Coronavirus | Global death toll crosses 154,000
The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 154,188 on Saturday, according to a tally from official…
The infodemic that accompanies the pandemic
At this time of COVID-19-induced physical distancing, it is rather cruel to repeat the refrain of news ombudsmen that ours…
Covid-19: Canada, US extend border restrictions for another 30 days
TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the US and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to…
3 CRPF personnel martyred in terrorist strike in J&K’s Sopore
SRINAGAR: Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were martyred and as many injured in a terrorist attack in north…
Air India opens bookings on select domestic routes from May 4, international from June 1
NEW DELHI: Air India on Saturday announced it has opened bookings on select domestic and international routes from May 4…
Bengaluru lab develops easy-to-make reusable ‘power’ mask
BENGALURU: A team of researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has come up with a…
Govt approval must for all FDIs from neighbouring countries including China
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday made its prior approval mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share land border…
Coronavirus: Humanity will overcome pandemic, says PM Narendra Modi as he hails ministries for helping people in lockdown
NEW DELHI: Humanity will surely overcome the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he hailed the…
Manmohan to head Congress consultative group on COVID-19
Ever since the lockdown began, Congress leaders, including party chief Sonia Gandhi, have been writing letters to Prime Minister Narendra…
Indore struck by COVID-19 due to worldwide guests, anti-CAA demonstrations: Collector
Indore Collector Manish Singh has blamed passengers who flew in from abroad and anti-CAA agitations within the city for the…
Sharjeel Imam chargesheeted for giving seditious speech, says cops
Former JNU student and anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam, accused of allegedly making inflammatory statements, is taken to court from the…
21 Navy sailors in Mumbai test positive for COVID-19
In the first instance of COVID-19 in the Indian Navy, 21 personnel have tested positive at the Western Naval Command…
Coronavirus cases in U.S. cross 7,00,000, death toll more than 35,000
The number of the coronavirus cases in the US crossed 7,00,000 on Friday, while over 35,000 people have died from…
Punjab: Ludhiana ACP succumbs to coronavirus
LUDHIANA: After battling for his life for 10 days in hospital, Ludhiana assistant commissioner of police (north) Anil Kohli succumbed…
Coronavirus latest updates: 14,378 cases in India with 480 deaths
NEW DELHI: The number of cases reported in India now stands at 14,378, of which 11,906 are active cases, according…
Hard to argue against MS Dhoni’s greatness: Kevin Pietersen
MUMBAI: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen says it would be difficult to argue against two-time World Cup-winning skipper Mahendra Singh…
Day 25 of coronavirus lockdown: Ground report from Indian cities
NEW DELHI: The impact of 21-day lockdown is starting to become visible after several areas in the country reported a…
Kerala & Tamil Nadu on way to flattening Covid-19 curve?
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/CHENNAI: Two southern states appear on course in their effort to flattening the Covid-19 curve with fresh daily cases in…
‘Lockdown not the only method to take on a pandemic’
Above (L-R) Dr Arunansu Talukdar, Dr Shriram Raghavan; Below (L-R) Dr Suravi Chatterjee-Woolman, Prof Thomas T...Read MoreFake news has been…
IPL: Abiding memories of the cash-rich league over 12 editions
The Times of India lists abiding memories of the IPL over 12 editions. RAJASTHAN’S INCREDIBLE RUNShane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals, not…
26 Indian Navy sailors test Covid-19 positive; massive contact-tracing op under way
NEW DELHI: In a major outbreak in the Indian Navy, at least 26 sailors have tested positive for the highly…
Trump announces $19 billion for US farmers hurt by coronavirus
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help farmers cope with the impact…
RBI tosses 2nd Rs 1 lakh-crore-lifeline, prompts banks to provide more
MUMBAI: Three weeks after it unveiled its first package on March 27 for an economy battered by the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 25 updates | Three more test positive; total cases climb to 39 in Himachal Pradesh
In the light of the India-wide lockdown, the Home Ministry has extended regular and e-visas of all foreigners who are…
New york city guv attacks Trump for ‘passing buck’ on pandemic response
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis,…
Farming under lockdown: Short on labourers, a long harvest
Jagtar Singh is a man in a hurry. It’s April 15, and with temperatures starting to soar, the government has…
Screen Rohingya and their contacts who went to the Tablighi Jamaat occasion, House Ministry tells States
Advisory comes after reports of refugees’ visits to Nizamuddin event and other gatherings The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has…
ICMR to study if BCG vaccine helps prevent coronavirus
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will start a new trial next week to study the efficacy…
‘Virus jabs’, ‘detention camps’: Rumours lead to attacks on medicos
NEW DELHI: A mix of rumours on social media and misinformation about quarantine centres could be provoking mobs to attack…
Wildly varying data across states makes comparisons difficult
NEW DELHI: In states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and a few others, roughly 80% of the active Covid-19 cases are…
Rate of growth in Covid-19 cases down 40%considering that April 1
NEW DELHI: India witnessed a significant decline of 40% in growth of Covid-19 cases since April 1, compared to a…
Pune zilla parishad prepares hard action to check domestic violence
To counter the increasing cases of domestic violence during the current COVID-19 lockdown, the Pune Zilla Parishad has borrowed a…
Coronavirus | Home Ministry extends visa of stranded foreigners till May 3
The Home Ministry on Friday extended regular and e-visas of all foreigners who are stranded in India due to the…
Assisting a providing hand: On RBI’s 2nd lockdown stimulus
The RBI has made life easier for banks; it has given the govt. the cue for a fiscal support plan…
A season of modification: On IMD forecast system
It is time for the India Meteorological Department to incorporate lessons from the new normal In the season of the…
Coronavirus | Restrictions in Tamil Nadu’s 388 ‘containment zones’ set to continue beyond May 3
On a day when Tamil Nadu recorded 56 new cases of COVID-19, taking the tally to 1,323, Chief Secretary K.…
Coronavirus | Centre’s financial package announced at just .7% of GDP is inadequate, says Pinarayi Vijayan
States with their limited resources will have to shoulder the greater burden of economic crisis that will follow COVID-19, Kerala…
Post-lockdown, India’s infection growth rate has actually decreased, states Ministry
With no current evidence suggesting that Coronavirus is showing any signs of mutation as per the Indian Council of Medical…
Coronavirus | We are taking care that nobody in U.P. goes hungry, says Yogi Adityanath
At the helm of India’s most populous State, Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath details his government’s strategy to prevent…
Minor forest produce in exemption list
A file photo of tribal people collecting minor forest produce. This includes non-timber items such as bamboo and other grasses,…
Covid impact: ICC member boards running ‘major threat’ of financial insolvency
MUMBAI: The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 over the last two months, one that has affected cricket across the globe…
Trump cautiously moots reopening parts of America for business even as toll mounts
WASHINGTON: The United States began re-opening for business in some thinly-populated states largely unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic under President…
Shutdown norms thrown to wind in Karnataka; people swarm wedding, temple festival
Kannada actor Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Revathi's farmhouse wedding near Bengaluru has made headlines for all the...Read MoreBENGALURU: In twin instances…
Doubling rate of Covid-19 cases in India reduced with imposition of lockdown: Health ministry
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry said on Friday the rate at which the number of coronavirus cases in the…
Containment operations to be scaled down if no secondary Covid-19 case for 4 weeks: Govt
Containment operations will be scaled down if no secondary positive case of Covid-19 is reported from a quaran...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Japan offers $930 infection stimulus payment to all citizens
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves after a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2020. | Photo Credit: AFP…
IAF Apache copter makes precautionary landing
An Indian Air Force Apache attack helicopter made a precautionary landing in a field in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab…
India eliminates export curbs on formulas from Paracetamol
Restrictions on export of the APIs remain The Centre has permitted the export of formulations made from Paracetamol. The government…
Coronavirus | Not just medical care but mental and emotional support helped, say survivors
The high fever, mind numbing tiredness and the constant positive mental/emotional enforcement from the medical staff — that is what…
Two militants shot dead in Kashmir’s Shopian
Jawans during an encounter in Shopian district of south kashmir on August 2, 2019. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD They…