Migrant labourers in time of corona: Jobless, homeless and miles to go to return home
NEW DELHI: Some are finding their own villages in Bihar blocking their entry; a few had to make trees their…
Covid-19 outbreak: DGCA suspends breath analyser tests for aviation personnel
NEW DELHI: Aviation personnel, including pilots and cabin crew, have been temporarily exempted from breath analyser (BA) tests in wake…
Centre asks states to provide shelter to migrants, seal borders as exodus continues
NEW DELHI: Stating that movement of large number of migrants in some parts of the country to reach their hometowns…
Coronavirus | In letter to PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi offers suggestions to deal with exodus of migrant workers
Expressing solidarity with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India's fight against COVID-19, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked…
Indian Trains apprehend “massive” rush to medical facilities quickly
As part of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19, the Indian Railways on March 22, 2020 announced the cancellation…
SpiceJet pilot tests positive, staff sent out on home quarantine
According to the airline, the pilot did not operate any international flight in March./ File photo | Photo Credit: V.V.…
PM addresses first Mann ki Baat amid COVID-19 lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the first Mann ki Baat amid the 21-day-long COVID-19 lockdown, on Sunday, March 29. Here…
Over 980 test positive as death toll touches 24
According to data from State governments the number of deaths due to COVID-19 stands at 28 deaths, with 1,035 positive…
Why has the stock exchange been so volatile?
The story so far: On Friday, even after the Reserve Bank of India announced a slew of measures to boost…
The exodus or the dignity of the poor
There is a great dignity in the stoic march of India’s workers as they leave India’s national capital, one of…
PSU charging govt hospitals high margins on protective gear
NEW DELHI: HLL Lifecare, the public sector company that acts as the government’s central procurement agency for personal protective equipment…
PM Modi looks for country’s forgiveness for difficult choices, states India will definitely beat coronavirus
PTI | Mar 29, 2020, 12:20 ISTNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought the nation's forgiveness for imposing…
PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ address: ‘Together, India will defeat Covid-19’
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 29, 2020, 11:44 ISTNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the 63rd edition of…
VVS Laxman’s 281 among Ian Chappell’s all-time fantastic knocks versus spin
MELBOURNE: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has picked his two all-time favourite innings against high-quality spin bowling and one of…
No fuel crisis in India; adequate stock of gas, diesel, LPG available to last lockdown: IOC
NEW DELHI: India, the world's third largest energy consumer, has enough petrol, diesel and cooking gas (LPG) in stocks to…
Tatas pledge Rs 1,500 crore to help fight coronavirus
Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata. (File photo)MUMBAI: The House of Tata has pledged Rs 1,500 crore to combat the coronavirus…
Coronavirus | Deaths in U.S. surge past 2,000
A woman wearing a facemask crosses the street in the rain on March 28, 2020 in New York City. |…
Coronavirus | Sri Lanka terms Chennai COVID-19 ‘high-risk zone’
Wearing a coronavirus-themed helmet, Police Inspector Rajesh Babu speaks to a family at a checkpoint in Chennai on March 28,…
Despite U.P. CM’s appeal, migrant workers throng Lucknow’s bus stands
“Do din ho gaye khana nahi mila abhi (it’s two days since we have got proper food),” said Neeraj Yadav…
Amid the exodus, a plea for food, medication, transport
Volunteers distributing food packets to the homeless in Patna on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar 200 eminent citizens write…
Centre prepares classes in range mode
Lessons of classes 9 to 12 to be broadcast on TV, radio channels from next week The school break is…
At ‘No Point’ on Yamuna Expressway, flight from hunger beats fight versus infection
The “Zero Point” on the Yamuna Expressway on Saturday transformed into a surging sea of migrant workers left with no…
A little panic is useful if it conserves lives
Authorities the world over tell us not to panic. But sometimes a little panic can be useful if it saves…
The language of sorrow
COVID-19 has affected every sphere. At the Readers’ Editor Office, we had to stop readers from attending our editorial meetings…
5 more deaths, Covid-19 cases in country reach 974
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to Covid-19 in the country touched 27 on Saturday with Delhi, Kerala, Telangana, Gujarat…
Coronavirus: Dire warning by health experts led to lockdown
TNN | Mar 29, 2020, 01:46 ISTNEW DELHI: The assessment conveyed by experts to the government was urgent: The number…
Coronavirus in India: Amid exodus, govt identifies districts, villages for surveillance
Migrants from Delhi reach their native area during a nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow.…
Delhi Police to enable newspaper distribution, fix time
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police will allow newspaper vendors to distribute papers from 4 am to 9am daily and help them…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 28, 2020, 22:28 ISTNEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Saturday said it is focusing on…
Coronavirus | With over 180 fresh cases in 24 hours, India shifts focus to hotspots
With 185 new cases and two deaths due to COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry…
Italy’s toll tops 10,000, ends up being greatest in world
A general view shows coffins stored in a warehouse in Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo, Lombardy. Photo: File | Photo…
Human rights bodies ask cops to guarantee marginalised are not maltreated
Mr. Kumar said the Indian government must ensure that “insensitivity and brute force be replaced by people-friendly measures in battling…
As Bollywood deals with criticism for doing bit, Akshay Kumar contributes 25 crore towards COVID-19 relief
Akshay Kumar has pledged the amount to the newly formed Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund.…
Home Ministry asks states to set up relief camps for migrant workers, use SDRF funds
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday asked the state governments and Union Territory administrations to utilise the State Disaster Response…
Coronavirus: Modi announces ‘PM CARES Fund’, urges people to donate
NEW DELHI: As India grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that an "emergency fund"…
States, UTs intensify vigil on travelers who arrived from abroad
NEW DELHI: In a bid to check the spread of coronavirus, many state and Union Territories have intensified monitoring of…
Coronavirus: How India is preparing for tougher challenges ahead
NEW DELHI: Amid looming fears of coronavirus infection entering the community transmission stage, India is boosting its overall health infrastructure…
Virat Kohli is not a man to mess around: Ravi Shastri
NEW DELHI: Head coach Ravi Shastri has called Virat Kohli the "boss" of Indian cricket and said the support staff…
Violence erupts in China as people try to leave COVID-19-hit Hubei after lockdown relaxed
BEIJING: Incidents of violent clashes erupting in the Chinese mainland have been reported as people in huge crowds, jamming buses…
Similar stories, really personal disasters
Their stories are similar, their tragedies their own. Hundreds of workers, some accompanied by children, are on the move in…
UP govt. sets up 1,000 buses for stranded migrant workers
Migrants gather at Charbagh bus station, the main bus station in Lucknow, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Omar Rashid On…
Contaminating healthy people with coronavirus can accelerate vaccine trials
Even if everything goes to plan, it will take at least 12-18 months for a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine to…
Delhi records lowest PM10 levels in 6 months, temp falls due to rains
Early morning sky and deserted road during curfew imposed till March 31, 2020 as a preventive measure against spread of…
Kerala signs up very first COVID-19 death
A woman with a child walks past a notice board outside the Special Isolation Ward set up to provide treatment…
Journalist who tested positive for COVID-19 booked for carelessness
Police cops keeping vigil at Board Office Square during curfew in Bhopal on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020 | Photo Credit:…
There was no leniency in evaluating for foreign travellers, ‘thriving Indians’, says Centre
An advisory desk, ‘Novel Coronavirus Help Desk’, put up at an airport in Visakhapatnam. (Representational image) Centre refutes allegations that…
My gut feel is Dhoni’s India ambitions might be over: Harsha Bhogle
NEW DELHI: With uncertainty looming over the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, celebrated cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle feels…
Coronavirus: UP govt provides aid for stranded labourers
ANI | Updated: Mar 28, 2020, 14:02 ISTMigrants wait to board a bus to their native village at Anand Vihar…
Railways manufactures prototype of isolation ward in non-AC coaches
NEW DELHI: The railways has manufactured a prototype of an isolation ward for treating coronavirus patients by converting non-air-conditioned train…
You touch your face 23 times an hour
The entire point behind the exhortation to wash your hands every 20 minutes is to prevent the coronavirus pathogen from…