E-commerce companies allowed to deliver essential and non-essential items from April 20
NEW DELHI: In a major relief for consumers, e-commerce players will be allowed to deliver essential and non-essential items from…
China dispatches 650,000 medical packages to India to combat Covid-19: Indian envoy
Technicians making medical test kits in a lab in Beijing. (AFP Photo)BEIJING: The coronavirus medical test equipment being procured by…
72 south Delhi families told to self-quarantine after pizza delivery boy tests positive
The delivery boy from a famous pizza chain in Malviya Nagar area tested positive on Tuesday(Representative image)NEW DELHI: Families in…
MS Dhoni never ever looked rusty at Chennai Super Kings training: Balaji
CHENNAI: The postponement of IPL-13 has prolonged the wait to get a clearer picture on MS Dhoni’s international future. It…
Lockdown 2.0: What are red, orange, green zones?
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Apr 16, 2020, 08:52 ISTFacebookTwitterLinkedinMailAAText SizeSmallMediumLargeNEW DELHI: To tackle the outbreak of coronavirus in an effective and…
Coronavirus newest updates: Delhi, Maharashtra report dip in new cases
NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded just 17 new cases, its lowest single-day tally in April. Maharashtra reported 232 — the lowest…
Covid-19 hotspots marked in 170 districts, 207 more under close watch
NEW DELHI: The government has identified 170 districts with Covid-19 hotspots or 'red zone' areas, including in all six metros-Delhi,…
Govt greenlights limited reboot: Select sectors & services like plumbers & electricians to resume after Apr 20
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday set the ball rolling for a limited resumption of economic activity outside Covid-19 containment…
India slams US body for fake news, says stop communalising war on Covid-19
Medical officers inspect a quarantine center at the Sarusojai sports complex in Guwahati (AP)India on Wednesday slammed the United States…
Trump says U.S. most likely ‘passed the peak’ of coronavirus cases
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in…
UP mob attacks doctors, cops of quarantine team
Policemen escort two locals who were allegedly involved in pelting stones at police and health officials while...Read MoreBAREILLY: A team…
First lot of Covid-19 kits from China may arrive today
NEW DELHI: After several delays, India will finally receive the first consignment of rapid testing kits for Covid-19 by this…
Activist, journalist among 13 held for Bandra chaos
The misinformation resulted in a large crowd of migrant workers gathering outside the Bandra stationMUMBAI: A political activist, a journalist…
Govt greenlights limited reboot: Select sectors & services like plumbers & electricians to resume after Apr 20
Social distancing norms have to be maintained in offices and businesses that will be allowed to operate after ...Read MoreNEW…
Coronavirus outbreak live updates: Death count 424 as total cases soar at 12,281
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 16, 2020, 04:13:24 ISTIndia's Covid-19 patient count has crossed the 12,000 mark.…
‘Absolutely baseless’: Gujarat govt denies report claiming religious segregation of Covid-19 patients
NEW DELHI: The Gujarat government has strongly rubbished media reports of alleged segregation of coronavirus patients on the basis of…
Tension test: On modified lockdown standards
The revised protocol for the extended period of lockdown that is now scheduled to end on May 3 indicates its…
Dreadful decision: On Trump halting funds to WHO
At a time when the World Health Organisation has been seeking at least $675 million additional funding for critical response…
Coronavirus | No barricades for canine patients
Emergency squad: Yesupadam and Priya with Roja and Rosy at their ashram. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A father-daughter duo…
India to receive normal monsoon, projections IMD
An traffic policeman takes photos of dust storm on his mobile phone in Guwahati on April 15, 2020. | Photo…
Trainees require not pay college costs till lockdown is raised, states AICTE
Member Secretary of AICTE Prof. Rajive Kumar. File | Photo Credit: KIRAN BAKALE AICTE and the University Grants Commission (UGC)…
Coronavirus | 170 districts identified as hotspots, says Health Ministry
Nearly one in five districts in India is a hotspot, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, a day that saw…
Coronavirus lockdown | Airlines start selling domestic flight tickets
In anticipation of no blanket extension of a lockdown across the country after May 4, airlines have started domestic flight…
BCCI holds off IPL indefinitely
Good old days! Though the fans will be disappointed about the postponement of the IPL, they will cling on to…
India takes uncertain position on U.S. defunding of WHO
Josep Borrell Fontelles. File Trump on Tuesday suspended funding of the world body, accusing it of “severe” mismanagement of COVID-19…
Coronavirus lockdown guidelines | Industries operating in rural areas to reopen on April 20
Wearing face covers and masks is now compulsory in public places and workplaces, spitting in public is a punishable offence…
Vinay Dubey, man who posted video connected to migrant employees’ demonstration, sent out to authorities custody till April 21
On camera: A snapshot from Vinay Dubey’s video, which allegedly instigated migrant workers. The Bandra police on Wednesday arrested Navi…
COVID-19 forces Germany into recession
The German economy entered a recession in March and the slowdown is expected to continue until the middle of the…
Analysis| How pandemics have changed the world
Pandemics have had great influence in shaping human society and politics throughout history. From the Justinian Plague of sixth century…
Coronavirus: Thrissur Pooram cancelled for first time
A view of elephants standing in line at Vadakkumnathan Temple in Thrissur during the Pooram festival last year. | Photo…
Lockdown goes from 21 to 40 days, curbs may be conditionally eased in some non-hotspot areas from April 20
NEW DELHI: Sticking with his “saving lives comes first”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced extension of the countrywide…
Covid-19: In Phase 2, focus on checking spread to non-affected regions
NEW DELHI: As India goes into the second phase of lockdown, health ministry officials said the focus would now be…
Chaos in Mumbai’s Bandra: How it all started
MUMBAI: Bandra police lodged an FIR against Rahul Kulkarni, a correspondent with a Marathi news channel in Osmanabad, for allegedly…
Trump stops WHO financing, with world on edge over infection lockdowns
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday cut off funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the UN body of…
Capgemini India increases salaries, grants allowances
BENGALURU: French IT services firm Capgemini, which has 1.2 lakh of its over 2 lakh employees in India, has taken…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 22 updates | Positive cases cross 11,000, death toll at 391
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the extension of the current nation-wide lockdown to May 3, with intensive containment…
Trump states United States halting World Health Organization funding over its handling of virus
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO)…
France ends up being fourth country to pass the 15,000 coronavirus death toll
French Director General of Health Jerome Salomon. File | Photo Credit: Reuters But the number of people in intensive care…
A constricting window: On extension of lockdown
It appeared inevitable, and the Centre has accepted the view of several States to extend the national lockdown for the…
Corona bond: On Eurozone COVID-19 rescue package
Deliberations on the €540-billion emergency rescue package that Eurozone Finance Ministers agreed on Thursday underscore the difficult road ahead to…
Coronavirus | Ordnance Factory Board to make 1.1 lakh coveralls
Full protection: A suit made by the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchi. Initial order from HLL Lifecare Ltd. will…
Congress attacks Modi, says woes of migrant workers not addressed
In a video message, Congress president Sonia Gandhi thanked the people for leading the fight against corona de...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Just 2%of Covid-19 patients have actually submitted insurance claims
Medics interact with a patient in the isolation ward of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at Patna Medical College ...Read MoreBENGALURU: India…
‘Saptapadi’: PM lists 7 mantras to fight coronavirus
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invoked "seven vows" that he asked people to take in their battle…
Private sector drafted but Covid-19 battle rests heavily on govt hospitals
Medics wear mask seen at Government Hamidia hospital during the nationwide lockdown in wake of Coronavirus out...Read MoreWhile several state…
BCCI tells franchises IPL ‘delayed forever’ but no main word yet
NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Tuesday told IPL franchises that the event stands "postponed indefinitely" after the lockdown to combat…
Flight services may resume from May 4; Centre yet to decide on refund for cancelled ones
NEW DELHI: Scheduled passenger flights could now resume from May 4. After Prime Minister Modi extended the nationwide lockdown to…
Coronavirus | Bhopal gas survivors left in the lurch
Four of the five patients who died of COVID-19 in Bhopal were survivors of the city’s 1984 gas tragedy, and…
Coronavirus | Longer lockdown essential to break chain of infection, says government
India on Tuesday registered an increase of 1,211 COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths in the past 24 hours, making it…
Coronavirus | Infections have ‘certainly’ not peaked yet, warns WHO
Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work on Tuesday but Britain and France extended lockdowns to try to rein…