coronavirus

New Delhi: India has tested more than 10 lakh people for coronavirus, of whom 39,980 have tested positive. Those are the figures released on Sunday by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). And they are much better than…

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: In a show of gratitude to all those serving humanity amid worldwide crisis due to coronavirus, an IAF chopper showered flower petals on the Police War Memorial and hospitals attending to COVID-19 patients in…

Hyderabad: A 60-year-old man in Hyderabad jumped to his death from the third floor of his apartment building on Saturday fearing that he might have contracted COVID-19. The deceased, identified as Vasiraju Krishna Murthy, was a resident of…

Mumbai: Amid the nationwide lockdown, 60 senior citizens living in an old age home in the city are struggling to arrange meals for themselves. According to Sacheen G Fattangare, a resident of Gurukrupa Ashram, ISKCON was providing meals…

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday clarified that all foreign and domestic flights, barring cargo operations, will be banned till May 17. “The restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo…

New Delhi: The government's contact tracing app Aarogya Setu, which started as a voluntary app, has now become mandatory. Along with the lockdown 3.0 guidelines, the Union Home Ministry on Friday said that companies and organizations will…

New Delhi: For the first time, more than 1900 new cases of coronavirus were reported in India over a 24-hour span. The government of India revealed on Friday that there have been 1,913 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the total…

New Delhi:  The nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus will be extended by two weeks after May 4. The decision was taken after a comprehensive review and in view of  the significant gains in the COVID-19…

New Delhi: The government of India (GoI), having decided to transport those stranded in different states to native places by trains, has named them ‘Shramik Special’ trains which started operations from ‘Labour Day’, that is May 1. Six…

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), government of India, on Friday issued an order, as an addition to the consolidated revised guidelines, whereby people stranded in other states, due to the coronavirus-induced nationwide…