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Religious gathering organised in Markaz Nizamuddin area. (Photo- PTI)

Quarantine not against Islam or Shariyat: Tablighi Jamaat's Maulana...

Saad further said that he has quarantined himself in Delhi acting upon the advice of doctors

2 April 2020 2:23 PM IST

England captain Eoin Morgan and his teammates with the World Cup at The Oval in London. AP Photo

Sport is a great healer and will uplift world from effects of...

'Isolation encourages idle minds. Sport can create that theatre around what it's like to be outside again and be active'

2 April 2020 2:08 PM IST

Migrant workers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Dev 360: Lockdown, long march: Catastrophe looming

If we don't take immediate measures to mitigate the larger human crisis the lockdown has triggered, we are heading...

2 April 2020 1:54 PM IST

In this file photo, Australias goalkeeper Rachael Lynch saves the ball against Indias Monika (C) at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP Photo

Hockey field to hospital ward: Rachael Lynch switches roles amid...

Focusing on work meant Lynch didn't have time to dwell on missing an opportunity at the Olympics

2 April 2020 1:47 PM IST

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North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

Pak Myong, director of anti-epidemic department of the North's Central Emergency, insisted that the efforts had been...

2 April 2020 12:50 PM IST

Umpires officiating at Mumbais Azad Maidan on a Sunday. Wikipedia

Mumbai's umpires, scorers raise funds for the needy in their...

Few umpires and scorers, whose children are well settled, did not take the money and instead asked that to be given to...

2 April 2020 12:47 PM IST

Indias car sales plunge. (PTI)

India's car sales plunge amid lockdown

Government last week sent India into a 21-day lockdown to try to curb the spread of the virus, forcing automakers to...

2 April 2020 12:47 PM IST

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Govt withdraws privileges given to former J&K chief ministers

The move comes months after J&K Law Commission had recommended repeal of the legal provisions providing facilities to...

2 April 2020 12:21 PM IST

Jostling for rations in the Moghalpura locality of Hyderabad. How will the state governments manage to fight the Covid-19 pandemic if the Union government does not release funds to the states? (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

AA Edit: New Delhi must loosen the purse strings

The Union government must step in now and stop the states from slipping into a vicious cycle

2 April 2020 11:47 AM IST

A security person punishes two youths for flouting the lockdown rules, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Guwahati. PTI photo

13 more corona positive cases in Assam, 117 Nizamuddin event returnees...

Total number of corona positive rises to five in Assam, all have history of Nizamuddin congregation visit

2 April 2020 11:38 AM IST

People living in the streets sit in line to receive food served by the Delhi government at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area. The nationwide lockdown has thrown thousands of workers out of jobs and left them without access to food. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

AA Edit: Media freedom is vital as India battles Covid-19

For a government that hardly ever acts against the WhatsApp rumour mill, it's a bit disingenuous to point a fake news...

2 April 2020 11:22 AM IST

England and Wales Cricket Board

Cricket drought may result in 300 million pounds loss to ECB

Claiming that he is taking a 25 percent pay cut, ECB chief indicated that he is expecting the centrally contract players...

2 April 2020 11:06 AM IST