Safe forests, safe people: On illness of animal origin
The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across the world has focused attention on the seemingly invisible processes that help…
Break from tradition: On Wimbledon cancellation
The cancellation of Wimbledon was inevitable, but fans and players will feel a void A yellow ball glides past the…
How T.N. handled Delhi Tablighi Jamaat occasion fallout
Has Tamil Nadu really got the lid on what it perceived as a big threat to its efforts to control…
Coronavirus | Self-quarantine must for those leaving government centres
Indian medical officers inspect a quarantine centre at the Sarusojai Sports Complex in Gauhati. | Photo Credit: AP This should…
Wuhan at first downplayed crisis, says China specialist Dali Yang
On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan government announced an outbreak of viral pneumonia. Until January 19, Wuhan authorities would maintain…
Explained | Who are the Tablighi Jamaat, the organisation at the epicentre of Coronavirus outbreak in India?
The Tablighi Jamaat, a little known Islamic organisation, has been at the centre of a controversy after dozens of people…
Coronavirus: BMC conservancy employee is 2nd favorable case in Dharavi
With coronavirus (COVID-19) claiming its first victim in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum is a hotspot. On Wednesday, Dharavi reported its…
Coronavirus | Doctors wary of BCG vaccine study
Doctors and scientists in India have expressed caution on a study, which argues that countries that have deployed the BCG-tuberculosis…
US opening doors to Indian medical graduates under Covid-19 pressure
Registered nurses hold a demonstration on April 1, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. (AFP photo)WASHINGTON: New York and New Jersey…
Test cricket has actually made me a better individual: Virat Kohli
NEW DELHI: India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday said he became a better person by playing Test cricket, calling the…
US toll crosses 5000, 1000-a-day for first time
Medical workers bring in patients at a special coronavirus intake tent at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough...Read MoreWASHINGTON: More than…
Disseminate info, book lockdown violators under IPC, DM Act, Home Secretary tells states
NEW DELHI: The home secretary on Thursday requested the states to widely circulate information on penal provisions laid down under…
PM Modi to share video message with people on Friday morning
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message with countrymen on Friday amid a nationwide lockdown to…
COVID-19 | Maharashtra allowed to roll out rapid testing on mass scale: Tope
The Centre has allowed Maharashtra to conduct rapid, mass-scale COVID-19 testing by using blood samples to expedite the detection of…
Air quality enhances amid lockdown in India
A video on the improvement in air quality across the country amid the nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic…
COVID-19 | Air India suspends contract of around 200 pilots
Air India on Thursday temporarily suspended the contracts of around 200 pilots, who were re-employed after retirement, as all domestic…
‘Testing, tracing, isolating and quarantine should be our very first concern,’ PM Modi informs CMs through video conference
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at his second vide oconference with Chief Ministers on Thursday told them that it was “important…
Congress asks Centre for a Typical Minimum Relief Programme
Sonia Gandhi 21-day lockdown was necessary but unplanned enforcement caused chaos and pain, says the Congress Working Committee The Congress…
Ensure removal of blockade on NH set up by Karnataka, Kerala HC tells Centre
The court said the arterial roads connecting Mangaluru in Karnataka to Kasargod in Kerala were part of the NH and…
Coronavirus: Punjab reports fifth death, validated cases stand at 46
Punjab Government health wing workers conducts sanitisation with pictures of state Chief Minister and Health Minister pictures on sprayers in…
Lockdown violators should be booked under IPC, Disaster Management Act : Home secretary to states
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday directed states and union territories to book under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal…
Covid-19: 44 Texas University students test positive after spring break trip
HOUSTON: Forty four students of the University of Texas in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 after they returned…
Coronavirus: About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members, primary contacts quarantined in country, MHA says
NEW DELHI: About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now in the country after…
Testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine should be in focus in next few weeks, PM Modi tells chief ministers
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told chief ministers to focus on Covid-19 containment measures -- testing, tracing,…
Federal government of India launches official Covid-19 tracking app
The government of India has launched its official Covid-19 tracking app called Aarogya Setu. Developed by Ministry of Electronics and…
NY governor Cuomo warns 16,000 New Yorkers will die due to coronavirus
NEW YORK: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has urged fellow governors in the US to take quick action against the…
United States Navy leaves virus-struck attack aircraft carrier Roosevelt
WASHINGTON: The US Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam after…
Financing ministry extends motor, medical insurance credibility till April 21
BENGALURU: In a major relief for 23 crore individual vehicle owners and 40 crore citizens, who benefit from a private…
US coronavirus deaths pass 5,000: Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON: The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 5,000 late Wednesday, according to a running tally from Johns…
TOI is back in Mumbai and Pune
Your favourite newspaper, The Times of India, is back in Mumbai and Pune after a short break caused by logistical…
Coronavirus in India: 389 linked to Tablighi fulfill test favorable, number rising
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Wednesday blamed travellers who attended a gathering at a Delhi mosque for the…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 9 live updates | Death toll touches 62; over 1,900 test positive
Over 1,900 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in India as of Thursday. The country saw 62 deaths, of which…
Opting for EMI moratorium? Be ready to pay more
Representational photo.MUMBAI: It is not just three equated monthly instalments (EMIs) that will get added to your home loan repayments…
Australia team begins potential vaccine test
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, has commenced the first stage of testing potential…
7 more die in Mumbai, India cases double to 2k in 4 days
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 count in the country continues to rise sharply, with each day’s fresh cases surpassing the previous…
Trace all Jamaat attendees on war footing: Centre to states
NEW DELHI: Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba on Wednesday asked states to complete contact tracing of all Tablighi Jamaat members who…
Centre redefines domicile for J&K, extends it to those living in UT for over 15 years
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: In a major decision, the Centre on Tuesday notified changes in domicile rules for the Union Territory of…
Coronavirus | Coimbatore Police intercept container trucks packed with migrants
The Coimbatore Police have arrested five truck drivers for attempting to illegally take 250 migrant workers in container trucks to…
Militants eliminate 2 civilians in Kulgam: authorities
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, April 02, 2020 00:54 IST Updated: April 02, 2020 00:55 IST Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, April 02, 2020…
Uncritical recommendation: On exodus of migrant workers and the Supreme Court
Supreme Court must ask more probing questions on the way the government is handling the pandemic. There are two aspects…
Beyond the blame video game: On the Tablighi Jamaat episode
India must use the lockdown for full contact tracing, especially after the Nizamuddin scare Nizamuddin in Delhi has turned into…
Coronavirus | India welcomes foreign contributions to PM-CARES
India welcomes foreign contributions to the PM-CARES fund to fight the threat posed by the novel coronavirus, a source said…
Coronavirus | India sees a sharp spike in infections
India reported three deaths and over 370 new cases on April 1 — the highest-ever single-day increase in its COVID-19…
Coronavirus | Delhi Police to track phones of people under quarantine
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that the mobile phones of all those who have been asked to home…
Coronavirus | Lockdown’s impact can be gauged only after two weeks, say experts
The impact of the lockdown could be gauged only after two weeks, government as well as independent experts suggest.On the…
Coronavirus | 110 new cases from Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat event in Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore Corporation workers check houses in the city’s Ukkadam area on April 1, 2020. Photo: Special Arrangement No Stage-3 transmission,…
Tablighi Jamaat head office cleared
All occupants of the Tablighi Jamaat headquarters, at the centre of an extensive net of the novel coronavirus transmission, were…
It’s literally a war on virus (the new terror) in America
A woman jogs through a mostly empty Meridian Hill Park on April 1, 2020 in Washington, DC (AFP)WASHINGTON: The United…
NIA to probe Afghanistan gurdwara attack in its first overseas case
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its first probe involving an act of terror against an Indian citizen…
Coronavirus in Mumbai: 56-year-old from Dharavi tests positive for Covid-19
A civic worker sprays disinfectant in front of a building in Dharavi where a man was found to be suffering…