Covid-19 hotspots in country have increased due to ‘lack of people’s support’: Health ministry
NEW DELHI: With over 1,200 Covid-19 cases reported in the country so far, the number of hotspots of the disease…
Public sector banks extend EMI moratorium to customers
NEW DELHI: In a relief to customers, some public sector banks on Tuesday announced deferment of EMI (equated monthly instalment)…
Ensure food, medications for migrant workers in shelters, SC informs govt
A team of police officials distribute food pockets migrant labourers at Ambattur Estate in Chennai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit:…
Maharashtra govt reveals pay cut
Maharashtra government has announced cut in salaries of all elected representatives, including the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister and…
Avoiding preconception related to COVID-19 needs full-throated project, says expert Gita Sen
Gita Sen, director and distinguished professor, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health (RCESDH), Public Health Foundation of…
1,000 evacuated from Nizamuddin centre; sent out to hospitals, quarantine facilities
Scene at Nizamuddin Basti in New Delhi on Tuesday. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from the area amid…
Coronavirus: Vijay Mallya asks Financing Minister to consider his offer to pay back Kingfisher Airlines’ fees
Vijay Mallya. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, on Tuesday asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to…
Coronavirus India lockdown day 7 live updates | Positive cases cross 1200, death toll at 43
As India is under lockdown for a week now, the government has said the 21-day period will not be extended.…
IPL can take place in October-November if T20 World Cup is held off: BCCI main
NEW DELHI: With the coronavirus outbreak bringing the world to a standstill, sporting events across the world have either been…
3 out of 10 moving from cities to villages might bring coronavirus, Centre informs SC
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that there is a possibility that 3 out of 10…
Day 7 of lockdown: Ground report from various cities
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 31, 2020, 14:13 ISTNEW DELHI: As the country entered the seventh day of lockdown, the number…
Urns in Wuhan prompt new questions of coronavirus toll in China
WUHAN: The long lines and stacks of ash urns greeting family members of the dead at funeral homes in Wuhan…
A coronavirus vaccine in 18 months? Experts advise reality check
NEW YORK: As a young researcher in the late 1980s, Michael Kinch wanted to solve the biggest medical puzzle of…
Road transport ministry extends validity of all car papers till June 30
BENGALURU: In a major relief to about 23 crore individual vehicle owners and 1.2 crore trucks, plying in India carrying…
Sensex rises over 500 points; Nifty above 8,450
NEW DELHI: Equity indices jumped in early trade on Tuesday with the benchmark BSE sensex rising over 500 points and…
Coronavirus latest updates: 11 more people succumb to virus in India, death toll 43
NEW DELHI: Both the number of deaths due to Covid-19 as well as new cases reported across the country surged…
New bodyweight workouts replace hockey training, games
BENGALURU: Two weeks before the March 24 lockdown, the Indian men and women's hockey teams' movement was restricted to the…
US coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on deadliest day
NEW YORK: The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in…
Coronavirus: 10 deaths, 300 hospitalisations linked to Tablighi Jamaat meet in Nizamuddin
Men wearing protective masks as they wait to board a bus that will be taken to the hospital amid concerns…
Indian refiners struck by lockdowns, oil price war, and a faltering international petro-order
The steep fall in domestic energy demand driven by the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted India’s oil refining sector amid an…
Migrant workers going back to UP ‘sanitised’ with bleach, health minutes blames ‘over-zealous’ officials, probe on
A screen grab shows healthcare workers, in protective suits, spray a solution through hose pipe on migrants b...Read MoreBAREILLY: Several…
States taking over star hotels across India
In their battle against Covid-19 pandemic, state governments have started taking over private hotels, including multi-star facilities, so that they…
Covid-19 fight: Govt has Rs 60k crore war chest in disaster funds
NEW DELHI: The Centre has a war chest of more than Rs 60,000 crore to fight the Covid-19 pandemic —…
Coronavirus in India: 227 new positive cases nationwide with 5 more deaths
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 crisis appeared escalating on Monday as the government reported more than 200 new cases of infection…
Trump extends shutdown to April 30 as social distancing begins to slow down death rate
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington,...Read MoreWASHINGTON:…
Brief end of the stick: on help to migrant employees
Migrant workers, who simply cannot fend for themselves, need urgent state assistance It has been nearly a week since the…
‘Moderate humidity might deter coronavirus’
Mirage over Rajpath on a hot and humid day in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Monsoon could…
PM Modi holds very first video conference with heads of Indian objectives
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his interaction through video conference on COVID-19, in New Delhi on March 23, 2020. |…
NDRF assists with masks and sanitisers
Fighting a pandemic: NDRF personnel helping migrants near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. | Photo Credit: PTI Teams deployed on routes…
Coronavirus | India still in local transmission, says govt.
Reiterating that India continues to be in the local transmission phase despite the country registering a spike from 100 to…
Coronavirus | Bhilwara readies quarantine facilities after massive screening
Strict measures: Police personnel taking action against commuters during the Janata Curfew in Bhilwara. | Photo Credit: PTI The industrial…
The deep void in worldwide management
The coronavirus’s flight across the world at lightning speed, has exposed the total void in collective leadership at the global…
Vistara asks staff to self-quarantine as Goan passenger on March 22 flight tests Covid-19 positive
NEW DELHI: Vistara on Monday asked crew members of its Mumbai-Goa flight on March 22 to self-quarantine after a passenger…
Row over spray of chemicals on migrants in UP’s Bareilly; BJP tweets similar video from Kerala
NEW DELHI: A row erupted on Monday after a video showed some officials in UP's Bareilly district spraying chemicals on…
Lockdown: States seal borders to stop migrants; non-availability of labour hits supplies
NEW DELHI: Seeking to contain mass spread of the deadly coronavirus, several states on Monday effectively sealed their borders to…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 30, 2020, 20:20 ISTNEW DELHI: Reiterating that COVID-19 is still in the local transmission stage in…
Gautam Buddh Nagar DM moved after CM Yogi’s visit to coronavirus hotspot
NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday transferred Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate B N Singh for failing to control…
Delayed Tokyo Olympics to open July 23 next year
TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 next year, organisers said on Monday, after the coronavirus forced the…
Coronavirus lockdown: SC seeks status report from govt. on movement of migrant workers
Scrambling home: Migrant workers boarding a truck to Palwal, Haryana, on the Kondli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway. Ashok Kumar CJI S.A. Bobde makes…
Auto makers asked to make ventilators: Health Ministry
Order given to Bharat Electronics Ltd. to manufacture 30,000 ventilators in the next two months Automobile manufacturers have been asked…
Disaffiliation if schools bother moms and dads to pay cost: Karnataka Minister
File photo of Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar with schoolchildren. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The…
200 people from Nizamuddin establish signs; area cordoned off
A view of the Nizammudin area, where around 200 persons with coronavirus symptoms were found and taken to different hospitals,…
Coronavirus: Migrants returning to Bareilly forced to take bath outdoors with sanitiser
A screen grab of healthcare workers bathing migrants before entering the town of Bareilly on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special…
Delhi Court grants bail to three Shaheen Bagh protesters
Scene at the Shaheen Bagh area in New Delhi on March 24, 2020 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement They allegedly…
India coronavirus lockdown day 6 | ICMR denies community transmission
As India is under lockdown for nearly a week now, the government has said the 21-day period will not be…
Everyone counts: On Census-NPR postponement
The Centre must use the opportunity of the pause in NPR to redraft questions The Centre’s decision to postpone the…
Political pardon: On Sri Lankan soldier’s release
Freeing a soldier convicted for massacre dashes hopes for accountability in Sri Lanka The grant of presidential pardon, on Thursday,…
Coronavirus latest updates: 2nd Covid-19 death in West Bengal, total 1,122 cases in country
NEW DELHI: The total number of coronavirus positive cases in India rose to 1071 (including 942 active cases, 99 cured/discharged…
PM Modi shares 3D animated videos of him practising yoga
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday shared 3D animated videos of him performing yoga on Twitter to show…
Coronavirus: Onus put on DMs, SPs to check influx
PTI photo.NEW DELHI: In a move to curb the movement of migrant workers on roads and highways, the Centre on…