New Delhi,  A global survey as well as an India-specific The IANS C-VOTER Gallup International Association Corona Tracker 1 threw a variety of interesting findings as far as how seriously Indians take using sanitizers to how comfortable are they in imposing self quarantine.

Modi government's cause for che

New Delhi,  All integrated check posts (ICPs) at all airports, seaports, land ports, rail ports, and river ports are closed down to contain the spread COVID-19 outbreak in India.

"In continuation of restrictions and advisories the undersigned is directed to covey the orders of Central government to

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Monday decided to shut regular courts and Tuesday onwards it will hear only "extreme urgent matter" through video conferencing.

According to a circular issued by the apex court, the benches may be constituted to hear only matters involving extreme urgency, which will

Ahmedabad,  Shocked by the positive cases in the state piling up within just four to five days to a total of 30, the Gujarat government has decided to go for stringent lockdown-like measures in the entire state from Tuesday till March 31.

The Directorate General of Police (DGP) Gujarat, Shivanand Jha sai

New Delhi,  The government has fast tracked validation of new tasting kits for the deadly coronavirus, for commercial use.

"ICMP NIV Pune has completed evaluation of 9 non-US FDA EUA/CE IVD kits. Only test kits with 100 per cent concordance Mong true positive and true negative samples have been recommend

New Delhi,  Thirty states and union territories announced complete lockdown in their entire territories covering as many as 548 districts, the government said on Monday. The unprecedented decision was taken in the wake of the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.

The 30 states imposing complete lockdown include

Jaipur,  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday appealed to the people of the state to stay indoors and follow all rules of the lockdown or else the state government shall be forced to impose curfew in the state.

Gehlot said in a twee, "I am appealing to all of you for the sake of your lives. St

Ottawa, A Sikh non-profit has launched an emergency food bank in Canada to assist with the overwhelming demand for food, supplies and hygiene products to help those in need amid the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported.

The organisation, United Sikhs, has appealed to the public to avoid, "panic buying"

New Delhi, Alarmed by the number of people being testing positive for new coronavirus, Apollo Hospitals has developed an online self-assessment scan for COVID-19.

For the self-assessment scan, people need to visit the website 'apollo247.com'.

Once you open the website, you will see a me

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to constitute two benches for hearing "extremely urgent matters" through video conferencing facility.

A high-level meeting was held between three Supreme Court judges -- Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose and senior members of Bar associations -- Du