New Delhi: The government Thursday unveiled a Rs 1.70 lakh crore economic package involving free foodgrain and cooking gas to poor for the next three months, one-time doles to women and poor senior citizens, higher wages to workers and measures to boost liquidity of employees...
New Delhi: Total number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 649, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said Thursday. While 593 are active cases, 42 have been cured or discharged, 1 migrated patient while 13 have died, the data released by...
New York: The total deaths linked to COVID-19 around the world topped 20,000 as of 2 p.m., US Eastern Time Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 20,499 people have died of the pandemic among...
New Delhi/Shimla: Coronavirus cases in the country crossed 600 Wednesday as authorities beefed up preparedness to fight the pandemic with a chain of hospitals of the Army ordnance factories and central paramilitary forces earmarking over 2,000 beds for isolation and treatment of people affected by...
New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 562 Wednesday while the death toll due to COVID-19 in the country was revised down to nine, according to Health Ministry data. The ministry in its updated figures Wednesday morning, stated the second death...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting that social distancing is the only way out for the country in its decisive battle against the coronavirus. In his second address to the nation...
New Delhi: Nearly 500 coronavirus cases have been reported in India so far, according to Health Ministry data Tuesday. According to the data updated Tuesday morning, the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 492, including 446 active cases. The figure includes 41 foreign nationals...
New Delhi: The governments in Maharashtra and Punjab imposed state-wide curfew Monday, as most of India huddled in a lockdown and domestic airlines decided to stop operations in desperate measures to curtail the spread of fast-spreading COVID-19, which has infected 467 people in the country...
New Delhi: No domestic flights will operate from Wednesday, the Centre announced Monday thereby taking a huge step to check the spread of coronavirus. Airlines have to plan operations so as to land at their destination before 11.59pm Tuesday, the government said. Only cargo flights...
New Delhi: According to the latest report of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India Monday were recorded to be 415. The Union Health Ministry website also updated the same number of confirmed cases of coronavirus. A...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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