Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted this morning and made an appeal to help the migrants trying to reach their homes as India enters the fourth day of a "total lockdown" for three weeks.  He urged people across the country to help the migrants by offering food or shelter. "Today,...

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has asked its ministers to take charge of their states and play the role of leaders in defeating the COVID-19 pandemic. Sources told ANI that a letter from the PMO has been sent to all ministers, asking them to play an active...

The Centre announced a Rs 1.70 lakh crore welfare package on Thursday for the country’s 80 crore poor to face economic challenges arising from the novel coronavirus outbreak and promised to gradually unveil more measures that may include a freeze on repayment of loan installments by...

Beijing has urged India not to use “China” to describe the novel coronavirus, saying it could stigmatise the country and would be detrimental to international cooperation. During a phone conversation on Tuesday, state councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi told counterpart S Jaishankar...

India, which led the world in eradicating two silent killers -- smallpox and polio -- in the past, has a tremendous capacity in eradicating the deadly coronoavirus pandemic that has now claimed nearly 15,000 lives globally, according to a top WHO official. The executive director of the...