New Delhi, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan on Sunday announced to contribute 1 crore rupees from his MPLADS budget and his one month salary to PM relief fund 'PMCARES' to combat coronavirus disease in the country.

Taking it to Twitter, Harshvardhan said: "I pledge Rs 1 crore

Chennai, Two Covid-19 patients were discharged from a Tamil Nadu hospital while eight persons were found to be coronavirus positive on Sunday as the fifth day of the nationwide lockdown passed off peacefully in the state.

With the eight new coronavirus positive cases, the total number of persons who have tested po

Chandigarh, Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said bodies of three Sikhs killed in the Kabul gurdwara attack, whose families were based in India, would be brought back to the country on Monday.

She appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to facilitate the relocation

Amaravati, The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday decided to reduce relaxation in the lockdown by two hours in urban areas as part of new measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The people in urban areas can now buy the essential commodities from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. against 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. The relaxation is

Bengaluru, The Karnataka government confirmed seven more positive corona cases, raising the total cases to 83, an official said on Sunday.

"To date, 83 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state," said a health official.

Currently, 75 people are undergoing treatment at design

New Delhi, The Delhi SIkh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Sunday appealed to common citizens and corporate houses to donate money or grocery items for the poor and marginalised at any of the nearest Gurdwaras to arrange food for the needy people during the 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of novel coronav

Kolkata, The West Bengal government here on Saturday took a series of measures to prevent movement of migrant labourers.

It asked the district administrations to arrange temporary shelters and food, and also directed employers to pay full wages on the due day, irrespective of the fact that their establishments wer

New Delhi, Airline majors IndiGo and SpiceJet on Sunday operated two relief flights from Delhi to Jodhpur.

Accordingly, these independent flights of the two airlines were operated to ferry 136 (SpiceJet) and 139 (IndiGo) passengers from New Delhi to Army Isolation centre in Jodhpur. These passengers had come back

New Delhi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday participated in a meeting, via videoconferencing, of all state presidents to assess and discuss the preparedness of state units and party organisations in fighting the Covid-19 spread.

State leaders shared the actions taken so far in the wake of Covid

Miami, Fourteen crew members aboard Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), reports said.

According to reports, a crew member aboard the ship on Saturday recorded the Oasis of the Seas' captain making an announcement that 14 people had tested positive.