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India observes Janata curfew, millions stay indoors

4:01 pm March 22, 2020

New Delhi: Millions of people across the country stayed indoors, streets wore a deserted look and bare number of vehicles were on the road on Sunday in an unprecedented shutdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for a ‘Janata curfew‘ to help check the spread of coronavirus. As the 14-hour ‘Janata curfew’ got underway at […]

AMU students protest, condemn Macron's comments

Coronavirus: AMU suspends all classes till March 22

4:10 pm March 14, 2020

Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Saturday suspended all classes, including sessional tests, till March 22 as a precautionary measure in view of novel coronavirus threat. “During a special meeting of top university officials presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor, it was decided today that all conferences, workshops, educational tours and sports […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Death toll in Jalna boiler explosion rises to six

6:29 pm March 6, 2020

Aurangabad: The death toll in the boiler explosion at a factory in Maharashtra’s Jalna went up to six with two more workers succumbing to their injuries, police said on Friday. The incident had taken place at Om Sairam Steel and Alloys in Jalna’s MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) area on Thursday afternoon, which had claimed […]

Mar-May period likely to be warmer than normal: IMD

3:17 pm February 28, 2020

New Delhi: The months of March, April and May are “likely to be warmer than normal” over northwest, west, central and parts of south India, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday in its summer forecast. Above normal heat wave conditions are also likely in the core heat wave (HW) zone during the season (March-May), […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Coronavirus: 1,818 flights screened in country so far

11:10 pm February 10, 2020

New Delhi: Experts at various airports have so far screened 1,818 flights, covering a total of 1,97,192 passengers, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed Lok Sabha on Monday as he spoke on steps taken by the government to deal with Novel Coronavirus. He also said that screening of passengers has been initiated at 12 major seaports […]