Covid-19: In 2 days, Railways cancels 149 trains till April 1

New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Wednesday cancelled 64 more trains as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, taking the total number of trains cancelled to 149.

The Northern Railways cancelled 18 trains…

Scindia clears hurdle as Kamal Nath stares at ouster

Bhopal (IANS) Election officer A.P. Singh on Tuesday cleared the nomination papers of BJP Rajya Sabha nominees Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki after rejecting the written objections against them.

The development came as a booster…

Digvijaya Singh taken into preventive custody in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (IANS) Ahead of apex court hearing on the Madhya Pradesh political crisis, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reached Bengaluru early morning on Wednesday and tried to go to Ramada Hotel where the rebel Congress MLAs are lodged.

However,…

COVID-19 hits all 50 US states, toll surges to 108

Washington, March 18 (IANS) The deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has now hit all 50 states in the US. With West Virginia reporting its first case of infection on Tuesday, Governor Jim Justice said, "We knew this was coming."

New York…

130 active cases in India, Bengal confirms its first patient

New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) 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…

Vaishno Devi Yatra suspended amid COVID-18 outbreak

Srinagar, March 18 (IANS) In the wake of coronavirus threat Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra has been suspended on Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said.

"Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra has been closed from today. All…

Those at helm in Cong must listen to voices of concern: Sibal

New Delhi (IANS) After the exit of Jyotiradiya Scindia and many Congress leaders airing their views about the party affairs regarding course correction and who should lead the party, former Union Minister Kapil Sibal has said, "I think those public…

SC threatens to jail MDs of telcos over AGR fiasco

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Telcos, the government and even the media as it said no further objection to its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) order will be allowed against the payable dues which sums up to Rs 1.47…

Coronavirus could kill 22 lakh Americans, warns study

London, March 18 (IANS) In the absence of a vaccine and drastic measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the disease may kill as many as 22 lakh people in the US and over 5 lakh in the UK, according to new projections by London's…

Supercomputer to forecast COVID-19 spread

Beijing, March 18 (IANS) Chinese researchers have developed a system based on a supercomputer to forecast the spread trend of COVID-19 and evaluate the effect of prevention and control, according to the Science and Technology Daily.

Developed…