COVID-19

New Delhi: A leading Islamic cleric has issued a fatwa (religious order) asking Muslims to get tested for COVID-19 if they show any symptoms for the disease. "It is not permissible to hide it (disease). If people do not get their treatment…

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary, Lav Agarwal, on Friday announced that 647 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 48 hours have links to the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. Twelve deaths took place in the last 24 hours, he…

New Delhi: Around 8,000 people have been tested for novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours across India, the highest in a single day. This was disclosed by the Union Health Ministry during its daily briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the…

New Delhi: Around 400 attendees of Markaz Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin in Delhi have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "We were informed about Tablighi Jamaat congregation's link to Covid-19 cases by Telangana. Since then we have…

New Delhi: Some of the 167 attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat quarantined here have reportedly "misbehaved" and "even spit" at health officials, including doctors attending them. They are quarantined at a railway facility in Tughlakabad. "At…

Indore: Police have arrested four people for pelting stones at health officials here on Wednesday. Protesters in Taat Patti Bakhal area had attacked a team of five health officials who were trying to trace contacts of a patient who had…

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has invited artists from all walks of life to share their experience about the coronavirus pandemic at a competition titled ‘United against CORONA- Express through Art’. The…

New Delhi: India saw the highest spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 386 people testing positive for the infection, taking the country's count to 1,637. According to the Union Health Ministry, 38 people have succumbed to the virus so…

Bareilly: After a viral video showing migrant workers being sprayed with chemicals in Uttar Pradesh (UP) angered denizens, Bareilly district magistrate Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he had not seen the clips yet, but would definitely…

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.…