New Delhi, May 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday discussed the global response to COVID-19, and the importance of global coordination in scientific innovation and
Migrants travel in a truck amid heavy rain and storm to reach their native places, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi. Photograph: PTI Photo
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI): The death toll
Bengaluru, May 14 (IANS) About 50 passengers, who refused to undergo the 14-day institutional quarantine in the city after arriving in a special train earlier in the day, opted to go back to New Delhi in t
Medics conduct thermal screening of passengers who have arrived from Delhi at Mumbai Central station. Photograph: PTI Photo
New Delhi, May 14 (PTI): The doubling time of coronavirus infection cases
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Claiming that the residents of the national capital are in favour of easing the lockdown restrictions after May 17, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said while it was easy to
People with their luggage walk to board a special train for New Delhi from Mumbai Central railway station in Mumbai. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo
New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Bookings mad
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New Delhi, May 14 (PTI): Students of classes 9 and 11, who failed in the exams this year, will get a one-time opportunity to appear in school-based tests and improve th
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday unveiled the second tranche of fiscal stimulus, emphasizing 'one nation, one ration card'.
During the press brief, the Finance Mi
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday inaugurated COBAS 6800 testing machine for installation at the National Centre for Disease Control. This is the first such testing m
New Delhi/London, May 14 (IANS) Indian fugitive and former liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday lost his appeal in the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India, clearing a major roadblock for the
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Indian security forces have launched fresh operations to neutralize the next wave of Top 10 most wanted terrorist currently active in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Accord
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) After contributing one month's salary to the PM-CARES fund in March, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said he would "forego" 30 per cent of his salary for the fund for a year
Migrant workers and their families wait for transport to reach a railway station to board trains to their home state Uttar Pradesh, after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly sev
A man wearing protective gear speaks on his mobile phone as he waits for transport upon his arrival from New Delhi outside a railway station in Ahmedabad, India, May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Migrant workers and their families wait for transport to reach a railway station to board trains to their home state Uttar Pradesh, after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly sev
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NEW DELHI, MAY 14 (IANS): In the wake of growing threat from emerging zoonotic diseases, like the deadly coronavirus, an animal right organisation has urged Union Minister Giri
Hiding during the day and walking over 20 km everynight has become a routine for Shiv Babu, 23, a textile factory worker, who like scores of migrant labourers around the country is desperately trying to reach h
People wearing protective masks wait outside a railway station to board trains that will take them to their home states after India announced a limited reopening of its giant rail network following a
United Nations, May 14 (IANS) The UN has welcomed India's Covid-19 mega-stimulus package, calling the largest among developing countries, even as it slashed its growth rate for this fiscal year to 1.2 per cent.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) With 3,722 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 78,003, the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday.
Of the total cases, 49,219 are active an