Foodgrain stock will last till next March, says FCI chief
The stock of foodgrains available with the Food Corporation of India is “comfortable” to manage the situation till March next…
Serum Institute eyes COVID-19 vaccine by October
City-based Serum Institute of India has said that it expects the vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19) developed by the University of…
Doubling rate rises further, now 10 days
NEW DELHI: Timely imposition of a lockdown after a ban on international air traffic helped India limit Covid-19 cases, which…
Covid-19: Centre to assess Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Surat, Chennai
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Friday constituted four more inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) to assess the “serious” Covid-19 situation…
All shops in residential and market complexes outside municipal limits exempted from lockdown restrictions
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Friday permitted all shops in residential and market complexes outside municipal limits and all…
Govt to return faulty rapid antibody testing kits: Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: Faulty rapid antibody testing kits will be returned to the respective countries, whether it is China or any…
Four-month-old child from Malappuram passes away of Covid-19
MALAPPURAM:A four-month-old with a congenital heart disease died of Covid-19 at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on Friday, taking Kerala’s coronavirus…
Kho kho captain strikes gold, lands in penury
NEW DELHI: When she struck gold at South Asian Games (SAG) in 2019, Nasreen, the 23-year-old Indian captain of the…
COVID-19 rocks Ramanagaram district prison in Karnataka
Virus impact: Inmates being shifted from the Ramanagaram prison on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement District loses green zone…
No 100%quota: On overzealous reservation
Supreme Court ruling stresses that overzealous reservation tends to affect rights of other communities The Supreme Court is right in…
Joining of giants: On Facebook-Jio deal
The coming together of Facebook and Jio is exciting, but there is a risk of a monopoly Facebook’s decision to…
Coronavirus | India records largest single-day spike as government defends ‘very timely’ lockdown
Over 9 lakh persons are under active COVID-19 surveillance in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday, as the…
U.S. President Donald Trump says spoke ‘sardonically’ about injecting disinfectants
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to…
Coronavirus | South Asia needs a humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Ranil Wickremesinghe
The SAARC Secretariat should play an active role in the region’s response to COVID-19, along with “someone in-charge”, according to…
US coronavirus death toll doubles in 10 days to more than 50,000
People stand in the rain at as they wait to be tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 24, 2020…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 24, 2020, 20:25 ISTRepresentative Image. (Credits: AP)NEW DELHI: As India completes a month in lockdown, few states…
Central team seeks interaction with Bengal’s Covid-19 death audit committee
KOLKATA: The central team visiting Kolkata to assess the Covid-19 situation wrote to the West Bengal government on Friday, seeking…
When Saqlain Mushtaq sledged Sachin Tendulkar just to never sledge him again
NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar and Saqlain Mushtaq were involved in umpteen intense battles in the '90s but one such duel…
UP to bring back stranded migrants from all other states, provide them employment
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government will bring back labourers stranded in other states because of the coronavirus-forced lockdown, chief minister…
Govt probing if Prashant Kishor took a cargo flight from Delhi to Kolkata during lockdown
File photoNEW DELHI: The Centre is probing if election strategist Prashant Kishor took a cargo flight from Delhi to Kolkata…
Complete lockdown for 4 days in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister states
The COVID-19 lockdown will be imposed completely in areas within Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore Municipal Corporations from 6 a.m. on…
Uttar Pradesh to revive migrant workers in phases
Photo for representation. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday instructed officials to prepare a working plan Uttar Pradesh will bring…
Most significant message from COVID-19 is that India needs to be self-reliant, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the biggest message arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic was for India…
Disparagement case: Supreme Court grants relief to reporter Arnab Goswami
The Supreme Court on Friday granted journalist Arnab Goswami three weeks’ protection from any “coercive action” against him by police…
18 terrorists eliminated in J&K throughout lockdown: authorities
Fifty terrorists, including several top commanders of Jaish-e-Mohmmad (JeM) and Lashker-e-Tioba (LeT), were killed in counter terrorism operations by security…
Faulty antibody testing kits will be returned to respective countries: Health minister Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said faulty antibody testing kits will be returned to the…
EXCLUSIVE: Fully recovered from injury and raring to go, says Bhuvneshwar Kumar
NEW DELHI: Fast bowlers and injuries go hand in hand. And it's no different for Indian cricketer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvneshwar…
Covid-19’s biggest lesson is to become self-reliant: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: The biggest lesson the Covid-19 pandemic has taught India is to become self-reliant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
India opens bridge in Arunachal Pradesh setting stage for China face-off
Daporijo Bridge over Subansiri River has been constructed by Border Roads Organisation.NEW DELHI: India has opened a new all-weather bridge,…
After a month of lockdown, more questions than answers in Mumbai
Mumbai accounts for 65% of the state’s cases.MUMBAI: In a month since the lockdown against the coronavirus began, cases have…
Coronavirus lockdown: 9 internet safety tips for kids | Gadgets Now
1 / 10Coronavirus lockdown: 9 internet safety tips for kidsThe government has announced a nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus. With…
Coronavirus latest updates: ‘Mumbai can see 70,000 cases by May-end’
NEW DELHI: With 1,755 new cases, the country reported the highest single-day surge on Thursday. With this, the number of…
At 47, Sachin Tendulkar gets caught and bowled
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar has chosen to ring in his 47th birthday quietly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and…
Joe Biden backs mail vote, says Trump’s opposition ‘un-American’
ATLANTA: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is calling on Congress to provide enough money for every state to allow…
Rashes on feet could be sign of Covid-19
CHENNAI: As India is grappling with asymptomatic cases, doctors are adding one more warning sign of Covid-19 – rashes on…
Congress delivers almost $500 billion more in virus aid
Congress has delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under…
Fresh cases hit new high of 1,755, major spurt in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 outbreak in Maharashtra, by far the worst-affected state in the country, turned grimmer on Thursday when…
Coronavirus live updates: ‘Tripura has actually ended up being corona free, second client tests unfavorable’
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 24, 2020, 03:55:32 ISTThe number of coronavirus cases in India has jumped…
India faring better than other countries at the 5L-test mark: Committee chief
NEW DELHI: Though the number of Covid-19 patients in India is rising, the graph is linear and not exponential and…
IIT-D develops low-cost kit for detecting Covid-19
MUMBAI: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) has developed a low-cost Covid-19 detection kit costing barely a few hundred rupees…
Huge jump in no. of people reading newspapers for over an hour: Survey
File photo of children reading a newspaperIf there’s one thing that people are consuming more of during the nationwide lockdown,…
Covid-19 lockdown: 200% jump in calls from drug users, alcoholics
NEW DELHI: Distress calls from alcoholics and drug users on national helpline spiked by 200% during the coronavirus lockdown, triggering…
Security for protectors: On safety of healthcare employees
Healthcare workers should be allowed to work in an environment free of violence and abuse Since the first case of…
Rapid failures: On antibody screening packages
Significant error rates for COVID-19 antibody testing kits underscore the need for caution Rapid testing kits that State governments have…
Coronavirus lockdown | Plan ahead for transport of migrant workers, Maharashtra tells Railways
Desperate measure: Migrant workers gathered in Bandra earlier this month, defying the lockdown. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Desperation might…
Coronavirus | Two deaths, 54 new cases of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu reported two deaths due to COVID-19 on Thursday even as 54 persons tested positive for the disease in…
Coronavirus | Clause allowing FIR against firm owners for COVID-19 cases withdrawn
The government has withdrawn the clause allowing filing of an FIR against a company and its management if an employee…
India following U.S. trajectory in COVID-19 cases, says Chinese expert
India’s trajectory in COVID-19 cases is following the United States and likely to similarly reach a plateau rather than peak…
Coronavirus | Lockdown ensured growth of cases remained linear, says government
India has managed to maintain a linear growth of COVID-19 cases over the one month period during its lockdown, the…