The priest and the maverick
As a 17-year-old in Calcutta, just out of school, I had a stroke of great luck. I was waiting outside…
Shramik special trains | Migrant workers, other stranded people to pay ₹50 more to get home
Even as the Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the Indian Railways to operate Shramik special trains to move migrant…
Separating the wheat from the chaff in journalism
The Press Council of India’s (PCI) statement against the attack on the Editor of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami, reminded me…
Lockdown blues? More people stepping out
Call it quarantine fatigue or just sheer necessity but many more people across the country are stepping out of their…
FCI’s grains stock crosses over 60 million tonnes, govt says enough to meet requirement
An Indian laborer carries a rice bag after they were unloaded from trains to store at a Food Corporation of…
Lokpal member Ajay Kumar Tripathi dies due to cardiac arrest after testing positive for coronavirus
Credit: Lokpal.gov.inNEW DELHI: Lokpal member Ajay Kumar Tripathi, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on Saturday after suffering…
India clocks 75,000 Covid-19 tests each day, crosses 1-million mark
Health workers in protective suits collect swab samples for Covid-19 tests (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: On Saturday, India crossed 1 million…
US gives 60-day breathing room for work visa, immigration applicants
U.S. President Donald Trump (Reuters)WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Friday provided a 60-day grace period to work visa and green…
Coronavirus: New York state schools, colleges to remain closed for remainder of academic year
NEW YORK: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that schools and colleges across the state, the worst-hit in the…
All Bhopal gas leak survivors to be evaluated for COVID-19
File photo of survivors of Bhopal gas disaster. | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui 13 of 15 deaths in city were…
Coronavirus | TN Cabinet issues guidelines for lockdown after May 3
A child thanking the district police for effective steps taken to combat novel coronavirus pandemic in Erode in Tamil Nadu…
Pilgrims from Uttarakhand can visit Kedarnath from May 4: CM
Kedarnath temple decorated with flowers on the eve of its opening during the nationwide lockdown, at Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand,…
PM Modi holds meeting with Financing Minister on second financial stimulus package
The Finance Ministry is scheduled to make a detailed presentation to the Prime Minister later in the day on the…
Equipped forces to salute Corona warriors tomorrow
As part of a flypast by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to thank the Corona warriors on Sunday, the national…
COVID-19 | Under which zone does your district lie?
A man takes his mother to a hospital in a wheelchair in Mumbai on April 30. A colour coded district…
Don’t try to usurp power in time of crisis: Mamata hits out at Bengal governor
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday, accusing him of trying to…
Armed forces make preparations to say ‘thank you’ to ‘corona warriors’ on Sunday
Representative imageNEW DELHI: The armed forces have made elaborate arrangements to conduct aerial fly-pasts, light up ships at sea and…
PM Modi meets FM Sitharaman for second economic stimulus package
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a series of meetings with key ministers, including home minister Amit…
Don’t leave, BSY & KCR govts appeal to migrants
BENGALURU/HYDERABAD: With lakhs of migrant workers stranded in various places raring to go back home, many states are staring at…
Guterres’ ceasefire appeal is global: UN spokesman as Pak engages in unprovoked firing along LoC
Indian troops have been retaliating to Pakistani actions under its policy of hot pursuit.UNITED NATIONS: The ceasefire appeal by UN…
MS Dhoni constantly there to help but does not provide total options: Rishabh Pant
NEW DEHI: Calling MS Dhoni his mentor, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning skipper has his own way…
Covid-19: 122 men from single CRPF battalion in Delhi test positive
Representative imageNEW DELHI: As many as 122 personnel of CRPF’s 31st battalion based at Mayur Vihar have tested positive for…
Coronavirus: US announces relaxations for H-1B visa holders and Green Card applicants
WASHINGTON: The US government has given a grace period of 60 days to H-1B visa holders and Green Card applicants,…
Coronavirus live updates: 7 UP migrants who returned from Maharashtra test positive
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 02, 2020, 14:11:11 ISTThe death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,218…
Indian-American NGO to supply 20,000 meals for frontline health employees
A worker organises bags at a food distribution center organised by New York Assembly member Catalina Cruz and World Central…
LPG cylinder cost cut by a record 162.50
State-owned oil marketing companies revise the price of cooking gas on the first day of every month based on average…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 39 updates | Over 9,000 test reports unaccounted for in M.P.
The India-wide lockdown, scheduled to end on May 3, has been extended till May 17. However, considerable relaxations have been…
Kashmir saffron gets GI tag
A woman picking saffron flowers in south Kashmir. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The aromatic spice possesses medicinal properties Kashmir…
We wish to make it much easier to purchase things from within WhatsApp: Facebook India MD on handle Jio
Following Facebook’s ₹43,574-crore investment in Jio Platforms, the vice-president and MD of the India arm of the U.S.-based social networking…
IIT-G designs bamboo medical facility beds
A bamboo bed on display in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: PTI The range offered scope to improve basic infrastructure facilities…
Coronavirus live updates: US authorizes remdesivir drug for patients
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 02, 2020, 08:12:43 ISTThe novel coronavirus has now affected over 30 lakh…
Five special trains ferrying stranded people, more to run in coming wks
NEW DELHI: A day after the Centre said buses will be used to take migrant workers to their home states,…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un appears in public amid health rumors
SEOUL: North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance in 20 days amid rumors…
May 1 mayhem: Record 2,333 cases in a day, over 1,000 in Maharashtra alone
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic in India grew by the highest number yet on Friday when as many as 2,333…
In Centre’s new list, 18% dists still in red zone, but 43% in green & 39% orange
NEW DELHI: The Centre has formulated a new list classifying 733 districts across the country as 130 red zones, 284…
ICMR cap too high? Calls to cut test price
With several states managing to bring down the cost of RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 to about half the Rs 4,500…
Kim Jong-un appears in public in the middle of health reports
Kim Jong Un. | Photo Credit: AP Kim Jong-un had been last seen during a ruling party meeting on April…
Recuperating early: On India’s COVID-19 clients
Data for COVID-19 is still a long way from giving a complete picture, but it is encouraging that the basic…
Ominous contraction: On core sector output
Steepest fall in core sector output in at least 8 years portends protracted economic pain The latest data on core…
Coronavirus | Direct taxes revenues defy lockdown, jump 36.6% in April
Mumbai records 500% jump, followed by Bengaluru at 160% Direct tax collection recorded a healthy growth in April despite the…
Coronavirus | The mystery of the low COVID-19 numbers in West Bengal
On March 17, West Bengal recorded its first case of COVID-19 when an 18-year-old student, who had returned from London,…
Automobile market looks for government nod to reboot operations
The three main industry bodies in the auto sector — Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), Society of Indian…
Coronavirus | Health Ministry identifies 130 districts as red zones
The Union Health Ministry on Friday listed 130 districts in the country in the red zone, 284 in the orange…
Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: A look at various activities in three zones
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced the second extension of the coronavirus-induced lockdown for two more weeks till May…
Lockdown 3.0: What’s allowed and what’s not permitted from May 4
Representative imageNEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Friday issued detailed guidelines, specifying activities allowed in the three zones --…
Pandemic will be around for a minimum of 18-24 months says United States report
WASHINGTON: The novel coronavirus will be around for at least 18 to 24 months under any circumstances, a new US…
Lockdown 3.0: Complete list of districts classified as Red, Orange, Green zones
NEW DELHI: The government has classified 733 districts of India into three zones — Red, Orange and Green — as…
Rlys announces 6 ‘Shramik Special’ trains to ferry stranded migrant workers, students
NEW DELHI: The railways said it will run "Shramik Special" trains from "Labour Day" on Friday to move migrant workers,…
Armed forces to conduct fly-pasts, shower petals on hospitals in gratitude to corona warriors
NEW DELHI: The armed forces will express their gratitude to all "corona warriors" by conducting fly-pasts, showering petals on hospitals…