New Delhi, The Centre on Sunday directed the states to strictly follow the nationwide lockdown norms and stop the movement of people across the cities, advising them to arrange shelter, food and other facilities for migrant labourers at their workplace.

The direction came amid mass exodus of migrant labourers from

Thiruvananthapuram, In violation of the lockdown in force in Kerala, over a thousand migrant labourers hailing from various states on Sunday gathered at Payipadu near Changnacherry in Kottayam district and demanded that they be sent back home.

A few hours after they had staged a protest, police in large numbers ch

New Delhi, In fight against novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, country's premiere investigating agency CBI has decided to extend monetary support to the government in the need of the hour with its officials pledging to donate their one-day salary in PM-CARES fund.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Lucknow, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday took to the roads here to make a reality check of the arrangements made during the lockdown.

The Chief Minister visited the Mohaan road toll plaza where the interacted with migrants and asked them to remain quarantined and report to the medical facility if they

New Delhi, SpiceJet on Sunday said that one of its pilots has tested positive for novel coronavirus infection.

A spokesperson with the airline said that the 'First Officer' did not operate any international flight in March and the last domestic flight he operated was on March 21 from Chennai to Delhi. Sinc

New Delhi, In a controversy triggered by the economist Ramanan Lakshminarayan's alarmist report on the extent of coronavirus pandemic in India, John Hopkins University tied itself in several knots over the weekend.

An economist turned entrepreneur, Lakshminarayan in several media interviews last week had predi

New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday expressed his party's solidarity with the government in the time of crisis and also suggested measures to overcome the panic and insulate the economy.

"The number of poor, who are daily wagers, is simply too

New Delhi, Personal protection equipment should be provided to doctors because if they have to fight the war against COVID-19 with insufficient gadgets, they are going to lose it, said Doctor Mahendra Atmaram Borse, who appeared on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on Sunday.

Bors

Bhubaneswar, The Odisha government on Sunday asked all District Collectors and Municipal Commissioners to emphasise on surveillance and contact tracing to contain the spread of coronavirus in the state.

In a letter, Health Secretary N.B. Dhal said active surveillance is the foundation of prevention and containment

Jaipur, Two more positive cases were registered on Sunday in Rajasthan taking the tally of COVID-19 positive cases to 56 in the state.

The fresh positive case from Bhilwara was identified as a 53-year-old female who was an In patient department (IPD patient whose treating doctor was Pawan Ola) of Bangar Hospital.<