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Coronavirus can be sexually transmitted: Study

21 institutes shortlisted for convalescent plasma therapy trials

9 May 2020 9:43 AM IST

Workers board up a part of the Koyambedu market in Chennai after the surge of coronavirus cases there. (PTI)

Don't be afraid, don't be very afraid of Tamil Nadu's coronavirus...

State reports 600 new cases in the past 24 hours and rises to fourth in the corona table of India

9 May 2020 9:23 AM IST

You heard it: Government now says 'we've to learn to live with the...

It sounds ominous: The virus is doubling faster, and the peak is possibly more than a month away,

9 May 2020 12:55 AM IST

Passengers returning from other parts of India carry their luggage on reaching their native town, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Tezpur, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. State authorities extended the period of inter-district travel in Assam. (PTI)

Assam's biggest hospital shut down after medical student tests...

Plus, there's evidence that migrant workers moving back home are carrying the virus with them

8 May 2020 8:57 PM IST

A worker sprays disinfectant inside a Karnataka interstate transport bus to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 19, 2020. (AFP)

Karnataka records highest spike in a day after lockdown relaxations

The earlier highest was 38, when two clusters were in full bloom -- Jubilant Pharma and Nanjanagud.

8 May 2020 4:24 PM IST

NGT notice to LG Polymers, others; directs company to deposit Rs 50 cr. (PTI Photo)

Vizag gas leak: NGT directs LG Polymers India to deposit Rs 50 crore...

NGT's principal bench issued notice to Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (PCB) and District Magistrate of...

8 May 2020 3:55 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Fight against coronavirus can't just be from PMO, says Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi said there will be a "calamity" if the fight against coronavirus is centralised.

8 May 2020 2:50 PM IST

US says remdesivir shows clear-cut effect in treating coronavirus. (Photo- Stig Alen¤s | Dreamstime.com)

Srinagar resident succumbs to virus, covid count nears 800 in J&K

The latest COVID-19 victim had had no travel history.

8 May 2020 1:39 PM IST

Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a suicide bomber attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

End to terrorist safe heavens key for Afghan peace: India to US

India currently has extremely close ties with Afghanistan under president Ghani

8 May 2020 12:11 PM IST

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray

Restrict entry-exit of migrants in Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray

Ever since its inception in 2006, Raj Thackeray and his party has always been on the forefront to agitate against...

8 May 2020 11:49 AM IST

A patient is being taken to a hospital after the gas leak on Thursday. (

Reports of second gas leak in Vizag untrue: NDRF

The NDRF DG appealed to the media to not to run fake news on the gas leak without cross checking.

8 May 2020 11:39 AM IST

Bihar government is planning to do skill profiling of migrant workers who are being brought back. (PTI Photo)

Bihar mulls skill profiling of migrant workers

More than 2 lakh migrant workers have reached Bihar and many more are expected to return home

8 May 2020 10:58 AM IST