PM Narendra Modi, in a letter to citizens on completion of the first year of his second term on Friday, said the collective strength and resolve of people could be seen in the way India has dealt with coronavirus, as despite the “tremendous suffering” of the people, massive efforts ensured that “inconvenience” didn’t turn into […]

Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday indicated that Maharashtra, especially hotspots like Mumbai and Pune, would continue to remain under lockdown—albeit with a few further relaxations

PM Narendra Modi, in a letter to citizens on completion of the first year of his second term on Friday, said the collective strength and resolve of people could be seen in the way India has dealt with coronavirus, as despite the “tremendous suffering” of the people, massive efforts ensured that “inconvenience” didn’t turn into […]

The percentage of people who have been infected with Covid-19 across the world so far is still in the single digits. The precise herd immunity threshold is not yet clear; but experts believe it would be higher than 60%. Even in some of the hardest-hit cities in the world, a vast majority of people still […]

India on Friday conveyed to the US that it was eyeing to resolve the military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh through existing bilateral mechanisms, sending a clear message to Washington for the second consecutive day that President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate on the border row was not acceptable to it.

The gross domestic product or GDP data released on Friday showed that the economy slowed to 3.1 per cent in the January-March quarter, partly as a result of the Covid-19 clampdown.

India’s Covid-19 count has crossed the 1.6 lakh mark and a total of 4,706 people have lost their lives due to the infection. With this, India climbed to the ninth spot among countries with the highest Covid-19 caseloads. Stay here for all live updates

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi passed away on Friday at the age of 74. Ajit Jogi was admitted to a hospital in Raipur on May 9 after he suffered a cardiac and respiratory arrest. A bureaucrat-turned politician, Jogi had served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh (2000-03) in then Congress government after the […]