Stress intensify along LAC in Sikkim as China accuses India of trespass
China has accused the Indian army of crossing into its territory and “blocking” its patrols and “attempting to unilaterally change…
Devices used for screening drug-resistant TB can be now used for confirmation of COVID-19 cases
According to the guidelines, all samples of suspect COVID-19 should be first tested by the E gene screening assay. Diagnostic…
What number should India really be worried about?
TODAY’S TAKEWhat number should India really be worried about?While the total headcount of Covid-19 cases is nearing 1.07 lakh, that…
A quake, aircraft or thunder, what did Bengaluru hear?
An aerial view of Satellite Bus Stand on Mysore road during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of co...Read…
Coronavirus vaccine: What is the current status of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and everything you should know about it
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - May 20, 2020, 15:30 ISTclose01/7COVID-19 vaccine: What is the current status of Moderna vaccine…
Covid-19: China’s new outbreak shows signs the coronavirus could be changing
BEIJING: Chinese doctors are seeing the coronavirus manifest differently among patients in its new cluster of cases in the northeast…
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan to head WHO executive board
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan (File Photo)NEW DELHI: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan has been elected as the chairman of…
Cyclone Amphan heads towards West Bengal: Key points
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: May 20, 2020, 16:19 ISTNEW DELHI: The landfall process of cyclone 'Amphan' commenced at 2.30 pm on…
Amphan cyclone tracker | Migrant trains to Bengal, Odisha cancelled
Heavy rain and strong wind battered coastal Odisha districts as the super cyclone Amphan hurtled towards the coast on Wednesday…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 57 live updates | Railways to operate 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1
Uncertainity continues over the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) which was introduced as a game-changer to arrest the spread of COVID-19.…
In Karnataka, infection rate highest amongst those in 20-29 age bracket
File photo of antibody-based rapid test kits. For representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj 26 among the…
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Cyclone Amphan live updates: 19 NDRF teams on ground ahead of landfall
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 20, 2020, 10:15:56 ISTCyclone Amphan will make landfall close to Sundarbans between…
World cricket can not afford cancellation of IPL: Sundar Raman
MUMBAI: Unprecedented in our lifetime, the havoc that the outbreak of Covid-19 brought about has left, among other sectors, the…
Indian Railways to run 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1
Representative image (PTI)NEW DELHI: The railways took important decisions on Tuesday to increase the flow of migrants to states, though…
Coronavirus live: In biggest single day spike, India records over 5,200 Covid cases
US borders with Canada, Mexico closed another month, reports AFP.The US Department of Homeland Security said the clos
Migrants to be tracked, focus on keeping toll low: Centre
Representative image (ANI)NEW DELHI: It will need around two weeks of monitoring and testing of migrants reaching their homes in…
In biggest single day spike, India records over 5,200 Covid cases
NEW DELHI: A day after India’s Covid-19 count crossed the 1 lakh mark, more than 5,200 fresh cases were reported…
‘Vocal for regional’: Firms quizzed by govt-run stores
Representative imageNEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Taking PM Narendra Modi’s 'vocal for local’ as a call to action, government-run stores such as the…
Border row with India worsens, Nepal to release brand-new map
Representative imageNEW DELHI: India and Nepal seemed headed for a diplomatic showdown with Nepalese PM K P Oli declaring in…
Cyclone Amphan set to strike Bengal today
Clouds loom over Kolkata as Cyclone Amphan barrels towards India's eastern coast. (TOI photo)NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Weakened but still packing a…
Delhi shops reopened but very few people turned up
NEW DELHI: Delhi tiptoed into a semblance of normalcy on Monday with many shops opening for the first time in…
A.P. gas leak: Supreme Court decreases to interfere with NGT order
Supreme Court of India. It asks LG Polymers to move tribunal The Supreme Court did not interfere on Tuesday with…
Dead stop: On opening of stadia for training
Athletes are obsessed with movement. Being static isn’t part of their DNA and while the novel coronavirus pandemic forced people…
Unity for power: Israel’s unity federal government
May 20, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: May 20, 2020 01:14 IST May 20, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: May 20, 2020…
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
These would be non-AC trains, booking for which would be done only online. The Indian Railways on Tuesday announced that…
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
Congress President Sonia Gandhi. (File photo)NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of opposition parties on May…
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
TODAY’S TAKEWhat do recovery rates tell us about Covid-19’s spreadIndia has seen 38,908 recoveries of its over 1.01 lakh cases,…
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…