New Delhi, March 26 (IANS): The Centre on Thursday announced a Rs 170,000 crore relief package to protect the weaker sections of the society from the economic fallout of Covid-19.
Announcing the the me
A migrant worker carries her daughter as she walks on a highway with others looking out for a transport to return to their villages, after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of co
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) After the Centre announced a financial assistance package of Rs 1,70,000 crores, the Congress on Thursday hailed the decision with former party president Rahul Gandhi terming it as th
New Delhi, March (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday lauded the first Rs 170,000 crore Covid-19 relief package announced to protect the weaker sections of society, saying it reflected the Nare
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) India's largest paramilitary force CRPF on Thursday announced that its over 3.5 lakh personnel will contribution their one day salary to Prime Minister's National Relief Fund in the f
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday said it has set up nine quarantine facilities, of 200-300 people capacity each, across the country, to deal with daily increasing cases of deadl
Indian Army personnel wears a protective mask coming out from Guwahati Railway Station, in Guwahati on Saturday. (ANI Photo)
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thurs
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday wrote a four-page letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extended her party's full cooperation in the nationwide lockdown, but
An Indian woman covering her face with a mask walks in a crowded market place, as nationwide lockdown continues over highly contagious novel coronavirus on March 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Yawar Na
New Delhi, March 26 (PTI): The government on Thursday unveiled a Rs 1.70 lakh crore economic package involving free foodgrains and cooking gas to the poor for the next three months, one-time doles to women and
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) China on Wednesday thanked India for its support in the fight against Covid-19 and offered to help contain the pandemic in the country.
In a statement issued by the spoke
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People queue standing in circles drawn with chalk to maintain safe distance as they wait to enter a supermarket during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New Delhi, India, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ad
The COVID -19 status in India at 6.54 PM on March 25. (Image Courtesy: @DG_PIB/Twitter)
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS): There are at least 606 confirmed coronavirus cases in India as of Wednesday, the
Researchers at the Microbiology Research Facility work with coronavirus samples as a trial begins to see whether malaria treatment hydroxychloroquine can prevent or reduce the severity of the coronavirus diseas
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's lockdown decision for 21 days in the wake of coronavirus pandemi
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Home Ministry on Wednesday issued an addendum to the guidelines issued on Tuesday regarding 21-day lockdown, and named additional categories of essential goods and services exempt
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said the Centre and state governments are working in tandem to prevent the spread of coronavirus and asked people not to panic amid count
Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus, at the Rajiv Ghandhi Government General hospital in Chennai,
People buy vegetables at a market after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a nationwide lockdown starting midnight to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, Mar