India remains on U.S. Top priority Watch List
India continues to be on the ‘Priority Watch List’ of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for lack of adequate…
Only 30 lakh found MGNREGA operate in April
Although the Centre gave explicit instructions to reopen its flagship rural jobs scheme from April 20, only 30 lakh people…
Strategic shift: On house isolation of moderate coronavirus cases
On March 28, only 130 districts of India’s 736 had reported COVID-19 cases. The Health Ministry’s strategy then, after the…
President under probe: On Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro faces a political setback as Brazil struggles with economic and health crises Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s decision to sack…
Coronavirus lockdown | Home Ministry clears inter-State movement of stranded people
More than a month after the countrywide lockdown owing to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…
NEET uses to minority-run medical colleges: Supreme Court
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) is mandatory for admission to medical colleges run by religious and linguistic minority communities, the…
Coronavirus | Punjab extends lockdown by two weeks, with limited relief
Punjab on Wednesday became the first State in the country to announce that it would extend the lockdown till May…
US re-opens even as Covid toll in three months surpasses loss during Vietnam War
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday passed the grim milestone of losing more people to coronavirus in three months than…
Irrfan’s surrender and acceptance, 2018-20
“The only thing certain was the uncertainty. All I could do was to realise my strength and play my game…
Uddhav speaks to PM Modi as he awaits governor’s decision
MUMBAI: As the decision about his appointment to the legislature as governor's nominee hangs fire, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray…
UGC issues new calendar for universities; 2020-21 session to begin from Aug 1
NEW DELHI: The new academic session for old students will commence from August 1 while for the new students it…
Govt permits movement of stranded people with conditions
NEW DELHI: Migrant workers, tourists, students and other people stranded in different parts of the country were on Wednesday allowed…
Death toll due to Covid-19 now at 1,008, cases climb to 31,787: Health ministry
NEW DELHI: Death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,008 and the number of cases climbed to 31,787 in the…
A homage: With Irrfan Khan, less was constantly more
It was this same cruel month of April back in 2002. Irrfan Khan, despite more than a decade of struggle…
Nirav Modi set for remote extradition trial from May 11 in U.K. court
The five-day extradition trial of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will begin from May 11 in a part-remote setting, a…
All Central govt. officials to use Aarogya Setu app
The Aarogya Setu app is used to issue advisories. Photo: G.R.N. Somashekar Department of Personnel and Training has told officials…
Will hold pending exams for Class 10, 12 after examining scenario, says CBSE
Students outside a school in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Several States had suggested cancelling the pending exams…
No end in sight: On India’s coronavirus technique
If it took 94 days to reach one million novel coronavirus cases on April 3 after China reported the first…
Salary cut: Kerala Govt. may take Regulation path to clear legal difficulties
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. File | Photo Credit: S. Gopakumar HC order on deferment of salary of employees The…
Signalling assistance: On RBI relief for shared funds
RBI’s liquidity facility for mutual funds still hinges on banks’ willingness to lend The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to…
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1 / 10Government has an 'email scam warning' for you: All detailsThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued…
MS Dhoni greatest finisher I have seen, says Mike Hussey
CHENNAI: It’s Mike Hussey’s attachment with the sport that made peers name him Mr Cricket. But now he is trying…
Immediately download Aarogya Setu app, come to office when there is no risk: Centre to all staff
NEW DELHI: All central government employees were on Wednesday asked to immediately download the 'Aarogya Setu' mobile application and to…
Day 36 of coronavirus lockdown: Ground report from Indian cities
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 29, 2020, 13:16 ISTRepresentative Image.NEW DELHI: Even as Karnataka relaxed restrictions and allowed limited business activity…
Over 2 lakh H-1B workers could lose legal status by June
NEW DELHI: Manasi Vasavada has less than three weeks left before she loses her legal right to be in the…
Breaking News Live: SC rules that NEET will apply to private unaided minority professional colleges
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 29, 2020, 16:45:01 ISTStay here for real-time updates on breaking news from…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 36 updates | Death toll crosses 1,000
A week before the scheduled end date of the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Ministers for the…
Federal government begins preparing for Haridwar Kumbh Mela
Mega gathering: Maha Kumbh Mela is organised once in 12 years, and 10 million had congregated in Haridwar in 2010.…
Coronavirus latest developments: Kedarnath portals open today amid lockdown
A woman passing through a sanitization tunnel in Mumbai. (Credits: NYT)NEW DELHI: India's tally of COVID-19 cases has reached 31,332,…
As US Covid-19 cases hit 1M, many Americans opt to stay on in India
NEW YORK: Many Americans in India who had signed up for airlifts back to the US are now deciding to…
Healthcare facilities can’t demand coronavirus test before treatment, says govt
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over many private hospitals across India either turning away critical patients or having closed down, the…
Irrfan Khan is suffering from colon infection and here’s all you require to know about the condition
Actor Irrfan Khan, who recently returned to acting has been diagnosed with a colon infection. An official source confirmed that…
Coronavirus: No green zone in Delhi, test result delay a hurdle
Representative imageNEW DELHI: There is no green zone in Delhi. Nine out of 11 districts in the capital are red…
Monsoon to be regular, however June-July may see less rains: IMD
Representative imageNEW DELHI: India is forecast to get an overall ‘normal’ monsoon rainfall this year, but an initial month-wise prediction…
Misstatement of India has actually reached a brand-new level: Centre
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: The government rejected the observations on India in the USCIRF annual report, which had accused India of allowing…
Record 1,840 cases & 69 deaths on Tuesday; Covid toll passes 1,000
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic crossed two grim milestones in India, with the total number of cases topping 30,000 —…
With governor non-committal on council seat for Uddhav Thackeray, his fate as CM hangs in balance
MUMBAI: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s fate appears to hang in the balance as governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was apparently noncommittal…
Plasma therapy not approved as treatment, use only for trial: Govt
NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Tuesday came out with a categorical and emphatic warning that it has not approved…
Coronavirus lockdown | Explain Home Ministry order on full wages, Supreme Court tells government
A migrant worker speaks on his mobile phone laying in front of a closed shop in a market area in…
Health Minister promises India-made RT-PCR testing sets by May-end
India has reported 1,594 new cases and 51 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the…
Tamil Nadu’s COVID-19 tally touches 2,058 with 25 deaths
Chennai witnessed another surge in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, accounting for 85% of the 121 persons who tested postive across…
Coronavirus | $1.5 billion ADB loan to fund COVID-19 emergency response
ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa. | File Centre in talks with bank for funding stimulus package for MSMEs, health services. The…
One militant eliminated in Shopian, operation on: Army
Army jawans rush towards the encounter site in Shopian district on April 28, 2020. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Gunfight…
Coronavirus | Health Ministry does a U-turn on plasma therapy
Plasma therapy is not an approved treatment for COVID-19 and is only one of the several therapies which is being…
Two priests discovered dead on U.P. temple facilities
Police arrest a suspect allegedly involved in the murder of two temple priests, in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr on April 28,…
India lose hosting rights of 2021 males’s world boxing champions
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday lost the hosting rights of the 2021 men's world boxing championship to Serbia after the…
Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer
US President Donald Trump. File Photo (AFP)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says states should ``seriously consider'' reopening their public schools before…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Tuesday said currently plasma therapy is at experimental stage and there is no…