy with his photograph sobbing by a road in Delhi, is…
Lockdown 4.0 guidelines | What’s allowed and what’s not?
A mango vendor passing through a deserted road amid scorching heat during lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Pandemic brings Uttarakhand’s ghost hamlets to life
“Aapada main avsar (opportunity in disaster)”— Tribhuvan Oniyal has latched on to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s phrase to turn the…
India needs to not give Taliban authenticity till it signs up with intra-Afghan talks, states former envoy Amar Sinha
Saying that the U.S. is trying to salvage its deal with the Taliban, despite rising violence in Afghanistan, National Security…
Coronavirus | Commercial sex work could spike COVID-19 cases in India, says study
Allowing commercial sex work to commence immediately after lockdown in India’s red light areas could lead to a rapid rise…
Congress delighting in theatrics over migrant workers, states Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her fifth press conference on Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan stimulus package at National Media Centre in…
Covid-19 doubling time in India improved to 13.6 days in last 3 days: Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: The doubling time of coronavirus infection in India has improved to 13.6 days in the last three days…
‘Social distancing, staggered work hours’: Instructions for work environments and workplaces in Lockdown 4.0
Lockdown 4.0: What is allowed and what is not allowedThe nation-wide coronavirus-induced lockdown was extended f
Public spaces, flight ops, going shopping malls to stay shut till May 31: MHA standards on lockdown 4.0
NEW DELHI: Prohibition on all public gatherings, closure of schools, malls and restaurants, and suspension of flight and Metro services…
Lockdown 4.0: National directives for Covid-19 management
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: May 17, 2020, 20:29 ISTFacebookTwitterLinkedinMailAAText SizeSmallMediumLargeNEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday announced extension of the nationwide lockdown…
Covid-19: Here’s what is new in lockdown 4.0
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday extended the nationwide lockdown till May 31, the third such extension, to curb the…
Lockdown 4.0: Here are the MHA guidelines
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Sunday announced extension of lockdown till May 31 to curb the spread…
INS Jalashwa arrives in Kochi with 588 evacuees from the Maldives
INS Jalashwa bringing back 698 Indians to Kochi from the Maldives on May 10. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat This…
Nirmala Sitharaman press conference live updates | Final tranche of stimulus package to be announced today
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a press conference on Sunday, said that the focus of the fifth and final…
Encounter underway in between security forces, concealing militants in J&K’s Doda
An encounter between hiding militants and a search party of the security forces started in the Chenab Valley’s Doda district…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 54 live updates | 30 municipal areas contribute 80% of COVID-19 cases
With 30 municipal areas accounting for almost 80% of the country’s COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday asked…
Cyclonic storm most likely to bring heavy rain in coastal Bengal districts
A cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal lay 1,220 km south-southwest of Digha in West Bengal on Saturday…
How will the COVID-19 relief for MSMEs help?
The story so far: In his address to the nation, his third, on May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced…
28 test favorable from same apartment building in Hyderabad
Twenty-eight persons, including three children, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the same apartment complex at Madannapet area adding bulk…
The postponed Olympics has actually broken some hearts, however it’s opened doors for many
Sandra Babu is a long jump and triple jump athlete from Kerala’s Kannur district. She was training hard for the…
Covid-19: Information of Rs 20 lakh crore relief plan
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday shared the breakup of the Rs 20 lakh crore relief package while…
No fresh insolvency to be started for 1 year under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Nirmala Sitharaman
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday announced suspension of new bankruptcy filings on loan defaults for one year and raised…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces last tranche of stimulus package: Highlights
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday addressed the media to announce the last tranche of Rs 20 lakh…
Spraying disinfectants can be ‘harmful’, says WHO
GENEVA: Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses…
Cyclone Amphan live updates: IMD issues alert for West Bengal, Bangladesh coasts
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 17, 2020, 15:15:02 ISTCyclonic storm Amphan is moving over southeast Bay of…
Bundesliga: It’s live, and it’s kicking!
The red four-letter word on the screen said it all. Football is LIVE, it is alive and back on television.…
National portal to track migrants’ movement by trains and buses
Representative image (PTI photo)NEW DELHI: A central online repository on migrant workers moving by Shramik Special trains and buses to…
After China, India reaches out to LAC, African nations with medicine diplomacy
NEW DELHI: As China woos the world with Covid-related assistance, India is also looking to spread its medicine diplomacy net…
Gujarat ‘super-spreaders’ spike national tally
India recorded its highest-ever single day increase of 4,820 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with Gujarat accounting for 1,057 of them.The…
Coronavirus package | Government throws open defence production and mining sectors
Steps to indigenise defence production by banning the import of some weapons and platforms while hiking foreign direct investment into…
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:…