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New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday decided to partially lift the lockdown measures for certain sectors from April 20. While agriculture, IT & ITes (50 per cent capacity), e-commerce, courier, banks, hotels that are…

New Delhi: India on Tuesday registered an increase of 1,211 COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths in 24 hours, making it the largest spike in cases since January. Then followed the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the lockdown has…

Amid a large number of people stranded away from their homes, Google India has teamed up with the Indian government to locate night shelters and places where food is available in cities. The feature is available on smartphones and also on…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the nation and announced extension of the COVID-19 lockdown till May 3. "Harsher measures will be taken till April 20 to stop the spread of coronavirus," he warned. However,…

New Delhi: On the final day of the 21-day lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that it would be further extended till May 3. "India's holistic and integrated approach has been praised by all other nations. Only social…

Mumbai: Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi is finding it hard to practise social distancing, one of the necessary precautions to fight COVID-19. With over 60,000 families and 8.5 lakh people residing in an area of 2.4 sq km, the slum could…

New Delhi: A day before the 21-day countrywide lockdown is set to end, some Union ministers and government staff resumed office on Monday. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) was one such government department where senior officials and…

New Delhi: Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday allayed fears of foodgrains shortage in the country, informing that there is enough in godowns for nine months of PDS supply to over 81 crore beneficiaries.…

Chandigarh: In a gruesome attack on frontline personnel fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Sikhs chopped off a policeman’s hand and hurt two other police officials in Punjab’s Patiala district on Sunday morning. According to…

New Delhi: India has reported a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With 1000 new cases, the active cases in the country now stand at 7,367.  As many as 273 people have succumbed to the deadly virus so far, according to the…