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The UK national was caught trying to escape after testing positive for Covid-19. (AFP)

So is Telangana betting on herd immunity?

In a sudden policy switch two days ago, health officials stopped testing secondary contacts unless they had covid-19...

26 April 2020 8:49 AM IST

Villagers carry the mortal remains of a 72-year-old Covid-19 victim for burial in his ancestral graveyard in Baramulla district of North Kashmir on April 25, 2020. (PTI)

Corona toll in J&K rises to 6, while 40 new infections detected

Officials say surge in fresh cases due to increased testing

25 April 2020 10:56 PM IST

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh meets his successor Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Congress to Modi: Why is Central Vista dearer to you than employees'...

Congress leaders direct sharp criticism at Modi regime for being keen on Lutyens Delhi project

25 April 2020 10:21 PM IST

Health staff and policemen move into a coronavirus hotspot area in Allahabad to conduct testing for the coronavirus on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP)

Here be hope: We had the lowest daily growth of corona cases today

But then the death toll increase of 58 was the highest daily increase

25 April 2020 9:10 PM IST

In Bengaluru on Saturday 25 April 2020, workers engaged by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Rail Corporation Limited resumed work to dismantle the Jayadeva Circle Flyover to make way for the Namma Metro Rail network. (Asian Age Photo: Satish B)

Karnataka reaches 500 but is too nervous to exhale

From 6 cases on March 14 to 500 on April 25, has the state got a grip on the pandemic or is the worst yet to come?

25 April 2020 7:20 PM IST

Mahim Dharavi Medical Practitioners Association conducts a thermal screening of residents of a housing society during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Dharavi in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Karnataka begins trials of plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients

ICMR has given permission for a line of treatment that holds out some hope

25 April 2020 5:00 PM IST

Medics interact with a patient at a help desk set up in view of the coronavirus pandemic at the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad (PTI)

Formulate a national plan for handling coronavirus crisis: Cong to...

Sibal alleged that bureaucrats, who do not have any idea about ground realities, were formulating policy for the...

25 April 2020 2:35 PM IST

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Tripura govt orders probe into misuse of funds in procuring Covid-19...

Accusing a section of the health department officials of violating central guidelines for procuring the products

25 April 2020 1:58 PM IST

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Rajasthan's Covid-19 tally mounts to 2,059

Jaipur continues to remain the worst-affected with 777 cases

25 April 2020 11:37 AM IST

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Kanpur reports 31 new Covid-19 cases

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh has 1,604 cases of covid-19

25 April 2020 11:14 AM IST

IIT Delhi develops Covid-19 test kit (ANI)

IIT-Delhi develops COVID-19 test kit, gets ICMR's approval

This is the first probe-free assay for Covid-19 approved by the ICMR

25 April 2020 9:28 AM IST

Two men pray with Hyderabads iconic monument Charminar in the background on Friday night, April 24, 2020 even as the Union Home Minister sounded an alarm on the coronavirus situation in the city. (PTI)

COVID-19 situation 'especially serious' in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad

Union Home Ministry sends expert teams to several hotspot cities

24 April 2020 11:58 PM IST