India
Nothing To See: COVID Origins Off-limits As China's Wuhan Touts Recovery
The Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, believed by many to be the origin of the COVID19 pandemic, is sealed behind a blue perimeter fence. A large team of security staff chases away anyone who lingers.
Noida Metro to Charge Rs 500 Fine to Commuters Without Face Mask, Rs 100 for Spitting
The services of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro, also known as the Aqua Line, are set to resume from Monday after a gap of five months with several anti-COVID precautions.
Next Three Months Challenging Due to Sharper Spike in Covid-19 Cases: Maharashtra CM
CM Uddhav Thackeray said the government will issue directives for more oxygen production in the state for medical use in view of the outbreak.
BJP Announces 70-member Steering Committee Headed by Nityanand Rai Ahead of Bihar Assembly Polls
The Union minister of state for home affairs has been made chairman-cum-convenor of the committee, while the party's state unit general secretary Devesh Kumar will be its co-convenor, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal said.
Pooling 5 Samples for Covid-19 Detection by RT-PCR May Be Acceptable Strategy: Study
According to the study, given the evolving strategies for testing worldwide which now also include testing asymptomatic individuals with pertinent contact history, the load of sample testing has grown manifold in laboratories.
India's Security Would Be Maintained in 'Extended Neighbourhood' as Well: Gen Bipin Rawat
Rawat also said that India values its emerging relationship with the US and cherishes its traditional relationship with Russia, adding the country shares a mature and robust defence and security framework with both these powers.
PM Drops Question Hour, But Forces Students to Give Answers in JEE & NEET Exams: Owaisi
The Hyderabad MP said he did not whether parties can raise questions on COVID-19 crisis and have debates on what's happening in eastern Ladakh in Parliament as there is no Question Hour.
Nat'l Teachers' Award 2020: Wins for 'Selfless' MCD Teacher & a Principal Who Introduced Global Citizenship Curriculum
Surender Singh, who has been a teacher with schools of the North MCD for the last 21 years, has an exceptional record. For the last five times, he has been in-charge of fifth-graders in his school, over 160 of his students cleared the entrance to Rajkiya...
Congress Urges PM, Defence Minister to Take Nation into Confidence on India-China Border Row
The Opposition party's demand comes a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei Fenghe held an over two-hour-long meeting in Moscow with a focus on easing escalating border tension in eastern Ladakh.
Delhi Man Duped Women of Lakhs by Posing as UK Citizen on Matrimonial Site; Arrested
A woman transferred Rs 1,21,900 into his bank account and after receiving the money, he stopped taking her calls, police said.
NIA Charge-sheets 2 for Stealing Hardware From Under-construction Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Sumit Kumar Singh of Bihar's Munger district and Daya Ram of Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district were chargesheeted on Friday under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, an NIA spokesperson said.
India Death Toll Nears 70,000 With 1,000+ Coronavirus Deaths for 4th Day, Caseload Breaches 40 Lakh
India's Covid-19 cases jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days. It took 16 more days to race past 30 lakh and 13 days more to cross the 40-lakh mark.
My Son and Daughter Think a Lot About India, I Think a Lot of Your PM: Trump's Pitch to Indian-Americans
The president, who describes himself as the “best friend ever” of India and Indian-Americans in the White House, was responding to a question about the role the three important members of his family are going to play in the 2020 election cycle with respec...
TRump's 'Malpractice' During COVID-19 Made Being Working American Life Or Death Work
President Donald Trump's economic policies during the coronavirus pandemic has made being a working American life or death work, Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden has said. Ladies and gentlemen, no matter what he (Trump...
15 Deaths, 2,891 Fresh Virus Cases In Assam
Fifteen more people died from coronavirus in Assam on Friday as 2,891 fresh cases surfaced, taking the number of infections to 1,21,224, state Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said. So far, 345 people have died from the infectio...
India's Coronavirus Tally Crosses 40 Lakh; 10 Lakh New Infections Reported in Last 13 Days
India is the third worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US and Brazil in terms of cases and deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker that has been compiling coronavirus cases from around the world.