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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has contributed Rs 51 crore to Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund in its fight against coronavirus.  "Mr Sourav Ganguly, President, Mr Jay Shah,…

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…

Mankind has witnessed numerous catastrophies in history, including calamitous outbreak of diseases. However, the enormity of the hazardous impact of coronavirus and the uncertainty of finding an antivirus/preventive, has created havoc among…

The country’s senior-most bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has said there was a gap in the number of international passengers who should have been monitored and the actual number. In view of this, he has asked state governments to…

New Delhi: China has claimed that India will win the fight against COVID-19 at an early date and also offered to help contain the pandemic in the country. “We believe that the Indian people will win the battle at an early date. China will…

Reposing faith in India, Executive Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), Michael J Ryan on Tuesday said the country will be able to effectively tackle the coronavirus pandemic because it eradicated two pandemics, polio and smallpox in…

Amitabh Bachchan has been trolled for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak on social media. In a now-deleted tweet, he had shared a theory, which claimed that clapping together on March 22 at 5 pm would make such a…

New Delhi: An economic package by the Centre is on the cards to bail out sectors affected by coronavirus, said sources on Monday.  The stage was set four days ago,  when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the formation of a special…

Gandhinagar: Gujarat reported its first coronavirus death on Sunday, making it three in a day for India and taking the toll to seven. The victim is a 69-year-old man of Surat. He was among 18 infected persons in the state. Earlier in the…