‘Online child pornography traffic rises by 95%’
Illustration: Deepak Harichandan Millions of paedophiles have migrated online, making Internet extremely unsafe for children: ICPF Consumption of child pornography…
Coronavirus | MGNREGA jobs crash to 1% of normal
Employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has collapsed to just over 1% of the usual…
Actions providing outcomes; no brand-new cases in 25 districts, says govt.
India registered the largest spike in deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, with 51 being reported in the past 24…
COVID-19 is 10 times more fatal than swine influenza, states WHO
File photo of WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. | Photo Credit: AP It said that a safe and effective…
Semblance of activity in passages as Ministers, bureaucrats go back to workplaces
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being checked with the thermal screening device before entering the Finance Ministry block, in New Delhi…
Coronavirus | Amit Shah intervention made ICMR expand labs for testing COVID-19
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) expanded the number of laboratories that could conduct COVID-19 tests on an intervention…
Tamil Nadu extends COVID-19 lockdown till April 30
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown in the State till April 30…
Prime Minister to address nation on April 14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing a protective mask chairs a meeting with chief ministers on COVID-19 lockdown via video conference,…
US could start reopening in May, top coronavirus advisor says
WASHINGTON: The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government's top infectious diseases expert said…
There is no clarity now, early to talk about October-November window for IPL: BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal
NEW DELHI: The BCCI is currently not in a position to take a call on the future of IPL and…
SC rejects plea against PM CARES Fund
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking quashing of the decision to set up…
Number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 9,152; 308 fatalities recorded: Health ministry
NEW DELHI: Twenty-five districts across 15 states which had detected Covid-19 infections earlier have contained the spread and reported no…
Ensure no one faces hunger in fight against coronavirus, Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi
NewsIndia NewsEnsure no one faces hunger in fight against coronavirus, Sonia Gandhi writes to PM ModiTIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 13,…
PM Modi to address nation on Tuesday at 10am
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Tuesday at 10 am, the Prime Minister's Office said.…
Centre might raise loan to pay shortfall of GST compensation amount
States have to ramp up spending to combat the outbreak of COVID-19 The Union government is exploring raising a loan…
RBI states it’ll take all actions to combat financial fallout of COVID-19
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not hesitate to use any conventional or unconventional policy instruments to mitigate the adverse…
Odisha modifies lockdown standards to kick-start income activities
Set to enter the second phase of the lockdown imposed to fight the COVID-19 outbreak from April 15 to 30,…
Harsimrat Kaur Badal advises PM Modi to bring stranded Sikh pilgrims back to Punjab
Harsimrat Kaur Badal. File Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal urged Prime Minister to make arrangements such as running special trains…
Several Union Ministers, officials return to operate at Ministries
I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, wearing a protective mask, resumes office, in New Delhi, on Monday, April 13, 2020. | Photo…
SC supports Guv’s choice asking Kamal Nath government to hold flooring test
File photo of Shivraj Singh Chouhan shakeing hands with Governor Lalji Tandon after taking oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister…
Coronavirus: CEC, ECs to take 30%reduction in their standard wages for one year
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI The government and civil society’s efforts…
China’s new cases increase to near 6-week high
As the 21-day lockdown ends on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation tomorrow at 10 am.…
Trade in tatters: On the global slump
The only certainty right now in a pandemic-gripped world is the all-enveloping uncertainty. And the WTO acknowledged as much when…
Cease fire: On India-Pakistan border stress
Ceasefire violations on the border speak poorly of the preventive mechanisms in place The latest exchange of long-range artillery fire…
Covid-19: Several ministers, officials return to work at ministries
NEW DELHI: Several Union ministers and senior officers returned to their offices here on Monday. Most of the ministers and…
Day 20 of Coronavirus lockdown: Ground report from Indian cities
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 13, 2020, 12:38 ISTNEW DELHI: As the country entered the 20th day of the 21-day lockdown announced…
Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is endemic
Pakistani villagers gather outside the home of student Muhimman, who was allegedly abused by a cleric, in Pakp...Read MorePAKPATTAN, Pakistan:…
How UP gave template for corona cluster containment
Municipal worker splash sanitizer to contain the spread of Covid-19 during the lockdown in Agra. (ANI Photo)LUCKNOW: From being the…
Is the Centre’s lockdown different from a state’s lockdown?
The lockdowns: Six states - Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and West Bengal- have extended the lockdown due to the…
As 444 from Australia fly home, US nationals prefer to stay back
NEW DELHI: As Australia repatriated 444 of its nationals on a special flight from New Delhi to Melbourne over the…
Covid-19: United States might start resuming in May, top infection consultant Fauci states
WASHINGTON: The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government's top infectious diseases expert said…
China’s central bank takes 1% stake in HDFC
MUMBAI: China’s central bank has acquired 1% stake in the country’s largest mortgage company HDFC, according to shareholding disclosures made…
With Aarogya Setu app, India has shown the way, says World Bank
NEW DELHI: India has stolen a march over other global tech giants by launching the Aarogya Setu app which helps…
Covid-19: Maharashtra may hand out anti-malaria drug as preventive med
MUMBAI: Worried that Covid-19 cases may rise exponentially in the city's densely populated slums, the Maharashtra government is considering giving…
Air travel most likely to shoot up threefold due to social distancing in airplanes
NEW DELHI: The first few days post lockdown could see airfares skyrocket to up to three times the pre-corona ticket…
PGI doctors re-implant Punjab cop’s hand chopped off while enforcing lockdown
After seven and half hours of challenging surgery, his hand re-implantation was done successfully.CHANDIGARH: The 50-year-old ASI from Patiala whose…
‘Trump asked why not allow coronavirus to wash over US’ as toll passes 21,000
US President Donald Trump. (File photo: AP) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump reportedly considered allowing the coronavirus pandemic to “wash…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 12, 2020, 20:24 ISTNEW DELHI: As many as 918 COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths have been…
British PM Boris Johnson discharged from healthcare facility
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. File | Photo Credit: AP Mr. Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas's Hospital in…
Severe lockdown was an instant response, it’s now clear that the cure is even worse than the illness, says Congress Data and Technology cell chief
Praveen Chakravarty, political economist and head of the Data and Technology cell of the Congress party, says India should evolve…
11 held for chopping off policeman’s hand in Patiala
Eleven persons were arrested on Sunday for an attack on a police party by a group of Nihangs, a Sikh…
909 coronavirus cases, 34 deaths reported in 24 hours: Health ministry
NEW DELHI: As many as 909 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking…
State govts working to ensure home delivery of essential items in Covid-19 hotspots: MHA
NEW DELHI: Various state governments are working to ensure that essential items are provided at the doorsteps of people living…
3.5-magnitude earthquake felt in Delhi and neighbouring areas
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 with epicentre in Delhi shook the region on Sunday evening, prompting panic-stricken people…
IPL can be held without crowd, T20 World Cup can’t: Glenn Maxwell
MELBOURNE: Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell believes a rescheduled IPL can be held behind closed doors but it will be difficult…
World Bank sees FY21 India development at 1.5-2.8%, slowest because economic reforms 30 years ago
India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation this fiscal year as the coronavirus outbreak…
Police presumably assaulted in Patiala, ASI’s hand cut off
A group of people on Sunday allegedly attacked police officials and cut off the hand of one of the officers…
Lady injured as Pakistan shells forward areas along LoC, IB in J-K
Soldiers stand guard near the LoC in Poonch. | Photo Credit: PTI Balakote along with Mendhar witnessed heavy firing and…
China reports almost 100 new cases in one day, highest in recent weeks
China has reported 99 new coronavirus cases, the highest in a single day in recent weeks, and 63 fresh asymptomatic…
Lathi-wielding RSS activists ‘examining’ ID of commuters sparks outrage
A photo purportedly showing RSS activists checking ID cards of commuters. | Photo Credit: Twitter Police say they had rejected…