New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) After contributing one month's salary to the PM-CARES fund in March, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said he would "forego" 30 per cent of his salary for the fund for a year
Migrant workers and their families wait for transport to reach a railway station to board trains to their home state Uttar Pradesh, after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly sev
A man wearing protective gear speaks on his mobile phone as he waits for transport upon his arrival from New Delhi outside a railway station in Ahmedabad, India, May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
NEW
Migrant workers and their families wait for transport to reach a railway station to board trains to their home state Uttar Pradesh, after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly sev
IANS File Photo
NEW DELHI, MAY 14 (IANS): In the wake of growing threat from emerging zoonotic diseases, like the deadly coronavirus, an animal right organisation has urged Union Minister Giri
Hiding during the day and walking over 20 km everynight has become a routine for Shiv Babu, 23, a textile factory worker, who like scores of migrant labourers around the country is desperately trying to reach h
People wearing protective masks wait outside a railway station to board trains that will take them to their home states after India announced a limited reopening of its giant rail network following a
United Nations, May 14 (IANS) The UN has welcomed India's Covid-19 mega-stimulus package, calling the largest among developing countries, even as it slashed its growth rate for this fiscal year to 1.2 per cent.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) With 3,722 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 78,003, the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday.
Of the total cases, 49,219 are active an
With 3,525 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 74,281, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 47480 are active and 2,415 are fatalities so far
BHUBANESWAR, MAY 13 (IANS): An 85-year-old woman weighing just 22 kg in Odisha's Jajpur district has emerged victorious in her battle against coronavirus, infusing hope for others fighting COVID-19 in the
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced 15 new and some enhanced measures to revive and support businesses, and workers under the mega stimulus package -- Self-Reliant India Movement. (IANS&n
People with their belongings wait outside a railway station to board trains that will take them to their home states after India announced a limited reopening of its giant rail network following a nea
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday detailed six measures for supporting the country's MSME sector under the Centre's massive stimulus programme. (IANS/PIB File Photo)
NEW DELHI, MAY 1
HYDERABAD, MAY 13 (IANS): Unable to visit home due to the lockdown, a 20-year-old depressed housemaid committed suicide by jumping from the 15th floor of an apartment building here on Wednesday, police sai
HYDERABAD, MAY 13 (IANS): Two workers were killed and another injured in a reactor blast at a bio-diesel plant near Zaheerabad town in the Sangareddy district of Telangana on Wednesday, the police said.
NEW DELHI, MAY 13 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain an interim bail plea filed on medical grounds by former senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who is servin
NEW DELHI, MAY 13 (IANS): Researchers have developed a COVID-19 vulnerability index to identify where in India people are more at risk of infection due to socio-economic factors like low income or educatio
Live or die we'll not stop: Migrants set off for 700km on foot as govt starts AC trains. (IANS Photo)
RANCHI, MAY 13 (IANS): The return of the migrant workers from the highly coronavirus&
A worker cleans a platform at the Howrah Junction railway station after India announced a limited re-opening of its giant rail network beginning on Tuesday, after a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spread