The Indian Railways has stepped up its efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus by producing almost 6 lakh face masks and over 40,000 litres of hand sanitiser.
Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah celebrated the CRPF in tweets honouring a small contingent of soldiers who, despite being outnumbered, successfully fought off an attack by a Pakistani force on April 9, 1965
A decision by the Supreme Court to make testing for coronavirus free places an unfair financial burden on medical firms and could see a reduction in testing, already among the world's lowest, said business leaders and health experts.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration today to respond to a plea seeking directions to them to restore 4G internet in the Union Territory in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
She is 95, but her heart is still beautiful enough to donate one month's pension to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the fight against COVID-19, and her withered frame is still strong enough to sew face masks for the front line workers.
The lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus will not be lifted in one go after April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said amid a spurt in COVID-19 infections in the country. PM Modi, in a video meeting with leaders of all parties, reportedly said that the situation in the country is akin to a 'social emergency'.
A 100 per cent centrally-funded scheme to strengthen national and state-level health systems was approved on Wednesday as India fights to control the spread of the infectious COVID-19 virus, the government has said
The Centre has approved the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness package aimed at boosting national and state health systems to support procurement of essential medical equipment and drugs, and strengthening of surveillance activities.
Three days after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown, Devender Singh revved up his motorcycle to deliver meat and eggs to customers - but his heart was in his mouth as he closed in on a police barricade on a deserted road in New Delhi.
The Odisha government today announced it has extended the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic till April 30, becoming the first state to do so as the number of patients infected by the novel coronavirus continue to rise across the country.
A 68-year-old retired teacher from Spain who can't return to his country because of the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic is among thousands of migrants workers who are living in a camp in Mumbai.
A second stimulus package $13 billion (1300 crores) and focus on help for small and medium businesses weathering the coronavirus outbreak, two senior officials said on Wednesday.
Ninety-three new cases of infection by the novel coronavirus were detected in Delhi over the past 24 hours, as per government data released this morning, taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 669
Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday April 09, 2020, Patna
Of the 295 patients admitted to Patna's Nalanda Medical College and Hospital with symptoms of COVID-19, at least 25 have tested positive. Doctors say they had mild symptoms and many of them have now been discharged and quarantined at home.
