India

Trinamool Congres (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien has criticised the government for “confused messaging” in times of coronavirus outbreak.   “Govt advisory asks people 65+ to stay home. Sunday curfew announced. And yet! Why is Parliament running? Why this confused messaging? About 44% MPs in RS and 22% MPs in LS are […]

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath heads a minority government after having failed in his attempts to woo back 23 rebel Congress MLAs, including six ministers having allegiance to BJP leader and former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Now that their resignations have been accepted by Speaker NP Prajapati, Kamal Nath has […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people of the country to follow a Janta Curfew on Sunday (March 22) in fighting coronavirus pandemic. Cautioning people against any complacency in dealing with Covid-19, PM Modi also laid emphasis on individual determination and restraint through social distancing in his 30-minute “Today, I […]

Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Friday that he supports the announcements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, but demanded tougher measures from the government to tackle coronavirus.   “I have offered our support to the PM’s announcements yesterday, but I am absolutely certain that the PM will have […]

After the four convicts in the Delhi 2012 gang-rape and murder of the 23-year-old woman were hanged at Tihar Jail on Friday, her mother said she will appeal to the Supreme Court for guidelines to ensure nobody adopts delay tactics like those in her daughter’s case. Asha Devi, the victim’s mother, […]

India is among the rare countries in the world that have remained much below the dagger mark established by the dangerous Chinese model in the spread of the novel coronavirus. With 173 cases in 18 days since the outbreak started spreading properly, India finds itself in the company of smaller city-states […]

India’s priority must be to prevent the spread of Covid-19 through social distancing and then lockdowns till science expands our toolkits, says Dr Anurag Agarwal, director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology. He is a pulmonologist and known for his research on lung diseases. Dr Agarwal says that […]

India’s chief of defence staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, tasked to synergise the functioning of India’s three armed services, is now on top of a plan to deal with the coronavirus battle domestically and in the immediate neighbourhood. “Our aircraft and doctors are one call away, and can be rushed […]

The outbreak of Covid-19 Novel Coronavirus has created an unprecedented situation around the world. Humankind is no stranger to calamitous outbreaks of diseases. However, this is the first viral outbreak of this nature and scale in our lifetime. Today, my thoughts are with all those battling with the virus, with […]

Within minutes of a city court refusing to stay the hanging of the four men convicted in the December 16 gang rape case, senior prison officers in Tihar Jail started final preparations for the execution on Friday morning. Prison officials said that on Thursday afternoon, the four convicts were told to prepare […]

India plans to scale up testing for Covid-19 with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) set to give 51 private hospitals and laboratories the go-ahead to start testing for the viral disease, which has so far infected 173 people and killed four. The testing protocol will remain the same, […]