India's total novel coronavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion. State leaders, businesses and working-class Indians have called on Prime...

Dismissing a petition that asked that the centre be ordered to provide food and water to migrants on the move, the Supreme Court said today: "It is impossible for this court to monitor who is walking and not walking." The Supreme Court also said sternly: "Let the state decide. Why should...

The World Health Organization's emergency chief said it's possible the new coronavirus may be here to stay, warning it's impossible to predict when the pandemic might be controlled. “This virus may never go away,” said Dr. Michael Ryan, in a news briefing on Wednesday. “This virus...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear that the contours of Lockdown 4.0 will be completely different from the three other lockdowns in the past. “On the basis of recommendations received from states, new rules will be framed, and information about the same will be conveyed...

As the lockdown 3.0 nears to an end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the nation at 8 pm on May 12 (today).  The Lockdown 3.0 to contain the spread of COVID-19 is scheduled to end on May 17 and a final word on reopening of economic activity or extension of curbs...