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A man waves from inside a bus after he is discharged from a makeshift coronavirus quarantine facility set up at a hotel requisitioned for the purpose by the authorities in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Hundreds of local residents who were on their return from outside Kashmir were quarantined in such facilities. The authorities say that most of the 49 persons tested positive a have history of travel to various parts of India and abroad. (DC Photo: H U Naqash)

J&K takes up 'robust' contact tracing in Valley

About 2000 contacts of Covid-19 positive persons have been identified

2 April 2020 8:23 AM IST

Health workers sanitizing an area near the Nizamuddin mosque after people who attended a religious congregation organised by the Tablighi-e-Jamaat in New Delhi on Wednesday, April 1,2020. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Biggest one-day jump with 386 new cases

It's Tablighi Jamaat impact, not a national trend, says Health Ministry

2 April 2020 8:00 AM IST

Health workers sanitizing an area near the Nizamuddin mosque in New Delhi on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 after people who attended a religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat tested positive for the corona virus. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

2,361 people evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz after 36-hour operation

Coronavirus positive cases jump to 152 in Delhi with 53 linked to Tablighi Jamaat congregation

2 April 2020 7:42 AM IST

A woman gestures as she walks through a disinfection tunnel set up at the entrance of the Thennampalayam market in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu on April 1, 2020. (AFP)

80 per cent of Tamil Nadu Covid-19 cases traced to Old Delhi meeting

The state now has 234 positive cases, of which 190 are Tablighi returnees

1 April 2020 11:32 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharamans budget projections for income tax collections have gone for a toss.

Direct taxes down by nearly Rs 1 lakh crore

Tax collections fall short of annual target by nearly Rs 4 lakh crore

1 April 2020 9:57 PM IST

James Campbells back garden.

British man runs marathon in backyard during lockdown

Former professional javelin thrower spent his 32nd birthday doing 6-meter shuttles from one end of his small backyard to...

1 April 2020 9:10 PM IST

Nationwide, people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Old Delhi from March 10-13, such as these people from Nalgonda and Miryalaguda in Telangana, have come forward to be tested for the Covid-19 virus after reports emerged that the coronavirus spread that meeting. (PTI)

Media declared 18 Tablighi Jamaat congregants Covid+; Their tests...

The 18 men from Tamil Nadu had voluntarily come forward to be tested

1 April 2020 9:05 PM IST

UEFA postpones all international matches scheduled for June

It is perhaps an indication that club football will make a return earlier than expected

1 April 2020 9:04 PM IST

Wimbledon cancelled due to virus, first time since WWII

The All England Club announced after an emergency meeting on Wednesday

1 April 2020 8:42 PM IST

Indias ace wrestler in 65kg category, Bajrang Punia. AP Photo

Bajrang Punia placed No.2 in latest world rankings, assured of seeding...

Fast-rising Ravi Dahiya also seems set for a top-four billing at the mega-event

1 April 2020 8:02 PM IST

Juventus Italian defender and captain Giorgio Chiellini. AFP Photo

Football field to boardroom: Giorgio Chiellini works out salary cuts

Chiellini's key achievement was that players will get back about half of their missed salaries or perhaps even more...

1 April 2020 7:39 PM IST

England captain Eoin Morgan (R) attends a training session with head coach Trevor Bayliss. AFP Photo

England could possibly play two formats at the same time: Eoin Morgan

Test team could face either West Indies or Pakistan, while the white-ball side take on Australia in 50-over and Twenty20...

1 April 2020 6:57 PM IST