Coronavirus

Mumbai: In what could be a game-changer for India in the fight against the novel coronavirus, Pune-based Mylabs Discovery Solutions on Tuesday received the go-ahead from the authorities to manufacture its low-cost testing kits. The…

New Delhi: Amazon.com Inc’s India unit on Tuesday said it will temporarily stop taking orders for non-essential products and disable their deliveries. This is an attempt to fulfil critical needs of its customers at a time when much of the…

Kochi: Notwithstanding the state-wide lockdown against coronavirus, tipplers stood in long queues outside state-run liquor outlets across Kerala on Tuesday. As the tipplers thronged the outlets, officials asked them to ensure that they…

Dubai: This bit of news will leave you stupefied. You won’t know whether to laugh or cry but you will certainly be filled with pity. A UAE-based Indian resident, dozed off at Dubai airport’s Terminal 3 and missed the last flight to India…

Reposing faith in India, Executive Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), Michael J Ryan on Tuesday said the country will be able to effectively tackle the coronavirus pandemic because it eradicated two pandemics, polio and smallpox in…

New Delhi: In the wake of the coronavirus crisis in the country, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the last date for filing Income Tax returns will be extended to June 30, 2020. Similarly, GST returns can…

Mumbai: Policemen forced a group of people here to do sit-ups in Kalyan area after they were found to be loitering outside without reason amid the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. The police action against the violators came…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm on Tuesday and discuss “key aspects” of the Coronavirus outbreak that has killed nine and infected 492 people in India. “I will share some important things with the…

First the good news. The number of coronavirus patients who have recovered worldwide has crossed one lakh and now stands at 102,429, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has informed. On a negative note, however, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom…

New Delhi: The number of positive coronavirus cases in India rose to 498, with as many as 99 new cases reported on Monday. Nine people have died because of the disease so far. Around 246 cases were reported in the last 3 days as India…