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Hyderabad suddenly emerges as 'high focus area' with a surge in...

Sixty-one new cases reported in one day in Telangana, most of them from capital city

14 April 2020 8:52 AM IST

Workers prepare masks, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, to be distributed among the needy people, at GSB hall, Sion, in Mumbai. PTI photo

Maharashtra mulls cluster containment action plan to stop surging...

The country's financial capital now alone accounts for 1540 COVID-19 cases and 101 deaths

14 April 2020 8:38 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Supreme Court terms PIL against PM CARES Fund 'misconceived'

The prime minister is the ex-officio chairman of the fund and the defence, home and finance ministers are its ex-officio...

13 April 2020 6:17 PM IST

A firefighter sprays disinfectant on closed shops during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Coorg resort sealed after tourists flout lockdown orders

Police book cases against the five tourists as well for violating district collector's order

13 April 2020 5:59 PM IST

Stranded UK citizens wait to board their flight at the Ahmedabad airport amid coronavirus lockdown. A special British Airways flight flew back UK citizens stranded in India. PTI photo

Foreigners stranded in India over coronavirus lockdown get visa...

The foreign nationals are stranded in the country due to the 21-day lockdown announced on March 24 to curb the spread of...

13 April 2020 5:59 PM IST

A medic collects swab sample of a person for covid19 at a sample collection centre in Bhubaneswar. PTI photo

Resurgence of virus cases in China worries India

909 coronavirus cases, 34 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hrs, says Health Ministry

13 April 2020 5:33 PM IST

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 5:06 PM IST

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 4:56 PM IST

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 4:52 PM IST

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 3:57 PM IST

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 3:01 PM IST

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 2:17 PM IST