The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that South East Asia should step up "aggressive measures" in the battle against the spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

As infections in the region continue to rise, countries are forced to close borders and schools, the BBC reported.

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Ministers as well as MPs have to go through thermal scanning before getting entry into Parliament premises on Wednesday for the first time as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of novel coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The thermal screening began in Parliament as the government decided not to continue the house and

Rebels Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, who are camping in Bengaluru, issued a video message on Wednesday, refusing to meet former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh and other Congress leaders who have gone to meet them and reiterated that they were there out of their own choice.

"Have come to Bengaluru on our own. For the past

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday adjourned the House till 2 pm after an uproar by opposition Congress lawmakers over the detention of sitting member Digvijaya Singh by police in Karnataka's Bengaluru earlier in the day.

While members were discussing various issues during Zero Hour, Congress member MV Rajiv G

At least 130 active COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in India so far.

However, the total number of cases in the country since the onset of novel coronavirus spread is 147.

The data was compiled by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday till 9 a.m.

The data showed the first conf

Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar will record his statement before the Koregaon-Bhima Inquiry Commission on the violence that erupted there on January 1, 2018, an official said.

Headed by former Bombay High Court Chief Justice J.N. Patel, the Commission - which is currently on a break till March 30 owing to the COV

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday cautioned MPs not to ask questions based on what is published in newspapers and raise issues only on the basis of their own information.

Birla's direction came after A. Raja, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and an MP from Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, referred to a newspaper article w

San Francisco, March 18  Two Democratic senators have slammed Google for allowing face mask-selling ads on its platform, asking the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pursue enforcement action against the tech giant.

According to a CNN report, Senators Mark Warner of Virginia and Richard Blumenthal of Conne

New Delhi, March 18  With all preparations in place once again at the Tihar Central Jail here for the March 20 hanging to death of four convicts awarded the capital punishment in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, a 'dummy trial' was held on the prison premises on Wednesday morning.

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New Delhi, March 18  The Congress has decided to contest both the seats in Gujarat despite 5 of its MLAs have resigned from the party.

In a meeting between Congress leaders of the state and observers B.K. Hari Prasad and Rajni Patil, the state leaders said that they only need one vote technically and with the