Coronavirus cases in India rose to 258 on Saturday after 35 people tested positive in the global pandemic in various parts of the country, the Health Ministry said. People braced for the one day "Janata Curfew" on Sunday from 7 am and 9 pm, widely seen as a pilot for a broader lockdown...

 Kamal Nath resigned today as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister without facing a test of strength that his Congress government was certain to lose after the exodus of MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia. The Congress, desperate to win back the rebel MLAs, had tried to buy time but the...

China on Thursday marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged. The stark emerged comes as nations across the world have shut down in a desperate effort to contain the pandemic....

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday declared a "human biosecurity emergency" and said the country's citizens should abandon all overseas travel because of the coronavirus epidemic. He also warned it could last at least six months. The formal declaration gives the government...

India will know very soon if it is experiencing “community transmission” of coronavirus (Covid-19), as the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has intensified random sampling of people who display flu-like symptoms but don’t have any history of travel to the affected countries....