Baseless: Govt on claims Lockdown21 will be extended

New Delhi (IANS) Debunking viral reports on social media that claimed government will extend the 21-day lockdown, the Centre on Monday denied them as 'baseless'.

"There are rumours and media reports, claiming that the Government will…

TB vaccine a potential new tool to fight COVID-19: Study

New York (IANS) Examining how the COVID-19 has impacted different countries, researchers have found that Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB), could be a potential new tool in the fight against the disease.

The study…

Migrant exodus under control, states to enforce lockdown: MHA

New Delhi (IANS) A day after its move to curb the movement of lakhs of migrant workers across states in an exodus prompted by a 21-day nationwide lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 spread, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced that the situation…

Is coronavirus less virulent in India? Too early to say

New Delhi (IANS) As SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, keeps wreaking havoc globally, a new study has come out with the finding that there may be a unique mutation in the Indian genome that needs to be studied further…

Two catalysts which have changed India and US for good (Comment)

What will the world look like after the coronavirus induced shut down? I am not in possession of a crystal ball for global survey but I can activate my intuition on the basis of two stories I have covered. I was in the US for the 2016 Presidential…

India to be fastest growing G20 economy on Covid-19 impact as global economy shrinks

New Delhi (IANS) India will emerge as the fastest growing economy among the G20 countries even as Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has slashed Indias GDP growth forecast to 2.1 per cent from 6 per cent in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.

'Missing' posters put up in Sonia's Rae Bareli

Rae Bareli (IANS) Politics continues to pay out even in times of crisis and lockdown in Uttar Pradesh.

In Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi,‘missing' posters cropped up on Saturday night in which…

Modi apologises for harsh steps to fight COVID-19

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday during his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' apologised for taking harsh steps to fight COVID-19 outbreak.

He said, "I apologise for taking these harsh steps which have caused…

Stop movement of people across cities, seal borders: Centre to states

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Sunday directed the states to strictly follow the nationwide lockdown norms and stop the movement of people across the cities, advising them to arrange shelter, food and other facilities for migrant labourers at their…

US enacts largest relief package in history

New York (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed the largest economic stimulus package in history worth about $2 trillion to rescue the nation from the clutches of the coronavirus pandemic after Congress in a rare show of unity passed it.