Coronavirus

New Delhi: Sports complexes were Sunday permitted to open by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the fourth phase of the coronavirus-forced lockdown, possibly clearing the path for a resumption of the training of athletes which came to a halt in mid-March. “Sports complexes and...

New Delhi: An angry Harbhajan Singh called Shahid Afridi unworthy of his friendship, while Yuvraj Singh regretted his call for assistance to the Pakistani player’s charity, both former India players expressing disappointment at his anti-India comments. Last month, Harbhajan and Yuvraj had posted videos in...

New Delhi: Left parties Sunday described the government’s economic package as “misleading” and a “jugglery of numbers”, hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and final tranche of the economic stimulus package. The Finance Minister raised allocation for MGNREGS by Rs 40,000 crore...

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party Sunday hit out at the Centre over the migrant crisis in the country, saying the BJP government is “solely responsible” for their plight. A large number of migrant workers from major urban industrial centres in the country have been...

New Delhi: The fifth and last tranche of economic stimulus announced by the government Sunday will boost entrepreneurship, help public sector units and revitalise the village economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. He also said the stimulus will have a transformative impact on India's...

New Delhi: The Centre Sunday extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by two more weeks from May 18 while easing curbs in areas with limited virus infection to boost the economy. The nationwide lockdown 4.0 will end May 31, said a National Disaster Management (NDMA) order...

Muzaffarnagar: Three container trucks carrying over 170 migrant workers were seized by police during checking in Uttar Pradesh amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, an official said Sunday. Seventy-eight migrant workers were found holed up inside a container truck in Shamli, Saturday evening, SP Vinit Jaiswal said....

New Delhi: The IRCTC has now started getting stricter after passengers on board a special train to Bangalore refused to be quarantined. The IRCTC has said that only those who agree to follow the quarantine protocol of the destination states will be allowed to book...

New York: As the world scrambles to fight coronavirus pandemic that has affected more than 4.6 million people, little attention has been paid to indigenous populations worldwide who may be especially vulnerable to Covid-19 but are largely excluded from most national or regional efforts to...

Auraiya (UP): Two more migrant workers died Sunday following injuries sustained in the road accident a day earlier at Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh, raising the death toll in the incident to 26, said local police. Twenty-four migrant workers had died and 36 injured on Saturday...