COVID-19

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that it will not be possible to end the lockdown on April 14 considering the rise in cases. He said he would consult Chief Ministers of all states, but it looked unlikely that the…

Pune: The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune has validated 7 antibody-based rapid tests and found them to be satisfactory for COVID19, said an official statement. Here's a list:

New Delhi/Mumbai: Delhi Police have filed two criminal cases against some Tablighi Jamaat members for their alleged misconduct at quarantine centres in the national capital. In Mumbai, police have filed an FIR against 150 people associated…

New Delhi: The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said India could supply Hydroxychloroquine to “some countries” which are “badly affected” by COVID-19. The government clarification came hours after US President Donald Trump hinted at a possible…

New Delhi: The group of ministers (GoM) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet on Tuesday to discuss whether to extend the 21-day lockdown in the country to break the chain of coronavirus infections. Senior bureaucrats said the…

New Delhi: The COVID-19 death toll in the country has risen to 114 and the total tally of cases to 4,421 following the detection of 354 new positive cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning. At present, there are 3,981…

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…

New Delhi: Immigration authorities on Sunday intercepted eight Malaysian nationals on board a rescue flight to Kuala Lumpur after they were identified as Tablighi Jamaat members who had attended the Nizamuddin religious congregation, which…

Bhubaneswar: To assist the nation in its fight against COVID-19, nuns of the Apostolic Carmel (AC) congregation are utilising the lockdown period for stitching protective gowns for the doctors of St John’s Hospital, Bengaluru. The AC…