National Sports Federations and State Olympic Associations have been asked to collect feedback from the stakeholders such as athletes, coaches, support staff, central and state government ministries, match officials and sports administrators on how and when training should resume. The lockdown has been extended till May 17.
'Jammu and Kashmir is free for any movement and accessible to all including citizens, outsiders, journalists and all others for free movement'
China's National Health Commission on Thursday said the country reported only four new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total number to 82,862, while no death due to the disease was registered. The virus has claimed 4,633 lives in the country.
In an attempt to silence all the criticism surrounding his absence, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has posted a picture on Twitter of himself attending a conference in Aspen.
India is in the midst of its biggest crisis since Independence. It is a national emergency and begs to be dealt with. Politics can wait. Lives need to be saved. We need to vaccinate India at a pace faster than any country in the world, asserts Ramesh Menon.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
Besides controlling the spread of the virus, a major task of the WHO team along with their Chinese counterparts was to come up with a standard medicine to cure the disease.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma tells you how you can use natural methods to improve your health.
The base will be used by carriers such as Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, to operate 70-seater ATR aircraft to places such as Bengaluru.
'Khan Market is useful if not central to our existence,' says Kishore Singh.
Mohammad Hafeez was all smiles as the world number one side suffered a 14-run ICC Men's Cricket World Cup defeat, ending Pakistan's 11 match winless streak.
India should take 'measured approach' with stimulus packages to deal with COVID-19 by limiting interventions to the provision of food, shelter and basic necessities of life for all; forbearance on payments of outstanding loans; and extra provision of working capital including what will be necessary to cover outstanding wages from lockdown period to enterprises.
'My biggest challenge is to keep motivating my staff to do their best without compromising on their safety even as we all strive to do our best for the patients under our care.'
Given his tremendous achievement -- only seven Indians and people of Indian-origin have been honoured with a Nobel Prize -- it was no surprise that, even during a year of exceptional achievement by members of the Indian-American community, Dr Ramakrishnan would be named India Abroad Person of the Year 2009.
President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Here's the text of what he said:
Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug says she is 'devasted' after her country's skiing federation confirmed the 28-year-old had returned a positive test for a banned substance found in sunburn cream on Thursday.
The 1995 judgment in the Union of India vs Cricket Association of Bengal case emphasised that free speech is essential for a successful democracy and citizens must have a plurality of views and a range of opinions on all public issues, says M J Antony.
The Australian immunologist, who cautioned that the number of COVID-19 cases will rise in the coming days, said the earliest time frame for an effective vaccine 'going into large numbers of people' is nine to 12 months.
Arun Karthick's Nasir is not the story of one man. It's a documentary on the scary, majoritarian, hateful road India has taken, discovers Mohd Asim.
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Drug firm Strides Acrolab on Tuesday said it is in a position to supply Oseltamivir Capsules, the only available medicine against Influenza A HINI virus (Swine Flu), to meet the demand both from domestic and overseas market.
Create an internal cooling system to balance out the heat with judicious health choices.
When you know you've done your best, you are likely to feel more relaxed and confident that you will be safe, says Aayushi Lakhapati.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday defended the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) system after some athletes' confidential medical data was leaked by a group of Russian hackers, shedding light on potential abuse.
From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the televised address.
In an editorial, editor-in-chief Dr Graham Jackson, a UK-based Consultant Cardiologist, has called for greater public awareness of the dangers as well as consequences of the counterfeit drugs market.
'As of this moment, we have 1,173 ventilators, 2,695 ICUs and about 10,408 plus isolation beds.' 'But this number keeps changing with every passing hour as we incorporate more private as well as government hospitals in our fight against the pandemic.'
Manipal University organises its first Alumni Meet at the University level covering all the twenty constituent institutions.
Young Pakistan left-arm spinner Raza Hasan faces a possible two-year ban from all forms of cricket after testing positive for cocaine following a dope test carried out at the WADA-accredited laboratory in India.
'The credit for managing Trump should go to Modi.' 'Biden is a predictable and rational person with plenty of administrative experience,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Chopra, who Jackson left a voice message just two days before his death, first met the King of Pop in 1988, beginning a 20+ year friendship that brought Jackson peace of mind and contentment, two things he always was sorely lacking.
The virus continued to spread its tentacles to new states, including Mizoram.
Kapiva's plans to introduce allopathy-like doses of ayurvedic remedies for the millennial consumer finds traction.
Long queues outside grocery stores, inflated prices, difficulty in getting important items -- these were some of the problems encountered by people in the National Capital Region (NCR).
India's cricketers came under sharp crciticism from sports medicine experts for refusing to sign an anti-doping clause. They felt the arguments put forward for not signing the WADA code are 'silly and absurd'.
How much are others responsible for the Trump presidency moving in the directions it has, asks T N Ninan.
The drug that it would supply is called Olanzapine, used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The domestic drug industry is concerned over ongoing World Health Organisation negotiations that aim to bring non-health issues, having no direct implications on the safety of a drug, within the ambit of the definition of "counterfeit medicine".
'The trajectory of the disease will keep increasing because of the population density being very high.'
The first cycle starts with 1, then 2, then 4, 8, etc, until the infected population jumps to 16,384 at the 14th cycle, explains Devangshu Dutta.
