India's SAARC commitment at an advanced stage of implementation: MEA
Apr 10, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Friday said it was for each SAARC Member State to decide on the timing, manner and implementation of their SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund commitments.
India seeks lockdown extension as total COVID-19 cases cross 6,000
Apr 10, 2020, at 03:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, is seeking an extension of the nationwide lockdown, which was called for 21 days, as the total number of Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 cases went passed 6,000.
Private players appeal against SC's ruling of free COVID-19 tests
Apr 09, 2020, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The private laboratories have appealed to the Supreme Court against its ruling that said all COVID-19 tests should be done free of cost, a media report said.
India witnesses surge of 591 cases in 24 hours, total positive cases stand at 5,865
Apr 09, 2020, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded fresh 591 positive Novel Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the tally across the country to close to 6,000, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
Apr 09, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI A taxi driver has lent his privately owned hospital, built from his savings and donations in the memory of his sister, to the state government for using as a quarantine facility for the people suspected with coronavirus infection at Bauripur in South 24 Parganas district.
Lockdown can't be stopped as COVID-19 cases surging: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 09, 2020, at 04:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After Odisha extended the anti-Novel Coronavirus lockdown till Apr 30, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hinted at continuing the shutdown amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Hundreds of Tablighi Jamaat attendees still remain untraceable
Apr 09, 2020, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Over five hundred Tablighi Jamaat attendees are still untraceable and their mobile phones switched off, causing worries for the government as the congregation allegedly triggered a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, said a Times Now report.
COVID-19: Ahead of Centre's call, Odisha extends lockdown till Apr 30
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:55 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Ahead of the Centre's call on the extension of the nationwide anti-COVID-19 lockdown, the Odisha government on Thursday set Apr 30 as the due date for the lifting of the shutdown in the eastern state of India.
Odisha extends anti-Coronavirus lockdown till Apr 30
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:13 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Prioritizing people's lives ahead of the disarrayed state's economy, Odisha has extended the lockdown, which was called to stem the spread of COVID-19, in all its districts till Apr 30.
Apr 08, 2020, at 05:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has given her suggestions to the government, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to the opposition in the fight against coronavirus.
COVID-19: Uttar Pradesh orders complete shutdown in 15 districts till Apr 13
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:35 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: To stop the further spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a complete shutdown in 15 districts of the state till Apr 13, media reports said.
Quarantined Tablighi Jamaat members booked in Delhi for allegedly throwing urine in bottles
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Tablighi Jamaat members quarantined for COVID-19 in four flats in Delhi's Dwarka have been accused of throwing out urine in bottles, allegedly to spread coronavirus, an NDTV report said.
Supreme Court asks Centre to ensure free COVID-19 testing in private labs
Apr 08, 2020, at 03:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the central government to ensure free testing in private laboratories for the deadly Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, media reports said.
Tablighi Jamaat's Maulana Saad traced to Delhi's Zakir Nagar
Apr 08, 2020, at 02:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Maulana Saad, the absconding chief of the Delhi faction of Islamic missionary movement Tablighi Jamaat, has been traced by police to Zakir Nagar here days after a massive congregation of Muslim preachers came to light amid the spike in Novel Coronavirus cases in the country, Times Now reported.
PM Modi chairs all-party meeting as states appeal to Centre to extend anti-Coronavirus lockdown
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met the leaders of various political parties amid the appeals by several states to the Centre to extend the 21-day nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of Novel Coronavirus.
Indian states seek extension of nationwide lockdown to tackle COVID-19
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Several Indians states are seeking an extension of the 21-day nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 at a time India is witnessing a surge in positive cases.
Police arrest AIUDF MLA for remarks calling COVID-19 quarantine centre worst than detention camp
Apr 07, 2020, at 03:05 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police have arrested an opposition MLA in Assam for making objectionable remarks about the conditions of quarantine facilities and calling it worst than detention camps.
Railways to make 1,000 PPE overalls for its doctors, paramedics daily
Apr 07, 2020, at 02:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Taking up the in-house production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on a mission mode, Indian Railways will produce 1,000 PPE-type overalls that offers much-needed protection to its doctors and paramedics working on the frontline of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) care at Railway hospitals.
More COVID-19 testing facilities in UP: CM Yogi Adityanath
Apr 07, 2020, at 02:03 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced the increasing COVID-19 testing facilities in the state, by adding 14 more testing labs and setting up sample collection centres at all 75 district hospitals.
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Plunging into politics even in the midst of Novel Coronavirus crisis, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at the Narendra Modi government over its export of Hydrooxychloroquine or a drug linked to the cure of COVID-19 to other nations following a "retaliation" warning by US President Donald Trump.
HRD minister appeals campus recruiters not to revoke job offers amid Covid-19 crisis
Apr 06, 2020, at 11:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has appealed to all campus recruiters not to withdraw their job offers to the graduating from technical institutions.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram lashes out at the Centre for scrapping MPLAD Fund
Apr 06, 2020, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has lashed out at the Centre for scrapping the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund(MP-LAD) in view of the coronavirus crisis.
Apr 06, 2020, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has hit out at BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, who had accused the state government of fudging the COVID-19 deaths.
BJP's Amit Malviya accuses Mamata Banerjee of hiding COVID-19 figures
Apr 06, 2020, at 02:34 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Information and Technology (IT) cell head Amit Malviya has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of hiding tally of COVID-19 amid the discrepancy in figures between the ones released by the Centre and the state government.
People's discipline during anti-Coronavirus lockdown is unthinkable: PM Modi
Apr 06, 2020, at 01:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Lauding the 1.3 billion Indians, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the disciple shown by the people of his country during the 21-day nationwide anti-Novel Coronavirus lockdown was unthinkable.
Youth shot dead in Prayagraj after criticising Tablighi Jamaat for spreading coronavirus
Apr 05, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Prayagraj/IBNS: A group of unidentified assailants killed a 29-year-old youth on Sunday after he allegedly blamed the members of a community and the Tablighi Jamaat for spreading coronavirus in the country, media reports said.
COVID-19: Police using cell phone data to trace Tablighi Jamaat attendees
Apr 05, 2020, at 08:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Police is trying to trace the people who attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin in mid-March or were in the vicinity, using cellphone data, said a media report.
42% COVID-19 cases in the age group 20-40, says Health Ministry
Apr 05, 2020, at 06:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Health Ministry has said 42 per cent of the people who tested positive for the new coronavirus infection are in the age group of 21-40 years.
COVID-19: J&K Police working 24X7 to make protective gears for jawans to fight pandemic
Apr 05, 2020, at 03:48 pm
Jammu/UNI: To fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Jammu and Kashmir Police has started making protective gears round the clock at all welfare centreS in its district headquarters.
PM Modi speaks to Presidents of US, Brazil and Spain on global challenges posed by COVID-19
Apr 05, 2020, at 12:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: At a day when India's COVID-19 cases crossed 3000, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called US President Donald Trump, President of Brazil Jair Messias Bolsonaro and President of Spain Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon to discuss the global challenges posed by the pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.