22:22
Taking note of growing concern regarding availability of Sanitary Napkins, Home Secretary to Government of India has issued clarification to Chief Secretaries of all the states regarding Sanitary Pads being an essential commodity, Smriti Irani, Union Cabinet Minister for Textiles and Women...
22:18
The Union home ministry on Sunday allowed the transportation of all essential and non-essential goods in the country and the use of premises of the state disaster response force (SDRF) to shelter migrant workers and the homeless stranded due to the lockdown imposed to combat COVID-19.Union Home...
22:08
A Group of Ministers chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday carried out a comprehensive review of the situation arising out of coronavirus pandemic including treatment of affected people and supplies of petroleum products and essential commodities across the country. The...
21:47
The Indian Medical Association on Sunday flayed the Kerala government's plan to supply liquor to alcohol addicts based on doctor's prescription, saying it was not scientific. Those showing withdrawal symptoms should be provided scientific treatment which can be given at...
20:54
The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,024 and the death toll touched 27 after two fresh deaths were reported on Sunday evening, according to the Union health ministry. In its updated data at 7:30 pm, the ministry said the two fresh deaths were reported from Gujarat and Jammu and...
20:48
Nearly one lakh people, who have arrived in Uttar Pradesh over the last few days owing to the countrywide lockdown, have been asked by the state government to remain in home quarantine while instructions in this regard have been conveyed to the village pradhans, a senior official said here on...
19:55
If the lockdown is not followed, the country will fail to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday, as he assured migrant workers that his government has made food and boarding arrangements for them. Addressing a digital press conference, the...
19:50
The Prime Minister's Office on Sunday constituted 10 different high-level committees to suggest measures to ramp up healthcare, put the economy back on track, reduce pain and misery of people as quickly as possible post 21-day lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. These...
19:42
Disneyland and Walt Disney World will not be opening theirs doors for the public anytime soon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two theme parks, based in California and Florida, were expected to open on Wednesday next week.But in light of the rising numbers of coronavirus cases,...
19:24
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Sunday said it was suspending breathalyser tests, which is done to detect alcohol, for all aviation personnel, including pilots, hours after an Air India union had requested it to do so citing that these tests could spread...
18:54
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to promote students of all classes, except standards 10th and 12th, of the state schools without exams in view of the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Sunday. The 10th and 12th board exams are carried forward, an official spokesman...
18:51
Fortis Healthcare has set up isolation wards in all of its 28 hospitals across the country and a total of 262 isolation beds have been earmarked to treat COVID-19 patients.The medical teams at Fortis are already treating 21 COVID-19 positive cases along with 87 suspected cases at various...
18:44
The health ministry on Sunday said 106 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths were reported from six states in the last 24 hours.Joint Secretary in the ministry Lav Agarwal said till now, there are 979 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, including 25 deaths. Raman Gangakhedkar of the...
18:30
Largest commodities bourse Multi Commodity Exchange is offering up to 3x more salaries to select few employees, who are working from office in the city. MCX, which dominates the commodities exchange space by a wide margin, employs around 400 people across the country and 300 of them are...
18:10
The labour ministry has allowed over 6 crore subscribes of retirement fund body EPFO to withdraw an amount not exceeding their three months basic pay and dearness allowance from their EPF account in view of the lockdown to fight COVID-19.Besides, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation also...
18:06
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said there were no cases of community transmission of the novel coronavirus in the state and all COVID-19 patients here were those who had come from abroad or the ones who had come in contact with infected persons.In a series of tweets, Pawar...
17:53
Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation on Sunday announced donation of essential medical supplies, including face masks and COVID-19 test kits, to India and six other nations to help combat the spread of coronavirus. Collectively, these seven countries will receive a total of 1.7 million...
17:51
Indian Railways has extended services of all its hospitals and dispensaries to all central government employees and their families in view of the spread of coronavirus, a Railway Board order said. The services include those of all 128 hospitals and 586 dispensaries of the Indian...
17:31
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday assured that his government will take care of all migrant labourers and provide them basic necessities like food and water.The 'Shiv Bhojan' scheme offering meal at Rs 10 will now be available at Rs 5 from April 1, he said in a...
16:56
Indian stock markets have seen significant downtrend in recent weeks, amid the coronavirus pandemic tightening its grip in the country, but experts believe it is the right time to start investing in equities through SIP route for the long term as the current valuations are juicy. They...
16:53
After SpiceJet announced that one of its pilots has tested positive for COVID-19, an Air India pilots' union on Sunday asked aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation to temporarily suspend breath analyser test, saying the machine for it remains the same and droplets or aerosols of...
16:47
With three more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, the number of such patients in the state has gone up to 196, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Sunday.However, he did not specify the places where these three new patients belong to.Three more people have tested...
16:08
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers from the film industry in the wake of the national lockdown, according to Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees. The country is witnessing a 21-day lockdown, as announced by Prime Minister...
16:00
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the sudden lockout announced by the central government to combat novel coronavirus has created immense panic and confusion. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he highlighted the plight of the poor and called for steps other...
15:16
The Centre on Sunday asked state governments and Union Territory administrations to effectively seal state and district borders to stop movements of migrant workers during lockdown, officials said. During a video conference with chief secretaries and DGPs, cabinet secretary Rajiv...
15:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with over 200 people on a daily basis to get a first-hand feedback on India's fight against the coronavirus, the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday. It said the prime minister's interactions include phone calls to governors, chief ministers and...
14:30
The railways ministry will donate Rs 151 crore to PM-CARES fund to help in combating the coronavirus threat, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. Following PM's call, I, Suresh Angadi, will donate one month's salary, 13 lakh rly, PSU employees will donate one day's salary,...
14:21
A 108-year-old woman, who survived two world wars and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, has become the United Kingdom's oldest coronavirus victim after she died within hours of testing positive for the deadly virus, according to a media report. Hilda Churchill, who was to celebrate her...
13:43
The test reports of a 40-year-old woman who died in Mumbai on Saturday have come out positive for coronavirus, taking the death toll of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra to seven, a civic official said on Sunday.The woman was admitted to a civic hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after she complained...
13:09
Sri Lanka has recorded its first death due to coronavirus, a 65-year-old diabetic man. The man, who was being treated for the deadly viral infection at Colombo's Infectious Diseases Hospital, died on Saturday, said Anil Jasinghe, Director General of the Health Services.The patient had a...
13:03
The total number of OVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has gone up to 193 with 12 more people testing positive for coronavirus, a health official said on Sunday.Out of the 12 new patients, five have been reported from Pune, four from Mumbai and one each from Sangli, Jalgaon and Nagpur, the official...
12:29
Addressing the 63rd edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked for the forgiveness of all countrymen, and especially the poor, for the nationwide lockdown in the country in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.I seek forgiveness from all countrymen, and...
12:24
SpiceJet said on Sunday that one of its pilots who did not fly any international flight in March has tested positive for the coronavirus. One of our colleagues, a first officer with SpiceJet, has tested positive for COVID-19. The test report came on March 28. He did not operate any...
11:58
The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 979 in India on Sunday with the death toll rising to 25, according to the Union health ministry. The ministry reported six fresh deaths -- one each from Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Telangana.Thus, deaths have so far been...
11:07
A 38-year-old man who had walked 200 km from the national capital to reach home died on the Delhi-Agra highway on Saturday morning. Ranveer Singhs destination, his family in a remote village in Madhya Pradeshs Morena district, was still 100 km away.The two men, who were accompanying Ranveer...
10:42
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic arm of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, has announced plans to team up with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to donate $25 million to a research fund exploring possible COVID-19 treatments.I'm really proud to...
10:16
India, the world's third largest energy consumer, has enough petrol, diesel and cooking gas in stocks to last way beyond the three-week nationwide lockdown as all plants and supply locations are fully operational, Indian Oil Corp Chairman Sanjiv Singh said. Singh, who continued to...
09:58
A batch of 275 Indians evacuated from coronavirus-hit Iran arrived at the Jodhpur airport on Sunday morning, an official said.He said a preliminary screening of the passengers was conducted at the airport and thereafter, they were shifted to the Army Wellness Facility set up at the Jodhpur...
09:37
A 14-day quarantine in state-run camps is mandatory for lakhs of migrant labourers who are returning to their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in special buses amid a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus or COVID-19.Thousands desperate to return home had crowded bus stations in Delhi on...
09:24
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju donated his one month salary over and above Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive to all BJP MPs to contribute Rs one crore from MPLAD funds in the country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.PM Narendra Modi ji announced #PMCares Fund to strengthen disaster...
08:46
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will address the 63rd edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' at 11 am amid nationwide lockdown in the country in the view of novel coronavirus.Today's episode will focus on the situation prevailing in the country in the wake of...
08:29
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife said that she has recovered from being ill from COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus. I am feeling so much better, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau said in a statement on social media. She said she received the clearance from her doctor and...
07:56
Deaths from new coronavirus in the United States surged past 2,000 Saturday, doubling in just three days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths late Saturday was 2,010, about a quarter of them in New York City, the country's hardest hit region, Johns Hopkins...
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