The total number of deaths due to coronavirus across the world crossed the 8,000 mark on Wednesday.

According to worldometers.info, the total number of deaths across the globe were recorded at 8,270, out of 204,669 total cases.

Of total 204,669 cases, 113,528 patients were infected while 91,141 cases were closed. Of

The total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the Southeast Asian Region crossed the 500-mark on Wednesday and the disease there has claimed nine lives so far.

In a data shared by Southeast Asia region office of the WHO it showed that at least 575 cases have been confirmed so far. Eight of the 11 countries of the WHO So

Amid speculation that the only confirmed coronavirus patient in West Bengal managed to delay his hospitalisation for being the son of a senior state government official, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday warned those holding influential positions against hiding the disease and advised the foreign returnees to get themselves tested at t

In a landmark order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday used powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to restrain Manipur Minister Thounaojam Shyamkumar from entering the Legislative Assembly.

A bench headed by Justice R.F. Nariman also ordered that Shyamkumar, who defected to the BJP from Congress, will cease to be a minister fro

A verbal spat between the government and DMK members in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday turned into a fierce argument as the opposition raised the matter of statutory dues on telecom companies and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited the 2G scam and said that he was ready for a debate over the issue.

The heated exchanges b

The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that there was a "consistent decline" in violence perpetrated by Maoists in the last five years and the cases reduced by over 38 per cent in 2019 compared to 2014 during the UPA government led by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Responding to questions regarding measures

Karnataka Health Minister B. Sriramulu on Wednesday confirmed two more positive coronavirus cases in the state, raising the total to 13.

"Two more COVID-19 cases have been registered in Bengaluru on Wednesday, taking the total infected cases to 13," tweeted Sriramulu.

He said the two new cases included a 5

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said quick and aggressive action was required to tackle coronavirus, warning India will pay "extremely heavy price" for the Centre's inability to act decisively.

"Quick aggressive action is the answer to tackling the coronavirus. India is going to pay an extremely heavy pric

On the completion of three years of the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that the challenges faced by the state in these three years gave us inspiration to fight. A precautionary thermal scanning of Yogi was also done before the press conference held on the occasion.

Addressing the public

Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday directed to constitute rapid response team comprising six Executive Directors from Railway Board to coordinate the efforts of the Indian Railways across all zones.

The decision to constitute a six-member Rapid response team was tak