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The government on Monday released interesting figures on coronavirus cases in India, with a break-up of the numbers as per different age groups. According to an official of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, almost half -- 47% to…

Fearing that she had contracted the novel coronavirus, a 60-year-old woman from Phagwara in Punjab committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance,  police said. Santosh Kaur, a resident of Khurampur village, complained of a throat…

Mumbai: A 36-year-old man was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly posting on Facebook that the novel coronavirus outbreak was a result of government conspiracy and the people should not reveal information to authorities. He was identified as…

New Delhi: With the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin last month emerging as the top hotspot of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, several Muslim leaders, including controversial preacher Zakir Naik, have condemned the…

New Delhi: In view of the situation emerging out of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Union Cabinet on Monday approved an ordinance reducing allowances and pension of members of Parliament by 30 per cent for a year from April 1. It was done by…

Ahmedabad: A cheating and forgery case has been registered against a person for putting up an advertisement on second-hand goods site OLX, selling the Statue of Unity to raise funds for the fight against coronavirus. The unknown user from…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it will be a long war against coronavirus and exhorted Indians not to be tired or take rest as they have to emerge victorious. “I state it with full responsibility that this is a long…

Images of India light up, supposedly taken from space, have gone viral, post '9pm9Baje' initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Also like Diwali, the images are claimed to have been taken by NASA. Messages and posts about how…

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will be receiving 7 lakh rapid antibody testing kits by April 8 to ramp up COVID-19 tests in hotspot areas. The results of antibody tests take 15-30 minutes.. Of the new kits, 5 lakh…

Lucknow: Singer Kanika Kapoor was discharged from a hospital here on Monday after complete recovery from coronavirus. The 42-year-old singer was discharged after testing negative in her sixth test at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of…