15 million jobs likely to be lost in export sector, relief sought
AHMEDABAD: With cancellation of over 50% of orders and gloomy forecast for the future, India’s export sector may witness 15…
Coronavirus | Worldwide death toll crosses 1,00,000
The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 100,859 on Friday, according to a tally compiled…
The story of India’s largest COVID-19 cluster
It was a letter that arrived sometime on March 25 evening that announced the beginning of a nightmare. The letter,…
Coronavirus | Red army keeps virus at bay in northeast
A ‘red army’ of wise old men and women are helping villages across some hill States in the northeast keep…
Coronavirus | UAE ‘ready to repatriate stranded Indians’
A plane takes off from Dubai on April 10, 2020. | Photo Credit: AFP Even as Kerala CM flags workers’…
Coronavirus lockdown | Scarcity of drugs, devices imminent, government warned
A countrywide shortage of medicines and medical devices is likely in the coming weeks, the Department of Pharmaceuticals has warned…
Coronavirus | No evidence of community transmission, says Health Ministry
The Union Health Ministry on Friday denied evidence of community transmission (CT) of COVID-19 while reporting at least 700 new…
Lives and livelihoods: On economy after lockdown
Lives and livelihoods: On economy after lockdown Centre must spend more, forego tax revenues to protect livelihoods during lockdown The…
Stage shock: On denying community transmission
Even after the Health Ministry on March 28 acknowledged on its website that there was “limited community transmission”, India’s national…
Coronavirus | Lifting lockdowns too quickly could spark ‘deadly resurgence’: WHO
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | Photo Credit: AFP “WHO is working with affected countries on strategies for gradually and…
Fewer shifts, ‘green zones’: Industry readies plans for life after lockdown
Industry representatives have had meetings with key government functionaries over resuming economic activities...Read MoreMUMBAI/NEW DELHI: A leading consumer durables company…
Many Covid cases without travel or contact history, shows ICMR study
NEW DELHI: An ICMR study of patients admitted with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) showed that 93% of those who…
Government ramps up RT-PCR testing in hotspots
NEW DELHI: The government expanded its RT-PCR testing for Covid-19— considered definitive in confirming the disease — to cover all…
Why death rates vary widely in states: Testing could be key
NEW DELHI: There is wide variation in case fatality rates (deaths as percentage of cases) between states with over 100…
No evidence of community transmission yet, repeats government
The govt said there was no evidence yet of any community transmission of Covid-19 in India (PTI, file photo fo...Read…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 10, 2020, 21:26 ISTA special temporary hospital facility for COVID-19 patients in Mumbai. (Credits: AP)NEW DELHI: The…
Wearing mask in public places mandatory in Gurugram
ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2020, 21:22 ISTPhoto for representative purpose onlyGURUGRAM: District administration on Friday made mask-wearing mandatory for…
Antibody tests expected next week in US: Top health official
Representative image.WASHINGTON: The top US infectious disease official says coronavirus antibody tests are just days away. Anthony Fauci says at…
Don’t allow religious gatherings, processions during lockdown: MHA to states
NEW DELHI: The home ministry has cautioned all states and Union territories against allowing any social or religious gathering or…
Why coronavirus conspiracy theories flourish. And why it matters.
NEW YORK: The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and…
How the pandemic wiped out oil demand around the world
NEW DELHI: Global oil demand is being destroyed as the coronavirus forces people around the world to remain indoors and…
Centre safeguards choice to export hydroxychloroquine
The Union government on Friday asserted that India had “sufficient buffer” of the much in demand drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Export…
Coronavirus | Bihar official’s letter sets off alarm bells
Bihar’s Home Secretary has forwarded to the Union Home Ministry a letter sent by the District Magistrate of West Champaran…
Backwoods to see relief from lockdown, cities to remain strictly shut
Municipal workrs spray disinfectants on a shop during the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna on April…
In the middle of COVID-19 pandemic, India and Pakistan exchange fire
Screenshot taken from footage released by the Indian Army. Friday’s skirmishes led to the snapping of mobile internet services in…
Coronavirus | MHA seeks view of State governments on lockdown
The Home Ministry has sought views of State governments on the 21-day lockdown including whether more categories of people and…
Tamil Nadu COVID-19 specialist panel suggests two-week lockdown extension
The Chief Minister had a meeting with the expert panel on Friday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The 19-member panel…
In Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, ‘ruthless containment’ model breaks infection transmission chain
The “ruthless containment” model adopted in Bhilwara, which emerged last month as the worst-affected district in Rajasthan, has succeeded in…
Priyanka Gandhi writes to Adityanath, seeks increased screening for COVID-19 in U.P.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, urged the State government…
Coronavirus Briefing Newsletter
India’s health ministry has confirmed 6,412 Covid-19 cases (5,709 active cases) and 199 fatalities. The Times of India on Friday…
Lockdown should continue, Punjab will allow district-wise relief to farmers: Amarinder Singh
NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said the ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus should…
‘Degree of seriousness gauged by behavior’: India on Pak’s delayed SAARC corona fund contribution
NEW DELHI: After Pakistan pledged to donate $3 million to SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, India on Friday highlighted the…
PM Narendra Modi to communicate with CMs on Saturday; extension of lockdown on program
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of all states on Saturday via video, where a…
Odisha to great people without masks
BHUBANESWAR: Having made wearing of masks compulsory for people stepping out of home, the Odisha government on Thursday decided to…
Karnataka favours total lockdown across all districts till April 30
BENGALURU: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday rejected the recommendations of an expert panel of doctors advocating a "graded lifting" of…
Coronavirus | Chief Secy reviews situation in 22 designated containment zones in Delhi
Police personnel stand guard at Bengali market, which has been identified as a containment zone, during the nationwide lockdown to…
Top oil manufacturers except Mexico accept output cuts: OPEC
Major oil producers except Mexico agreed to cut output in May and June by 10 million barrels per day, OPEC…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 17 updates | Over 6,600 infected as death toll mounts to 228
Over 230 people have died and 6,800 have tested positive for COVID-19 in India. Assam recorded its first death on…
First COVID-19 death reported in Assam
A thermal camera in Guwahati railway station. Assam registered its first COVID-19 death. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The…
Vijay Mallya gets personal bankruptcy reprieve from UK High Court
In a relief to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the High Court in London has deferred hearings on a plea by…
Pakistan’s contribution triggers dispute over SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Situation Fund
Pakistan declared a $3 million contribution to the Fund to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak in South Asia. Pakistan is…
Now, Hegde provides COVID-19 common colour
BJP MP for Uttara Kannada and former Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde has published on his Facebook page a communally…
The big dilemma: Saving lives vs saving livelihoods
The lifting of the lockdown imposed to check the spread of Covid-19 across India has to be carefully managed, though…
How TCS, Cognizant and Persistent are assisting government battle coronavirus
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Cognizant Technology Solutions and Persistent Systems have emerged on the frontlines in the battle to contain…
Over 16,000 Americans die of coronavirus in US
WASHINGTON: The deadly coronavirus pandemic claimed lives of more than 16,000 Americans and infected over 4.6 lakhs of them, devastating…
At 3.8 cases per million, India’s rate of infection still fairly low: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: Social distancing and lockdown are potent “social vaccines” against the Covid-19 pandemic that has engulfed over 200 countries,…
Haryana doubles incomes of frontline health department staff
CHANDIGARH: In a significant move, the Haryana government on Thursday announced it will double the salaries of its health department…
Woman rides 1,400km on two-wheeler to get back her son stranded in Andhra Pradesh
HYDERABAD: Braving stringent lockdown norms, a school teacher rode 1,400 km on her scooty to bring her son back home.…
COVID-19 | EU ministers seal deal on half a trillion euro rescue plan
European Union finance ministers agreed on Thursday on half-a-trillion euros worth of support for their coronavirus-battered economies after weeks of…
Boris Johnson leaves intensive care, remains under observation
Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains…