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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Twitter)

AA Edit: Has PM Modi grown highly cautious about the economy?

The biggest announcement was the government's decision to extend sovereign guarantee to Rs 3 lakh crores worth working...

14 May 2020 6:29 PM IST

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Nilanjan: Abandonment whiff to Centre's lockdown exit

India's ruling establishment has so far come across as a bewildered lot, unsure of any path but polarising politics and...

14 May 2020 5:49 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI)

Dilli ka Babu: MP's coronavirus blues

The probe has given a clean chit to IAS officers Pallavi Jain Govil and J.Vijay Kumar, both of whom had tested positive...

14 May 2020 5:28 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath interactes with students who were brought back to their homes from Kota. PTI photo

Uttar Pradesh government asks private hospitals, nursing homes to...

Yogi also instructed that private hospitals be sanitized twice in 24 hours and doctors and other staff be regularly...

14 May 2020 2:03 PM IST

An Indian Finance Ministry employee walks carrying files outside the ministry building on April 20, 2020. An increasing number of officers are opting to work from home amid concerns over the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (AP)

Soon, 'work from home' could be an option for central government...

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) may provide option for work from home to the eligible officers/staff for...

14 May 2020 1:44 PM IST

The party said that the allies were not concerned about the state but their own position in the new government.

Shiv Sena questions Centre, asks whether India is not 'self reliant'...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had announced new financial incentives.

14 May 2020 12:36 PM IST

Manufacturing output, which accounts for more than three-fourths of the IIP, fell 1.2 per cent against a growth of 2.7 per cent in November.

BJP on Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Anything manufactured in India is local...

Rao said India has demonstrated even during the COVID-19 crisis how it has been able to organise own needs.

14 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

Trains stand parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Sunday during the nationwide shutdown called by prime minister Narendra Modi. The Railways announced that its passenger services will be shut down until March 31. (AP)

Railways cancels all tickets booked for passenger trains till June 30

Passengers with tickets of regular trains which have been cancelled will get full refund.

14 May 2020 10:56 AM IST

A file image of passengers being allowed to board a train after clearance at Hubballi. (PTI)

First train with 1,000 passengers arrives in Bengaluru from Delhi

These travellers will be taken to the quarantine centres to complete their quarantine period.

14 May 2020 11:21 AM IST

A lab technician makes a quick test on a blood sample to detect the new coronavirus. (AFP)

Covid-19 cases cross 78K mark; 2549 people dead so far

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 49,219 while 26,234 people have recovered.

14 May 2020 10:21 AM IST

Patna: A health worker sanitizes migrants who have arrived from Jaipur by Shramik Special train at Danapur junction, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Patna. PTI Photo

Corona cases spurt as workers return to heartland states

UP, Bihar and Odisha are in the line of fire amid the migrant crisis.

13 May 2020 8:55 PM IST

Sir Ronald Ross (Twitter)

Hyderabad's Ronald Ross: Remembered but also forgotten

Later, in 1898, in Kolkata, Dr Ross worked out the life history of the malaria parasite in birds

13 May 2020 6:14 PM IST