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…
COVID-19 mom yet to hold newborn in Mumbai
A 36-year-old woman, who tested positive for COVID-19, delivered a baby girl at a private hospital in Vile Parle on…
Necessary items movement up, says govt.
On track: Workers transferring rice sacks from a goods train to trucks at Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.…
Coronavirus | Families receive bodies of 3 Indians from UAE
After days of back and forth, bodies of three Indians from Abu Dhabi were brought back to Delhi and handed…
Govt. pitches for home isolation of mild cases
India has achieved a COVID-19 recovery rate of 22.17%, with 6,361 people discharged as of now, according to the Union…
Returning migrants a threat to backwoods: MHA
Days before State governments led by Uttar Pradesh arranged buses to bring back migrants, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…
Coronavirus | Stop using 2 Chinese firms’ rapid test kits, ICMR tells States
India does not stand to lose a single rupee, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday in…
Haryana minister urges Delhi not to permit movement of individuals between states, mentions ‘corona-carriers’
Haryana minister Anil Vij (File photo)AMBALA: Haryana minister Anil Vij has appealed to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to make…
Pakistan’s Umar Akmal prohibited for three years: PCB
KARACHI: Temperamental Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal was on Monday banned for three years by the PCB for failing to report…
6,184 or 22.17% COVID-19 patients have recovered: Health ministry
TOI photo by N Kanaka.NEW DELHI: A total of 6,184 COVID-19 patients have recovered so far, taking the recovery rate…
Chinese test packages: India cancels order, says due procedure followed
NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Monday said India is cancelling the order of rapid anti-body test kits from China…
Need to give importance to economy and also battle Covid-19: PM Modi to CMs
NEW DELHI: As India enters final week of the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to chief ministers…
Meet Kim Yo Jong, the woman who may run North Korea after Kim Jong-un
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Kuwait envoy talks of principle of non-interference in internal affairs
Kanyakumari Medical College Hospital deen Suganthi Rajakumari gifts fruits to a patient who recovered from COVID-19, in Kanyakumari on April…
Tamil Nadu sets up brick walls on inter-State border with A.P. at Chittoor
The walls on three highways are purportedly to check the spread of COVID-19 The Vellore district administration in Tamil Nadu…
Where is Kim Jong-un?
The Internet is abundant with speculations about the health of Kim Jong-un. What triggered the rumours was his absence from…
Yes Bank rip-off: Kapil, Dheeraj Wadhawan sent out to CBI custody till April 29
The Wadhawans were arrested from their bungalow at Mahabaleshwar in Satara on April 26 for their alleged involvement in the…
PM Modi engages with CMs on COVID-19 scenario
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told the Chief Ministers that while the lockdown following the COVID-19 outbreak had yielded…
RBI reveals special liquidity center for shared funds
A special window of ₹50,000 crore has been allocated in view of the redemption pressure that the fund houses are…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 34 updates | PM Modi, CMs to discuss COVID-19 situation
A week before the scheduled end date of the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to at least six Chief…
Safe return: On migrant worker distress
A month after one of the most stringent global lockdowns was imposed in India to tackle the pandemic, the travails…
Pandemic and panic: On Tamil Nadu’s five-city lockdown
The Tamil Nadu government’s order intensifying the lockdown in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruppur and Salem from April 26 briefly convulsed…
CDC includes six new signs to the COVID-19 list. Look out for these
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Covid battle: 1.2 crore warriors fighting to help 130 crore
BENGALURU: More than 1.2 crore people from 18 different categories are on the frontline as ‘Covid Warriors’ in India’s battle…
Lockdown exit plan: PM Modi interacts with CMs via video conference
PM Modi speaks with Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on COVID-19 preparedness via video conference as other ministers and officials look…
RBI reveals special liquidity center of Rs 50,000 crore for shared funds
NEW DELHI: In a big relief for investors, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced a special liquidity…
Will a woman run North Korea? Kim’s sis outperforms male rivals
A file picture of Kim Yo Jong.SEOUL: Of all the family members who could eventually take the reins from North…
Coronavirus wipeout: $13 billion firepower that TCS, Wipro and Infosys can use | Gadgets Now
1 / 8Coronavirus wipeout: $13 billion firepower that TCS, Wipro and Infosys can useThe economic downturn due to Coronavirus is…
Coronavirus latest updates: 22%of Covid-19 clients have recuperated in India
NEW DELHI: According to the latest update by the ministry of health and family welfare, 1,396 new cases and 48…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘alive and well’: South Korea
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon…
50 IRS officers face probe for unsolicited hike-tax call
NEW DELHI: An annoyed government distanced itself from controversial tax proposals such as a Covid-19 cess and a wealth tax…
Pune company plans to ready 20-40 million Covid-19 vaccine shots for launch by September-October
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 27, 2020)MUMBAI: Pune-based Serum Institute, credited with affordable and innovative therapies like pneumonia…
Gunfight erupts after militants attack patrol party in J&K’s Kulgam
PTI Srinagar, April 27, 2020 08:41 IST Updated: April 27, 2020 08:42 IST Soldiers near Kulgam district of south Kashmir…
How Italy’s Lombardy, home to Europe’s ‘finest medical system’, became the epicentre of coronavirus crisis
As Italy prepares to emerge from the West’s first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something…
Scattered migrant evacuation plans turn into organised effort
Scattered initiatives to evacuate migrant workers, students and pilgrims stranded across the country on Sunday coalesced into a more coordinated…
Govt looks at reform measures in agriculture, mfg sectors
NEW DELHI: The Centre is examining a “significant number” of reforms along with staggered stimulus packages aimed at various stressed…