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The management at home requires following the instructions and keeping the treating doctor informed. AFP Photo

Treat COVID-19 patients at home with care, doctors say

More doctors are counselling home isolation for patients with mild symptoms of cough, fever, cold, diarrhoea and...

28 Jun 2020 7:29 PM IST

Mumbaikars thronged salons which were thrown open after 3 months of lockdown in the city. (DC Photo- Rajesh Jadhav)

Mumbai salons reopen three months after lockdown

The parlours and salons falling under the COVID-19 containment zones did not open

28 Jun 2020 5:09 PM IST

Universities should not conduct exams amid pandemic: Kapil Sibal

Universities should not conduct exams amid pandemic: Kapil Sibal

Holding online exams will be -"extremely discriminatory-" because remote areas do not have the required facility

28 Jun 2020 4:09 PM IST

Fifty prisoners of the Akola jail and 28 other people in Akola district of Maharashtra tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

50 prisoners in Maharashtra-'s Akola jail test COVID-19 positive

The district jail currently has nearly 300 prisoners, a jail official said, adding that facility has not taken in any...

28 Jun 2020 3:56 PM IST

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurapp. Private hospitals cant deny treatment to patients having COVID-19 or symptoms in Karnataka. (PTI Photo)

Karnataka govt warns private hospitals against denying treatment to...

-"Non-compliance of this order will attract punishment under sections of Disaster Management Act 2005,-" an order read

28 Jun 2020 1:24 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI photo)

Boycott of Chinese goods is befitting response by Aatma Nirbhar India:...

Modi-'s strong words on his monthly -'Mann ki Baat-' broadcast came amid a standoff between Indian and Chinese armies in...

28 Jun 2020 12:20 PM IST

A farm labourer plants paddy saplings in a field in the outskirts of Ropar. PTI photo

Rural India remains untouched by pandemic: PM Modi tells AAPI

Modi said India has performed much better in the fight against the coronavirus

28 Jun 2020 11:57 AM IST

A health worker marks the hands of residents with home quarantine stamp, at Bhaji Galli Road no. 3 of Andheri East in Mumbai. PTI photo

India records highest single-day spike of 20,000 COVID-19 cases

This is the fifth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 15,000

28 Jun 2020 11:32 AM IST

Rural Telangana has been more compliant with guidelines to combat the spread of the coronavirus. (Representational image)

Rural Telangana adopts COVID-19 precautions while Hyderabad struggles

Coronavirus incidence in rural districts is still in the three digits while it galloping in the state capital

28 Jun 2020 11:31 AM IST

This combination of satellite images taken on May 22, 2020 (left) and June 23 Maxar Technologies shows construction in the Galwan river valley near the Line of Actual Control between India and China. (AP)

Satellite images show buildup on India-China LAC

Images show India has built a wall on its side and the Chinese expanded an outpost at the end of a long road connected...

28 Jun 2020 8:53 AM IST

Demand for medical oxygen has soared since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic. (AFP)

Telangana moves to supply oxygen straight to COVID-19 hospital beds

Presently, portable oxygen cylinders are being used atÂ COVID-19 hospitals

28 Jun 2020 8:18 AM IST

With the coronavirus epidemic spreading to the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam, villagers set up barricades like this to ward off the virus. (DC Photo: K Narisimha Murthy)

Andhra Pradesh has its worst corona day yet

State records the highest number of deaths in a single day and the highest number of new cases in a day

28 Jun 2020 7:41 AM IST