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Mumbai city reported an increase of 393 Covid-19 cases. (PTI Photo)

Maharashtra reports 729 new Covid19 cases, tally reaches 9,318, death toll at 400

Mumbai city reported an increase of 393 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking its tally to 6,169

29 Apr 2020 10:37 AM

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi. (PTI Photo)

Nirav Modi remanded to custody, extradition trial from May 11 in UK court

Two additional charges of "causing disappearance of evidence" and “criminal intimidation to cause death” were added

29 Apr 2020 9:08 AM

A worker cover his face with a mask as he takes a nap outside a closed shop in a market in New Delhi. Thousands of workers in major Indian cities have lost their jobs due to the shutdown imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (DC Photo; Pritam Bandyopadhyay)Photograph......Pritam Bandyopadhyay

The shutdown is a device to shut out the Dalits

All those who have been nudged to the margins by the Covid-19 lockdown are invariably Dalit

29 Apr 2020 12:40 AM

KONE 24x7 Connected Services uses sensors to collect and log data to a cloud-based programme that alerts its technicians. This would ensure uninterrupted flow of movement of medical staff, patients, and families at medical facilities. (Photos | Kone)

Hospitals using KONE elevators to get free sensor-enabled technology to minimise breakdowns

The cloud-based solution collects data on equipment performance, identifies deviations and alerts technicians immediately.

28 Apr 2020 6:50 PM

The device developed by IIT Guwahati functions as an aerosol obstruction box which can be placed atop the patient’s bed on the head-side, limiting the flow of virus-laden droplets from the patient to the doctor, especially during the process of intubation, which is known to be cough inducing. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

IIT students' prototype intubation boxes to protect doctors from COVID-19 being reviewed by AIIMS

It is a transparent box with armholes through which doctors can insert a tube into the airway of the patient

28 Apr 2020 4:36 PM

Mumbai Police cops aged above 55 asked to go on leave. (PTI Photo)

Mumbai cops aged above 55 told to stay home after three die of Covid19

Three deceased and the other police personnel currently undergoing treatment for coronavirus disease were above the age of 50

28 Apr 2020 12:50 PM

A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Supreme Court staffer tests positive for coronavirus

The employee has been admitted to a government hospital and is undergoing treatment

28 Apr 2020 9:46 AM

Amazon India will transport consignments via rail across the country and is leveraging the ‘COVID-19 Parcel Special Trains’ introduced by the Indian Railways to ramp up its operations. (Photo | PTI)

Amazon India ramps up operations with Railways tie-up for faster deliveries amid lockdown

Last year, Amazon India partnered with Indian Railways to transport its goods on 13 lanes, now it will use 55 lanes

27 Apr 2020 6:04 PM

Security stuff wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus at the central station in Munich, Germany. (AP)

Germany faces growing criticism over virus strategy

Largely muted in the crisis until now, Germany's opposition parties are also beginning to grow more critical of the government's course

27 Apr 2020 5:04 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Murali Krishna)

Violating fundamental rights in the name of Covid would lead to a human rights disaster: UN

Police and other security forces using excessive force to make people abide by lockdowns are reported worldwide

27 Apr 2020 4:45 PM

Plasma therapy to treat Covid19 positive patients starts in Lucknow hospital

Three coronavirus patients who have now recovered have so far donated their plasma for the treatment of others

27 Apr 2020 4:07 PM

A Russian traffic police officer wearing a face mask and protective gloves stands in front of a municipal vehicle cleaning and disinfecting a street at Vorobyovy Hills observation point in Moscow. (AFP)

Russia coronavirus cases rise to 87,147, surpass China’s

Putin postpones annual parade marking the 1945 defeat of Nazi army in World War II due to the growing outbreak

27 Apr 2020 2:33 PM

A man in protective gear was purportedly tossing biscuit packets and people inside the quarantine centre were picking those by stretching their hands through the gaps of the gate.

Probe ordered after video from quarantine centre in Agra goes viral

A video emerged that people in a quarantine centre were collecting food and water from under the locked gates of the facility

27 Apr 2020 2:00 PM

Women working for the regional public transport company distribute face masks in the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, (AP)

Latest coronavirus updates from around the world

More than 2.97 million people have been reported to be infected and 205,948 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as of on Monday

27 Apr 2020 1:47 PM

Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

Convert world's 'hatred' for China into economic opportunity, says Gadkari

Interacting with overseas Indian students he said there is hatred for China. Is it possible to convert it into an opportunity for India?

27 Apr 2020 1:04 PM

AP Fact Check: How Trump's statements on coronavirus contradict the truth

The US President's claims over how his country is handling the pandemic seem far away from actual facts emphasised by health experts

27 Apr 2020 12:11 PM

A deserted intersection in Chennai as a total civil curfew was clamped on the capital of Tamil Nadu and several other cities. (PTI)

Heartbreak in under-siege Salem: Mother collapses begging for son's release

Tamil Nadu's cities are a total contrast with rural districts

27 Apr 2020 11:18 AM

PM Modi interacts with CMs on Covid19 situation, to discuss lockdown exit plan

In a tweet on Monday, Prime Minister's Office said Modi and the chief ministers will be discussing aspects relating to Covid-19 situation

27 Apr 2020 10:18 AM

A woman wearing PPE crosses an empty road at Oxford Circus, London. (AFP)

Britain has no lockdown exit strategy in sight

The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in hospitals across the United Kingdom has risen above 20,000

26 Apr 2020 4:56 PM

A worker wearing a mask and protective gear walks between the emergency structures set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital in northern Italy. As Italy prepares to emerge from the West's first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe. (AP)

One of the worst hit in whole of Europe, Italy's Lombardy is a lesson for all

Italy was the first Western nation to be slammed by the virus, and its total of fatalities lags behind only the US in the global death toll

26 Apr 2020 4:29 PM

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