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Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

TN shuts land border with neighbouring States

10:40 pm March 20, 2020

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday said its borders with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala will be shut till March 31 from tomorrow for road traffic except for transportation of essential commodities. The government, as part of its measures to prevent spread of coronavirus, said only vehicles carrying essential commodities -milk, petrol, diesel, […]

276 Indians, including 255 in Iran, infected with coronavirus abroad: MEA

8:12 pm March 18, 2020

New Delhi: As many as 276 Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, including 255 in Iran, 12 in UAE and five in Italy, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Iran warns virus could kill ‘millions’ in Islamic Republic In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State […]

Coming home and staying there in COVID-19 times

Coronavirus cases in country climb to 107, cases rise in Maharashtra

4:40 pm March 15, 2020

New Delhi: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 107 on Sunday, with 12 fresh cases in Maharashtra, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of cases include two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka. While a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who had recently returned from Saudi Arabia died on […]

Coronavirus: Civic polls put off in AP

4:30 pm March 15, 2020

Amaravati (AP): Elections to rural and urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh were on Sunday put off for six weeks by the State Election Commission in view of spread of coronavirus. Elections to gram panchayats have been kept in abeyance for six weeks, State Election Commissioner N Ramesh Kumar said. “Taking due consideration of emerging […]

Number of coronavirus positive cases rise to 84; two dead, 10 discharged so far: Govt

10:13 pm March 14, 2020

New Delhi: The number of coronavirus positive cases in the country has risen to 84 which includes the two deaths in Delhi and Karnataka, the Union Health Ministry said. Seven persons who tested positive, including five from Uttar Pradesh and one each from Rajasthan and Delhi, have been discharged after treatment, a senior health ministry […]