Coronavirus live updates: Gaps in quarantine, containment efforts in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 09, 2020, 06:13:49 ISTIndia’s Covid-19 count is nearing 60,000 mark with 59,691…
ICMR to monitor 75 districts to check for community transmission
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) plans to start a study in about 75 districts of the…
Govt to borrow 54% more than estimate, fiscal deficit may hit 5.5%
MUMBAI: Weighed down by higher expenses due to the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economy, the government…
16 die as train runs over worn out migrants sleeping on tracks
Police personnel inspect the spot after a goods train ran over a group of migrant workers while they were slee...Read…
When an infection finds area in India’s largest shanty town
While the roads in India have remained largely empty since Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown on March…
Contempt for labour: On dilution of labour laws
At a time when everyone is awaiting an early end to the health and economic crisis caused by the global…
Remove it: On female genital mutilation
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Coronavirus lockdown | With no work or food, workers brave the long march home from Uttar Pradesh
Mungeli is more than 700 km away from the Uttar Pradesh capital. Yet for desperate and hungry Lalaram and his…
India ought to talk straight to Taliban, states U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad
India should discuss its concerns on terrorism directly with the Taliban, said U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad,…
Maharashtra train mishap victims were battling cravings
“Please send us some money. We don’t have anything left. Even the contractor is refusing to pay us. What should…
Coronavirus | Lockdown chokes Maharashtra’s economic lifeline
Announcing that Maharashtra’s financial condition has deteriorated to the extent that it could not even afford to go ahead with…
Visakhapatnam gas tragedy | NGT cites obsolete law in gas leak case
The National Green Tribunal's order on Friday in the Visakhapatnam gas tragedy found LG Polymers prima facie liable under the…
Coronavirus | 216 districts record no cases till date; recovery rate hits 29.36%
With a recovery rate now standing at 29.36 %, India on Friday registered 3,390 new COVID-19 positive cases with 103…
Supreme Court asks States to think about online sale of liquor
People wearing face mask waiting in a long queue for purchasing liquor from TASMAC shop that was reopened at Kadambathur…
Aide to Vice President Pence evaluates positive for coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence. (AP) WASHINGTON: An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has the coronavirus, marking the second person…
May ask for Central `manpower’ to give rest to police: Uddhav Thackeray
ANI photoMUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday refuted speculation about the Army being called in in Mumbai which…
Get involved in Afghanistan, take a look at different formulas: United States to India
Representational photo.The US asked India to get involved in the internal political process in Afghanistan, including looking at “proposals for…
Vande Bharat Mission: Students and migrant workers account for 64% of qualified registrations
While 4 lakh Indian nationals have registered for repatriation to India, only 67833 of these are "specific" registrations where the…
Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, that’s clear but more research needed: WHO
GENEVA: A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel…
30 more BSF men test positive taking overall to 235
BSF soldiers wearing masks, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, patrol along the international border on the outskirts of Jammu.…
Pending Class 10, 12 CBSE tests to be held from July 1 to 15, says HRD Ministry
Students seen before the start of CBSE 12th standard exam at a centre in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: K_Pichumani…
PM Modi must speak to CMs more, not as a boss, however as an associate: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi. Photo: File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress CMs have said they are not getting funds from Centre, he…
IAF MiG-29 fighter airplane crashes near Jalandhar
File photo of an MiG-29K. | Photo Credit: Indian Navy Pilot ejects safely; court of inquiry ordered A MiG-29UPG of…
Social distancing steps can’t continue forever, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
In an exclusive interview, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan states that lockdown measures cannot continue forever and that it is…
Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi to degenerate power, take states into confidence
NEW DELHI: Holding that the fight against Covid-19 cannot be just from the PMO, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday…
CBSE to perform pending class 10, 12 tests from July 1 to 15: HRD Ministry
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Railways ferried over 2.5 lakh people stranded during lockdown in 222 special trains: MHA
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Over 2.5 lakh passengers have travelled on 222 special trains for migrant labourers stranded because of the…
Supreme Court asks states to consider online sales, home delivery of liquor
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked states to consider non-direct contact or online sales and home delivery of…
Covid-19: The race to establish coronavirus vaccines is warming up
NEW YORK: When the Soviet Union put the first man into space in 1961, the shock to America's self-confidence was…
India to accept quarantine to save Australia Test series
SYDNEY: India's cricket team is prepared to undergo quarantine to salvage a money-spinning Test series against Australia, a top official…
Maharashtra may extend lockdown to end of May, hints CM Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. (ANI photo)MUMBAI: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, while addressing an all-party leaders' meeting via video conference on…
Maharashtra: Train runs over migrant workers in Aurangabad, 14 dead
AURANGABAD: At least 14 migrant workers who were sleeping on the railway tracks were mowed down by a goods train…
Breaking news live updates: An Indian Air Force fighter aircraft has crashed in Punjab
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 08, 2020, 12:05:04 ISTStay here for real-time updates on breaking news from…
Coronavirus treatment: All you need to understand about plasma therapy that is being touted as a reliable treatment for COVID19
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At 28.83%, India’s recovery rate better than the majority of nations, states Health Minister
The COVID-19 cases in India are likely to peak in June-July according to data released by experts and going by…
Vista Equity Partners picks 2.32 pc stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 11,367 cr
Vista’s investment will translate into a 2.32% equity stake on a fully diluted basis, making Vista the largest investor in…
14 migrant employees run over by items train in Maharashtra
Fourteen migrant workers were sleeping on rail tracks due to exhaustion when they were run over by the goods train…
Visakhapatnam gas leak: Situation typical, individuals return to houses around factory
People seen returning to their homes which they evacuated from following rumours of a second gas leak at LG Polymers…
The long march home on the other side of Vindhyas
Thousands of migrant workers from the city, a majority of them young men in their 20s and 30s, have begun…
7 zones in Chennai represent most cases
Chennai Corporation special nodal officer J.Radhakrishnan inspecting a containment zone in Adyar on Thursday. 96 infected on one street in…
Schools may go for odd-even plan
An official at a Chandigarh school makes arrangements for social distancing on Thursday, a day before distribution of books is…
5,200 rail coaches ready as Covid care centres
Workers prepare railway coaches for their modification into isolation wards for Covid-19 patients in Prayagraj...Read MoreNEW DELHI: The Indian Railways…
Managing hotspots is key to ‘blunted peak’: AIIMS director
NEW DELHI: AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Thursday that if the Covid-19 hotspots are managed properly, India may…
Covid-19: India cases 3k-plus 2 days in a row, Delhi at new high
File photoNEW DELHI: States across India reported over 3,000 new Covid-19 cases for the second day running as the country’s…
Covid-19: Doubling time worsens to 10.2 days in 1 week
Health workers prepare to collect samples for Covid-19 swab tests at a roadside camp in Kolkata (PTI photo)NEW DELHI: India's…
Vande Bharat Mission: 2 Air India Express flights with 363 Indians land in Kerala
NEW DELHI: The mammoth Vande Bharat Mission of flying back lakhs of Indians stranded abroad kicked off with two Air…
Harmful catastrophe: On Visakhapatnam gas leakage
The gas leak tragedy is a reminder that safety is paramount when exiting the lockdown The disastrous leak of a…
Slow, but consistent: On COVID-19 spread in India
Only more testing and isolation of infected people can slow the spread of COVID-19 With 52,469 confirmed cases and 1,771…
Vande Bharat Mission | Two batches of evacuees from Gulf arrive in Kerala
Passengers include 181 Non-Resident Keralites from Abu Dhabi, 182 from Dubai. The Vande Bharat Mission to bring stranded Non-Resident Keralites…
Coronavirus | AIIMS director says cases likely to hit peak in June-July
India registered 3,561 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 52,952. With 89 deaths, the…