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Periods don't stop for pandemics: Girls struggle for sanitary napkins...

Distribution of sanitary pads has been disrupted in various states these days as schools are shut due to the lockdown

23 April 2020 3:54 PM IST

Medics wearing protective suits seen in the premises of LNJP hospital while members of Tablighi Jamaat are shifted from hospital to quarantine centre during nationwide lockdown in Delhi. PTI photo

Muslim community can't be held responsible for one group's crime:...

4,291 out of 14,378 COVID-19 infections in the country were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in March

23 April 2020 3:21 PM IST

Deserted banks of the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna are seen during lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus in Prayagraj, India (AP)

Lockdown reveals fresh air, cleaner rivers in India

On March 25, the first day of the lockdown, the average PM 2.5 levels decreased by 22%

23 April 2020 2:47 PM IST

Medics collect samples for COVID-19 tests at Patel Nagar in New Delhi. PTI photo

Ordinance to protect healthcare workers: Which act of violence is...

The President had given his assent for promulgation of the ordinance on Wednesday hours after the Union Cabinet approved...

23 April 2020 2:47 PM IST

A security personnel conducts thermal scanning of an employee of Reserve Bank of India before entering the building, during the nationwide complete lockdown, at Parliament Street in New Delhi. PTI photo

Covid19: Congress CMs blame Centre for not giving any financial...

Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry demanded a financial package for states to deal with the COVID-19...

23 April 2020 1:31 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wearing a mask is seen in her car during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata. (PTI)

Amid Mamata-centre tiff, central team visits quarantine facilities in...

There has been a war of words between the West Bengal and the Union governments over the arrival of two central teams in...

23 April 2020 12:59 PM IST

BJP causing grave damage to social harmony: Sonia Gandhi

Gandhi said this should worry every Indian and the Congress will have to work hard to repair this damage

23 April 2020 12:11 PM IST

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Supreme Court no to 100 pc quota for tribal teachers in schools

The bench quashed the Jan 2000 notification by the erstwhile AP govt reserving 100 teachers' posts in the schools...

23 April 2020 11:53 AM IST

A security personnel conducts thermal scanning of vendors before they enter the Okhla vegetable market during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. PTI photo

India covid cases tally crosses 21K mark after 29 deaths in single day

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 16,454, while 4,257 people have been cured and discharged, one patient has...

23 April 2020 11:36 AM IST

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Covid-19 patient alleges of being denied treatment at Delhi govt...

Recently, the central government issued guidelines for all states to classify hospitals under three categories for...

23 April 2020 9:12 AM IST

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Covid-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh up by 40 to 1,587

Of the 80 COVID-19 deaths in the state till Tuesday night, 52 have been reported in Indore alone

22 April 2020 5:32 PM IST

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Punjab hotspot SBS Nagar now coronavirus-free, 18 patients cured

With the death of a 70-year-old man last month in SBS Nagar, Punjab had reported its first covid-19 related casualty

22 April 2020 5:18 PM IST