Coronavirus | PM Modi hints at calibrated exit from lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: PTI At a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Modi…
Coronavirus | TN Chief Minister non-committal on extension of lockdown
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. | Photo Credit: Bijoy Ghosh Palaniswami said pandemic was contagious and more cases…
Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh breaks social distancing norm, apologises
Telangana BJP MLA T. Raja Singh and his supporters gather at his residence in Hyderabad holding torches following Narendra Modi’s…
Cabinet approves regulation to lower wages of PM, Ministers, MPs by 30%for a year
The Union Cabinet on Monday approved a 30% cut in the salaries of all Members of Parliament and a two-year…
Karnataka CM ‘honestly stated’ blockade on border will not be eliminated, Kerala tells SC
The State of Kerala on Monday informed the Supreme Court about how Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has “openly declared”…
Govt. may have to present second Budget to deal with COVID-19 aftermath, says Jairam Ramesh
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to Opposition leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress…
Over 25,500 Tablighi Jammat members quarantined in country till now; 5 Haryana villages sealed: MHA
NEW DELHI: More than 25,500 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts have been quarantined in the country till now, a…
When a 16-year-old Shreyas Iyer was taken to a sports psychologist
NEW DELHI: Pushy parents tend to cause more harm than good to their children, enduring torrid times, but a few…
In a first, PM Modi chairs Cabinet meet via video link
NEW DELHI: In a first, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Monday via video…
Battle against coronavirus to be long, India’s efforts have set example to world: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: India's battle against the coronavirus pandemic will be a long one, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday…
Coronavirus latest updates: Delhi toll 7, cases cross 500 mark
NEW DELHI: More than 500 coronavirus cases were registered in India on Sunday for the fourth consecutive day even as…
176 FIRs in Delhi for violating house quarantine standards
A notice pasted by the District Magistrate (East Delhi) outside the house of a coronavirus-affected patient, who has been sent…
Kolkata cops arrest 98 for rupturing crackers during ‘9 pm-9 minutes’
Medical staff hold placards outside a hospital in Kolkata, India, April 5, 2020. | Photo Credit: Reuters The arrests were…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 13 updates | Positive cases cross 4,000, death toll at 129
As the number of coronavirus cases crossed 4,000, millions of Indians across the country on April 5 switched off lights…
Coronavirus | This is going to be our 9/11 moment, says doctor as U.S. braces for ‘hardest’ week
The United States on Sunday entered one of the most critical weeks so far in the coronavirus crisis, with government…
Data | What is the effect of India’s coronavirus lockdown on people’s mobility
Police personnel walking down a path outside a locked church in Kochi on April 5. | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu…
Opponent at the gates: On Kerala-Karnataka border row
Enemy at the gates: On Kerala-Karnataka border row Kerala-Karnataka border issue poses questions on restrictions, relations during a pandemic Kerala’s…
Who is to blame for virus going viral from Nizamuddin?
Government agencies are playing a passing-the-buck game on who was responsible for allowing the congregation at the Tablighi Jamaat centre…
Manohar Parrikar’s bio details eve of surgical strikes
Manohar Parrikar. File photo: Reuters Former Defence Minister was desperate to ease tension A new book on former Defence Minister…
Mockery of justice: On Daniel Pearl murder case acquittals
Pakistan’s commitment to punishing those involved in terror acts remains suspect Thursday’s ruling by the Sindh High Court that overturned…
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Make your own mask at home. It’s basic
Everyone should to wear a mask when they step out of home as a protection against coronavirus. Whatever you do,…
Lockdown no bar: Mumbai boy ties knot with Delhi girl online
Preet Singh and Neet Kaur met online a year ago and started dating soon after. MUMBAI: For 29-year-old Mumbai-based merchant…
Tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo, has tested positive for coronavirus disease (File p...Read MoreA tiger…
Coronavirus live updates: 4,067 cases in India & 109 deaths, according to Health ministry information
Virus-hit Carnival cruise ship docks in Australia as country's death toll hits 39The Ruby Princess cruise liner
How to restart the economy after the lockdown: Here’s how India can meet perhaps the greatest challenge of o
Economically speaking, India is faced today with perhaps its greatest emergency since Independence. The global financial crisis in 2008-09 was…
28,000 temporary shelters, 19,500 food camps for migrant workers functional across states: MHA
Migrant workers rest inside the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi which has been converted into a makeshift shelt...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Coronavirus: Kerala tops recovery-rate table
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has reported the country’s highest Covid-19 recovery rate of 84% on the basis of how the first 25…
Highest single-day casualty of 27 takes India’s corona toll to 124
Forensic officials arrive at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi (PTI photo)NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 death toll crossed the 100-mark and reached…
UK PM Boris Johnson in medical facility for preventive Covid-19 tests: Office
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital on Sunday for tests, his office said, 10 days after…
Small shifts, automated production to restart manufacturing?
File image used for representationNEW DELHI: A discussion has started within a section of the government over multiple ways to…
Corona testing shifts into top gear
NEW DELHI: In a massive ramp up of testing for Covid-19, the government plans to double every three days the…
Coronavirus | U.K. PM Boris Johnson admitted to hospital for tests
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited a laboratory at the Public Health England National Infection Service in Colindale, London. |…
Shooting the messenger
While the economic cost of the pandemic has been discussed widely, not as much attention has been paid to the…
Coronavirus | Rapid antibody testing for hotspots first, says ICMR
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said the rapid antibody based blood test for COVID-19 will be deployed by…
Lots of females from Tamil Nadu attended Tablighi meet
Members who attended the Delhi event being taken to a quarantine facility in Ahmedabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI…
In the time of the pandemic, classes go online and on air
The long lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools, colleges and other educational institutions and ushered in the citywide…
Coronavirus | PM lights lamp as nation joins hands against virus
People across the country switched off lights in their houses and lit lamps at their doors and balconies in solidarity…
Coronavirus | Some schools monitor diya lighting by students
Parents cried foul on Sunday, as several schools monitored whether their students lit diyas at 9 p.m. as urged by…
Beating around bush
Respected Madam/ Sir,First of all whether everybody is ok in the office or no? Please convey all the sentiments from…
Trump itching to reopen economy as advisors warn of ‘Pearl Harbor moment’
President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, on April 4, 2020, i...Read MoreWASHINGTON:…
#9pm9minutes: When India lit up during coronavirus lockdown
NEW DELHI: Citizens across the country lit diyas, candles and flashed their mobile and torch lights on Sunday following Prime…
Next few days very important, formulate plan to avoid community transmission: Cabinet secretary to states
NEW DELHI/JAMMU: Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Sunday asked all states and Union Territories to formulate a containment plan…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 5, 2020, 20:30 ISTNEW DELHI: The rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in India is at…
Trump phones Modi seeking anti-malaria drug for Covid-19 treatment
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump phoned India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to request release of the anti-malaria drug…
Rate of doubling of Covid-19 cases 4.1 days; without Jamaat incident it would have been 7.4: Centre
NEW DELHI: The rate of doubling of Covid-19 cases in India is 4.1 days presently but if the cases linked…
Fadnavis lands in soup over “come out on streets” call
Former Maharashtra Chief Mnister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: S. Sudarshan Does BJP want to make Markaj 2.0, asks…
Rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases is 4.1 days; without Jamaat event it would have been 7.4, states government
The rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in India is 4.1 days presently but if the cases linked to the…
Centre made ‘grave error’ by not taking States into self-confidence on lockdown, says Veerappa Moily
The Centre made a “grave mistake” by announcing the lockdown without taking the States into confidence and it should now…
Decision on reopening schools, colleges on April 14 after evaluating COVID-19 situation, states Pokhriyal
Safety of students and teachers is of utmost importance to the government and his ministry, says Pokhriyal The government will…