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Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope inaugurates 1100-bed COVID-19 Quarantine Centre built by NMMC at CIDCO Exhibition Center Vashi, during the nationwide lockdown, in Navi Mumbai, Thursday.

India surpasses UK in COVID-19 cases, at 4th position now

The government, however, said that it is not fair to compare India with other countries that have lesser population.

11 Jun 2020 11:21 PM IST

A bus in Maharashtra is being disinfected on Thursday. (PTI)

Coronavirus cases remain just 4 short of crossing 10K mark on daily...

Around 49.21 per cent patients have recovered so far.

11 Jun 2020 4:12 PM IST

IIT Madras is the top ranked institute in India.

IIT Madras top institution in India, 37 from South India; check NIRF...

NIRF framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.

11 Jun 2020 3:51 PM IST

Dark clouds gather in the sky over Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. PTI photo

COVID-19 spreading at an alarming rate in Telangana: Central team...

Community involvement in control of the disease was among the topics discussed at the meeting between the officials and...

11 Jun 2020 1:13 PM IST

A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Palghar lynching: Supreme Court seeks Maharashtra government-'s...

An FIR into the killings was registered on April 18 at the Kasa police station in Palghar.

11 Jun 2020 12:47 PM IST

Midhani, said: We are the only manufacturer of titanium alloys and major supplier of super alloys in India. Midhani has indigenously developed and supplied various special metals and alloys required for Isros space programmes from its first mission and continues to support all of Isro missions. (Photo: PTI)

Soon, private sector can use Isro facilities to ensure level playing...

Future projects for planetary exploration and outer space travel will also be opened for private sector.

11 Jun 2020 11:42 AM IST

PG doctors stage a protest against alleged misbehavior and manhandling of doctors treating COVID-19 patients during the nationwide lockdown, near Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. PTI photo

Gandhi doctors reject Etala-'s call to end strike

Gandhi hospital doctors demand that Covid patients be distributed

11 Jun 2020 11:38 AM IST

A farmer holds a plough for tilling a field ahead of Monsoons arrival, amid ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. PTI photo

No community transmission of COVID-19 in Telangana: ICMR

Etala Rajendar credited the absence of community transmission of Covid-19 in Telangana state to proper implementation of...

11 Jun 2020 11:31 AM IST

Students wearing protective masks and maintaining social distancing norms undergo thermal screening before appearing in the higher secondary school examinations of Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Bhopal. PTI photo

Virus recovery rate improves in Madhya Pradesh even as cases jump

The tally of confirmed cases in Bhopal has jumped to 1958

11 Jun 2020 10:37 AM IST

Children play at Bandra Reclamation, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI photo

Uddhav hints at tightening lockdown rules in Maharashtra

Under the relaxations, the Maharashtra government has allowed shops, markets and market areas to function for full...

11 Jun 2020 10:18 AM IST

Devotees throng the Sampath Vinayak Temple at Asilmetta in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. (DC Photo: K Narasimha Murthy)

218 new COVID-19 positive cases detected in Andhra Pradesh

A significant number of them are returnees from abroad or other places in India

11 Jun 2020 9:58 AM IST

The OP Jinal Global University.

OP Jindal Global University top private Indian varsity in QS world...

Of the 20 IOEs selected by the Indian government, only 13 found a place in the QS World University Rankings 2021.

11 Jun 2020 9:55 AM IST