Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have started preparing a blueprint for opening  schools in accordance with the social distancing guidelines…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court orally observed on Friday that the States must consider selling liquor via home delivery and/or consider indirect sales during the lockdown. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai…

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan has distributed hand sanitizers to on duty Mumbai Police personnel in an effort to safeguard the health and safety of the frontline warriors. Expressing gratitude, Mumbai Police tweeted, “Thank you…

New Delhi: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced for admission to IITs – which was earlier scheduled for May 17 -- will now be conducted on August 23, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced on…

New Delhi: If Zomato had its way, it would soon be home-delivering alcohol during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown. Zomato’s CEO for food delivery Mohit Gupta has submitted a business proposal to this effect to International…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has had to reverse its decision to stop special trains from transporting migrant workers to their native states, after facing pressure from all quarters. The BS Yeddyurappa-led state administration will…

Mumbai: Around 250 policemen from the city have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, said the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Most of the infected policemen are asymptomatic and none of them are in intensive care. So far,…

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik on Thursday jointly launched three Central AYUSH ministry-based studies related to COVID-19. These are:  Study on Ayurveda interventions as prophylaxis…

New Delhi: India on Thursday began one of the biggest evacuation exercises to bring back approximately 15,000 Indians stranded in 12 countries amid the lockdown. Air India will operate 64 repatriation flights between May 7 and May 13 for…

New Delhi: The of Ministry of Civil Aviation’s (MoCA) website crashed on Wednesday afternoon due to unprecedented traffic following the government of India’s announcement that Air India will operate 64 flights between May 7 and May 13 to…