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A policeman wearing a coronavirus helmet takes part with others in a procession to raise awareness about the COVID-19 coronavirus during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. (AFP)

Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami extends lockdown till April 30

CM emphasis that the move was in accordance with the recommendations of medical and public health experts in the state

13 April 2020 11:36 AM GMT

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa interacts with fruit and vegetable vendors during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Karnataka to focus on resource mobilisation to overcome financial...

Discussions going on regarding relaxations on the sale of liquor in the state

13 April 2020 11:26 AM GMT

A deserted road in Dubai (PTI photo)

Stranded in Dubai airport for 3 weeks, 19 Indians desperate to return...

Most of these stranded persons were in transit when India stopped inbound flights in view of the coronavirus pandemic

13 April 2020 11:22 AM GMT

Two women offer food to a poor woman during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19, in Chennai. (PTI)

Palaniswami issue clarification on ban on food distribution during...

On Sunday the state government had asked people not to distribute food in the streets, saying it was a violation of...

13 April 2020 10:27 AM GMT

A man holds his mother and stands in a queue outside a bank to withdraw COVID-19 relief money from their Jan Dhan accounts during a nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak, at Santipur in Nadia district. PTI photo

Coronavirus lockdown extension: PM Modi to address nation

The 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus ends on Tuesday

13 April 2020 9:31 AM GMT

Thermal screening of a patient being conducted who has come for a check-up at Flu Corner in Charak Palika Hospital during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Moti Bagh, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

How far has India reached in flattening the curve?

Aggressive testing and contact tracing needs to be taken up in the next fortnight to avoid the soaring rate of...

13 April 2020 8:47 AM GMT

A pilot (unseen) operates a Japanese spray machine for sanitizing a locality during nationwide lockdown. PTI photo

13 coronavirus patients recover in Odisha

The man, who hails from Kalahandi, was undergoing treatment at Ashwini Hospital, a dedicated facility for covid patients...

13 April 2020 8:05 AM GMT

GHMC and health department in discord upon containment zones in Hyderabad

GHMC and health department in discord upon containment zones in...

Complaints rise that in some areas the zones were set up without taking into account the ground reality

13 April 2020 7:56 AM GMT

Forensic officials arrive at Nizamuddin Markaz to conduct an investigation, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Missing Tablighi attendees from Maharashtra traced and quarantined

The religious congregation organised by Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi last month emerged as one of the major virus hotspots...

13 April 2020 7:14 AM GMT

A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of a man for COVID-19 test from the swab collection booth during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Vijayawada. (PTI)

Guntur tops Covid list with highest cases in AP

12 new coronavirus cases reported in the state on Monday, tally rises to 432

13 April 2020 7:14 AM GMT

Medical staff collect samples from people at a walk-in sample kiosk (WISK) to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Ernakulam Medical College in Kerala. (AFP)

How Kerala is poised to win the fight against Covid-19

It was the first state to report a positive case but since then it fought hard to beat down the curve

13 April 2020 7:11 AM GMT

A modified tanker is used to sanitise a locality amid nationwide lockdown over coronavirus. PTI photo

MP shifts prisoners amid lockdown, Kamal Nath raises concern over...

Till now, there was not a single COVID-19 case in Satna and Rewa districts except for these NSA detainees

13 April 2020 6:47 AM GMT