coronavirus

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said that there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came into force on March 24 midnight. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry tweeted that Cabinet…

New Delhi: Realising the extraordinary psychological, social, economic and cultural significance of coronavirus pandemic for the human society in the times to come, the National Book Trust (NBT), India, is working on a series 'Corona…

New Delhi: Here's a piece of good news. Nearly 10 per cent of 979 COVID-19 cases in India have recovered from the infection. The Ministry of Health on Sunday put the official recovery figure at 86. The disease has so far claimed 25 lives.…

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday asked all state governments and Union Territory administrations to effectively seal state and district borders to stop the movement of migrant workers during the countrywide lockdown against coronavirus,…

Mumbai: Pune-based virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale led from the front to create India’s first testing kit for coronavirus even when she was in the last stage of her pregnancy. The efforts of Bhosale and her 10-member team at Mylab…

Bhubaneswar: Amid the lockdown, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given a breather to citizens and businesses to defer their loan payments by three months. Here is a list of popular queries: Is it a loan waiver? No, it is a deferment.…

New Delhi: Five days into the three-week countrywide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday apologised to the nation for the “hard decision”. At the same time, he underscored the need to enforce…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the launch of a new fund to combat the coronavirus crisis and similar situations arising in the future. Among the first to respond is film star Akshay Kumar who has pledged Rs 25 crore.…

New Delhi: A trend analysis based on 720 confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has revealed that Dubai is the leading source of imported cases in the country. According to the analysis, 100 of the 720 cases had flown in from Dubai, which is a…

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced a three-month moratorium for EMIs on all outstanding loans in wake of the coronavirus crisis and consequent lockdown in the country.. "All commercial, regional, rural, NBFCs and…