India

New Delhi: The Government released the latest tally of COVID-19 patients in the country in its daily press briefing. Here are the official figures as on Tuesday. 3252 cases recovered/discharged (17.48% recovery %)  18,601 total…

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday advised states not to use rapid test kits for the next two days amid reports of their being faulty, reported PTI. ICMR will issue an advisory after their teams carry out…

New Delhi: Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh's daughter and ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's elder sister Mona, is a doctor with a sportsperson’s winning streak, quite like her father and brother. Dr Mona is attending to COVID-19 patients at…

Chandigarh: Don’t eat Chinese and other cuisine to combat COVID-19. Instead, people should go back to the traditional desi diet taken in villages to boost immunity, said the high priest (Jathedar) of Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh speaking…

New Delhi: The Central government on Monday closed all departmental canteens in its offices as a preventive measure to contain the spread of COVID-19, said an order by the Ministry of Personnel. "It has been decided with the approval of…

New Delhi: The Government on Monday allowed surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be converted  to ethanol to be utilised for making alcohol-based hand-sanitisers and in blending for the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP)…

New Delhi: The government on Saturday made its prior approval mandatory for foreign direct investments from countries that share land borders with India to curb "opportunistic takeovers" of domestic firms following the Covid-19 pandemic.…

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have extended the validity of pre-paid mobile plans till May 3 for users who could not recharge their account due to the lockdown. The extension in validity altogether benefits around 12 crore…

Mumbai: The vanity vans used by Bollywood stars will now be used by female cops across 22 locations in Mumbai, reported IANS. The initiative is called Mission Suraksha. Under it, the Producers Guild of India has decided to donate…

Jaipur: Never has a Bollywood song been trolled so badly. And to be used as a torture device? Almost unheard of. The remixed version of AR Rehman’s hit song Masakali from the movie Delhi 6 is being used to torture people violating lockdown…