Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Railways has ferried around 37 lakh migrant workers on board 2,818 ‘Shramik Special’ trains since May 1, according to official data. While 565 trains are currently in transit, 2,253 have arrived at their destinations, the railways said. The ‘Shramik Special’ trains are...

New Delhi: The festive atmosphere was missing on the eve of Eid in the national capital Sunday as people preferred to stay at their homes to offer namaz and most shops wore a deserted due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of...

New Delhi: There is a need to convert development into mass movement, and India should aspire to become second or third largest economy in the world by 2047, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said Sunday. Addressing a webinar organised by Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Kumar...

Karachi: The authorities must not postpone the T20 World Cup in haste since the showpiece event is the best product to highlight cricket once activities resume, Pakistan head coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq has said. Misbah said though logistics is a huge challenge due to...

New Delhi: The government Sunday issued a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the return of Indians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown, saying it will be a paid service and preference will be given to those who are in distress, who have lost their...

New Delhi: ICC cricket committee chairman Anil Kumble says the recommendation to ban saliva for shining the ball is only an interim measure and “things will go back to normal” once the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control. The Kumble-led panel recommended a ban on...

Aurangabad: A man and his relative were killed in the early hours of Sunday in Latur in Maharashtra in a mob attack after they asked a Gujarat-returnee truck driver to get quarantined amid the coronavirus outbreak, police said. The incident happened in Bolegaon village in...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Sunday hinted at further extension of the lockdown after May 31 and proposed restrictions on plans to resume domestic flights from May 25 as the Covid-19 situation could worsen after the onset of monsoon. Addressing the state, he said...

New Delhi: Indian skies will open up for domestic passenger flights from Monday after a gap of two months but there was confusion following the imposition of own set of conditions and rules by several states which are at odds with each other. Many states...

Mumbai: From Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to Chiranjeevi and Prabhas, everyone is trying to help the helpless. Among these are migrant workers, daily wage earners and those from their own industry facing joblessness. Lives have turned very harsh due to the pan-India lockdown...