Unity for power: Israel’s unity federal government
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News Analysis | Behind new incidents, a changed dynamic along India-China border
A greater capability by India to patrol up to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) coupled with an increasingly assertive…
Coronavirus | Health Ministry issues new guidelines for workplaces
The Union Health Ministry announced fresh workplace guidelines on Tuesday.With the easing of the lockdown measures and with more offices/workplaces…
Trains to run 200 timetable based trains from June 1
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Coronavirus | COVID-19 unlikely to affect illicit drug supply, says United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Movement restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to an initial statistical reduction in drug seizures, but without a…
3 lakh evacuated as cyclone Amphan hurtles towards Bengal coast
Super cyclone Amphan, which has weakened slightly, is expected to make landfall between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya Islands…
State nod not essential for Shramik trains
As lakhs of migrant workers continue to walk to reach their homes amid the lockdown, the Union government on Tuesday…
Separatist leader’s boy amongst 2 Hizb militants eliminated in Srinagar encounter
Separatist Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s son was among two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed on May 19 in an…
Premier League confirms six positive cases of COVID-19 after screening
TOI TimesPointsHOW TO EARNMY ACTIVITYFAQsDAILY CHECK-INS: 0/5 completedLifetime0Expired0Redeemed0* TimesPoints expire in 1 year from the day of creditThe Premier League…
Chinese troops turn to aggressive posturing in Ladakh, North Sikkim: Sources
File photo used for representation NEW DELHI: Tension is gradually building up between Indian and Chinese armies in several areas…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | May 19, 2020, 20:09 ISTNEW DELHI: India has so far about 0.2 Covid-19 deaths per lakh population as…
WHO faces virus probe after Trump ultimatum
WHO director general Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusGENEVA: World Health Organization member states agreed Tuesday to launch an investigation into its coronavirus…
Sonia Gandhi calls meeting of opposition parties on May 22 to discuss coronavirus crisis, difficulties of migrant workers
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Autorickshaw, car numbers in Congress list of buses for migrant workers: UP govt
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday said the list of 1,000 buses offered by the Congress to ferry migrant…
Almond milk, phony news and the pandemic
Is almond milk ‘milk’? Or is it a fake claim?Dairy farmers in the U.S. want government regulation to prevent the…
Coronavirus | India records 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against global figure of 4.1: Health Ministry
India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1, the Union…
Kolkata hunkers down ahead of Amphan landfall
A scientist at IMD Earth System Science Organisation points to a section of the screen showing the position of the…
NC, PDP turn down J&K residence law
The National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday rejected the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws)…
Congress, U.P. govt continue to spar over buses for migrant employees
The Congress and the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday continued to spar over the issue of providing buses…
Railways Ministry to choose schedule, blockage of Shramik Specials
New Delhi As lakhs of migrant workers continue to walk to reach their homes amid the lockdown, the Union government…
Amphan cyclone tracker | Amit Shah speaks to Mamata Banerjee, Navin Patnaik
The storm system in the Bay of Bengal, Amphan, developed into a super cyclone on Monday and is expected to…
What do healing rates tell us about Covid-19’s spread
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Samajwadi Party leader, son shot dead in UP’s Sambhal on camera
BAREILLY (UP): A Samajwadi Party local leader and his son were shot dead in broad daylight in Sambhal district of…
Nawakadal encounter: 2 Hizbul terrorists killed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: Two Hibzul Mujahideen terrorists were killed while a CRPF jawan and a Jammu and Kashmir policeman suffered injuries during…
First Covid-19 vaccine tested on people in US shows promise
The first coronavirus vaccine to be tested on people in the US appears to be safe and able to stimulate…
Covid-19: Karnataka sees spike, bars entry of people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
BENGALURU: Karnataka on Monday banned till May 31 entry of people into the state from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 56 live updates | Positive cases cross 1 lakh
India’s tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the one lakh mark on Monday, with 5,079 new cases taking the total to…
Lockdown and its impact on spending
1.Has the Covid-induced lockdown forced you to cut spending?YesNo2.What made you cut spending?Things you wanted weren't available? (e.g. hair cut,…
India’s Covid cases per lakh population is 7.1, world’s 60
NEW DELHI: India has about 7.1 cases per lakh population whereas the average of the whole world is 60 cases…
Wasn’t chosen when as daddy didn’t pay bribe: Virat Kohli
NEW DELHI: Indian captain Virat Kohli would walk into any world XI today. But he once failed to make the…
Covid-19 cases in India cross 1 lakh mark, over 3,000 dead
NEW DELHI: One hundred and nine days after the first person tested positive for Covid-19 in India, the country’s case…
Odisha gets into survival mode as Cyclone Amphan threatens widespread damage
BHUBANESWAR: In the middle of a pandemic that has put the world on edge, the state government on Monday started…
China accuses India of building “illegal” facilities at Galwan valley in Aksai Chin area
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Top B schools not to demand GMAT, some will even waive application charges
MUMBAI: No GMAT score? No problem. Student applicants who have no GMAT scores to show are now being considered by…
Covid-19: 8% of migrants in Bihar test positive, state stares at big count
Representative image (ANI)PATNA/RANCHI: The number of migrant workers testing positive for Covid-19 since returning to their native Bihar on Monday…
India & China deploy additional troops, fortify more Ladakh areas
Representative imageNEW DELHI: India and China have reinforced troop deployment in a few more sectors along the unresolved border in…
124 recoveries for every Covid death in Kerala, just 4 in Bengal
NEW DELHI: Looking at the number of Covid-19 cases in different states would suggest Maharashtra is doing the worst, followed…
Cyclone Amphan live updates: Centre cautions of comprehensive damage in coastal Bengal districts
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 18, 2020, 22:38:10 ISTCyclone Amphan has developed into a super cyclone in…
A matter of relief: On economic stimulus bundle
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Faking risk: on fighting fake news
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Coronavirus | Centre warns States against diluting lockdown curbs
Railway official mark passengers with a quarantine stamp after arriving on a special train service from Delhi to Secunderabad railway…
Super Cyclone Amphan threatens Odisha, West Bengal
The storm system in the Bay of Bengal, Amphan, developed into a super cyclone on Monday and is expected to…
Possible Oxford vaccine stops working to avoid virus spread in monkeys
A high-profile potential vaccine for COVID-19 being tested by researchers at Oxord University failed to protect vaccinated monkeys from being…
Call for WHO probe into infection origin
An India-backed draft resolution at the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly received a big boost on Monday when…
Coronavirus | More than 5,000 new cases push India’s overall tally past 1 lakh
India’s tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the one lakh mark on Monday, with 5,079 new cases taking the total to…
Coronavirus | Little for farmers in Centre’s package: Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar. File photo: PTI ‘Standing crops lost due to lockdown’ Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and former Union Agriculture…
83 LCA-MK1A deal high concern: IAF chief
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will set up the second squadron of indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas by month-end,…
Bihar BJP tailoring for Assembly surveys
The BJP’s Bihar unit is preparing to face Assembly polls which, under the pre-COVID19 calender, were scheduled to be held…
Kumble-led ICC committee advises restriction on saliva due to COVID-19 pandemic
TOI TimesPointsHOW TO EARNMY ACTIVITYFAQsDAILY CHECK-INS: 0/5 completedLifetime0Expired0Redeemed0* TimesPoints expire in 1 year from the day of credit(Getty Images)NEW DELHI:…
India has done well in dealing with Covid-19 pandemic: Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: India took all the necessary steps well in time to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Health minister Harsh…