As US Covid-19 cases hit 1M, many Americans opt to stay on in India
NEW YORK: Many Americans in India who had signed up for airlifts back to the US are now deciding to…
Healthcare facilities can’t demand coronavirus test before treatment, says govt
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over many private hospitals across India either turning away critical patients or having closed down, the…
Irrfan Khan is suffering from colon infection and here’s all you require to know about the condition
Actor Irrfan Khan, who recently returned to acting has been diagnosed with a colon infection. An official source confirmed that…
Coronavirus: No green zone in Delhi, test result delay a hurdle
Representative imageNEW DELHI: There is no green zone in Delhi. Nine out of 11 districts in the capital are red…
Monsoon to be regular, however June-July may see less rains: IMD
Representative imageNEW DELHI: India is forecast to get an overall ‘normal’ monsoon rainfall this year, but an initial month-wise prediction…
Misstatement of India has actually reached a brand-new level: Centre
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: The government rejected the observations on India in the USCIRF annual report, which had accused India of allowing…
Record 1,840 cases & 69 deaths on Tuesday; Covid toll passes 1,000
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic crossed two grim milestones in India, with the total number of cases topping 30,000 —…
With governor non-committal on council seat for Uddhav Thackeray, his fate as CM hangs in balance
MUMBAI: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s fate appears to hang in the balance as governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was apparently noncommittal…
Plasma therapy not approved as treatment, use only for trial: Govt
NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Tuesday came out with a categorical and emphatic warning that it has not approved…
Coronavirus lockdown | Explain Home Ministry order on full wages, Supreme Court tells government
A migrant worker speaks on his mobile phone laying in front of a closed shop in a market area in…
Health Minister promises India-made RT-PCR testing sets by May-end
India has reported 1,594 new cases and 51 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the…
Tamil Nadu’s COVID-19 tally touches 2,058 with 25 deaths
Chennai witnessed another surge in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, accounting for 85% of the 121 persons who tested postive across…
Coronavirus | $1.5 billion ADB loan to fund COVID-19 emergency response
ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa. | File Centre in talks with bank for funding stimulus package for MSMEs, health services. The…
One militant eliminated in Shopian, operation on: Army
Army jawans rush towards the encounter site in Shopian district on April 28, 2020. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Gunfight…
Coronavirus | Health Ministry does a U-turn on plasma therapy
Plasma therapy is not an approved treatment for COVID-19 and is only one of the several therapies which is being…
Two priests discovered dead on U.P. temple facilities
Police arrest a suspect allegedly involved in the murder of two temple priests, in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr on April 28,…
India lose hosting rights of 2021 males’s world boxing champions
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday lost the hosting rights of the 2021 men's world boxing championship to Serbia after the…
Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer
US President Donald Trump. File Photo (AFP)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says states should ``seriously consider'' reopening their public schools before…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Tuesday said currently plasma therapy is at experimental stage and there is no…
No proof yet to support that plasma treatment can be utilized for Covid-19 treatment: Health ministry
NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Tuesday said currently plasma therapy is at experimental stage and there is no evidence…
Covid-19: Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad among 15 ‘high case load’ places, says Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has identified 15 places including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad as "high case load"…
Coronavirus latest developments: Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad among 15 ‘high case load’ places, says Kant
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 937 and the number of cases climbed to 29,974 in…
COVID-19: HC stays Kerala govt. order for employees’ salary cut
A view of the Kerala High Court. File | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu The government had said the State government…
Hundreds of migrant workers protest in Surat for third time in less than a month
Police officials appealing to migrant workers tp maintain clam in Surat’s Diamond Bourse on April 28. | Photo Credit: Special…
Migrants’ house return will result in 4th lockdown: Bihar BJP chief
File photo: Workers hailing from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, in Tamil Nadu. Bihar BJP chief Dr. Sanjay Jayaswal…
Japan would ‘scrap’ Games if not held next year, says Mori
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori speaks in teleconference with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Tokyo Thursday, April…
COVID-19: Niti Aayog employee tests favorable, building sealed for 2 days
The building of NITI Aayog (or National Institution for Transforming India Aayog). File | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang Disinfection and…
Nokia clinches $1 billion deal with Airtel
Nokia and Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement to deploy Nokia’s SRAN solution across nine circles in India.…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 35 updates | Positive cases cross 29,400
The Delhi government allowed veterinary services and self-employed individuals such as electricians, plumbers and water purifier repairmen to work from…
MS Dhoni’s India comeback not dependent on IPL: Aakash Chopra
NEW DELHI: One of the most awaited part of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL), which currently stands suspended due…
Extreme options like walling off border roadways must go. They damage the idea of citizenship and do more harm th
Reports of state officials erecting walls at borders tie in with reservations expressed by many chief ministers over allowing inter-state…
SC asks Centre to consider adopting ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme during lockdown
PTI | Updated: Apr 28, 2020, 14:40 ISTNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to consider the feasibility…
Who is eligible for home isolation: Health ministry issues additional guidelines
Representative Image.NEW DELHI: Patients who have been clinically diagnosed as very mild or pre-symptomatic cases of Covid-19 are first required…
Covid-19: Ahmedabad’s death rate is higher than Mumbai, Delhi
AHMEDABAD: While India records a death rate of 3.1% for Covid-19 patients, this is much higher at 4.71% for patients…
US coronavirus deaths could reach 70,000: Trump
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is projecting that coronavirus deaths in the United States could reach 70,000, but says original projections…
United States airlines announce new policies to slow coronavirus spread
Delta Airlines planes grounded amid lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus (Photo: AFP)WASHINGTON: Major US airlines on Monday announced…
Trump rules out changing date of November presidential election
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has ruled out making any changes in the date of the November 3 presidential election…
58 die of Covid infection, highest in a day; cases inch close to 30,000
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count inched close to the 30,000-mark as a late-night rush of cases reported from Indore in…
Doing a Trump: States build walls, trenches on borders
It is one thing to put up temporary barricades at state borders to stop people from crossing over amid the…
10 Indonesian Tablighis held in Mumbai for ‘attempt to murder’
MUMBAI: Bandra police recently arrested 10 of the 12 Indonesians who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi…
Oil costs slide again as world runs low on storage capability amid plunge in demand
Oil fell on Tuesday, adding to huge declines in the previous session, on worries about limited capacity to store crude…
Irresponsible to call Chinese test packages “malfunctioning”: Chinese Spokesperson
It is irresponsible to term Chinese products as "faulty", the Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy said here early on Tuesday…
India dealing with China to guarantee quality of products, states Vikram Misri
India and China are working together to ensure the quality of medical supplies, especially for personal protective equipment (PPE) kits…
‘Fake news’: ICMR trashes claim it overpaid for test kits
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research dismissed as “fake news” the charge that it had paid Rs 4,500…
Be ready to woo companies quitting China: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while interacting with CMs on Monday, is learnt to have suggested that states should…
ICMR tells states to stop using rapid tests, return kits
Representative imageNEW DELHI: The evaluation of rapid antibody testing kits supplied by two Chinese companies — Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and…
India now 3rd-biggest military spender in world: Think-tank
NEW DELHI: India has for the first time emerged among the top three nations in the world in terms of…
Next chapter of oil crisis: The industry shuts down
NEW DELHI: Negative oil prices, ships dawdling at sea with unwanted cargoes, and traders getting creative about where to stash…
Virtual, yet open: on nationwide lockdown
The situation forced by the lockdown must be used to improve judicial processes Amidst the national lockdown, the Supreme Court…
Erupting preconception: On terrible images at quarantine centre
As India fights the virus, the message of caution is in some places resulting in paranoia The appalling images of…