New Delhi, With the number of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in India rising to 677, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that it will hand over its newly built 332-bed hostel in Gujarats Vadodara as a backup quarantine centre.

The Railway Ministry said in a tweet, "Indian Railways has identified the new

New Delhi, BLK Super Specialty Hospital and Max Healthcare on Thursday announced they will begin admissions of COVID-19 patients from Friday.

Max Healthcare said that treatment will be available in specially designated isolation wards of their hospitals, at Saket and Patparganj in Delhi.

The units a

Patna,  Farmers confronted with the coronavirus lockdown in Bihar and across the country are now worrying about standing crops in the fields which cannot be harvested.

Farmers were already disturbed by the untimely rains and now there is uneasiness over the crops left in the fields.

Farmer lead

New Delhi, The new coronavirus which has infected close to 5 lakh people, including over 22,000 deaths globally, is now looking to wreak havoc in three countries it has spared so far – India, Russia and South Africa.

Russia which seemed virtually untouched to date – with just seven confirmed infections

Kolkata,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has penned a song alerting people of the state about the cornonavirus pandemic, assuring them of their ultimate victory in fighting the disease amidst the ongoing nationwide lockdown.


The brief 45-second song has been set to tune by Banerjee herself

Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur researchers have taken an initiative to carry out a study on travel and social distancing perspectives of Indian citizens during the recent outbreak of Covid-19, throwing light on understanding people's psyche preparedness in case of a lockdown.

The study also takes a look at people'

Jaipur,  A crisis, often times, makes people show their best. And it's proving true in the time of lockdown due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

In Rajasthan, people can be seen extending a helping hand to those stranded due to the 21-day lockdown by providing food and even money. The people are also seen trying

New Delhi, In an unprecedented move amid the ongoing COVID19 crisis, President Ram Nath Kovind would address all the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the country through a video conference on Friday morning.

Vice-president Venkaiah Naidu is also expected to join the all important conference from his residence

New Delhi,  Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting on Wednesday to review actions and preparedness for Covid-19 management.

Stressing the importance of social distancing for effective containment of the disease, he asked all the states to be more vigilant and implement all possi

Kolkata,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday paid surprise visits to markets, pulling up police officers for shutting shops selling essentials and marking circles to denotie how people should queue up in markets and before retail and wholesale outlets to maintain social distance amidst the ongoing lockdown to p