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Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

Six UK returnees test positive for mutated COVID-19 strain

Under the new circumstances, ban on incoming flights from the UK is likely to be extended for a few more days

30 Dec 2020 12:40 AM IST

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

COVID-19: Eight from UK test positive after arrival in India

Several states have quarantined all those with recent travel history to the UK and collected their swabs for testing

23 Dec 2020 4:55 AM IST

A police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover, England, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following the French governments announcement. (AP)

India suspends flights to and from UK in view of fast-spreading...

The Maharashtra government on Monday said 14 days' institutional quarantine was mandatory for flyers coming from Europe...

22 Dec 2020 9:49 AM IST

Mutation of viruses is not a new phenomenon, but its virulence bothers scientists.

India suspends all flights to and from UK in view of fast-spreading...

The suspension of flights will be effective from midnight December 22 (Wednesday, 23.59 hours) till December 31

22 Dec 2020 12:09 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab from a woman for a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) Covid-19 coronavirus tests in Ahmedabad on November 23, 2020. (AFP)

States panic as virus strikes back

Some states are even contemplating stopping incoming passengers from places like Delhi

24 Nov 2020 5:09 AM IST

Voters stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections, at Mahua in Vaishali district, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Bihar exit polls: Tejashwi Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan in pole position

The magic number in Bihar Assembly is 122

8 Nov 2020 1:48 AM IST

Resident doctors of Kasturba Hospital demonstrate over non-payment of their pending salaries by North Delhi Municipal Corporation, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (PTI )

Delhi reels under second wave of coronavirus as cases jump

With the pandemic situation still fragile, the government has decided to keep scheduled international flights suspended...

29 Oct 2020 11:05 AM IST

Members of an organization sanitize a market place during the bi-weekly lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Nadia. (PTI)

India's COVID-19 recovery rate touches 90 per cent

61 per cent of the total recovered cases are from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and...

24 Oct 2020 11:37 PM IST

The average daily COVID-19 positivity rate has declined from 9.21 per cent recorded between September 16-22 to 6.82 per cent registered between September 30 to October 6 (PTI pic)

Govt claims steady decline in COVID cases

India till date has recorded a total of 66.85 lakh cases of COVID-19 out of which 61, 267 are new cases detected in the...

7 Oct 2020 7:15 AM IST

A group of Indians living in Germany have objected to the presence of BJP MP Tejasvi Surya at an event saying he is a communally divisive speaker and a highly polarizing figure.

Indians in Germany object to Tejasvi Surya's event

Several Indians living in Europe, while calling to stop giving platforms to communal figures in Europe , want Surya to...

6 Oct 2020 12:18 PM IST

Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) before they transfer people suspected of having the COVID-19 novel coronavirus via ambulances to a quarantine centre. AFP photo

India's corona cases breach 63 lakh mark

Maharashtra contributed more than 18,000 to the new cases. Karnataka and Kerala, both contributed more than 8,000

2 Oct 2020 12:27 PM IST

Women wait in long queues to cast their vote at a polling station during Panchayati Raj elections, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, at Jhala ki Chauki village near Beawar, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (PTI Photo)

One in 15 individuals exposed to COVID-19 by August: ICMR survey

According to ICMR, this shows that a considerable population is still susceptible to COVID-19.

30 Sept 2020 4:21 PM IST