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Covid: Anthropologists fear for safety of low-immunity Andaman tribes

Forbidding clouds have gathered over the scenic Andaman and Nicobar Islands with six cases of deadly COVID-19 being reported so far, raising fears about the five endangered tribes getting......

Working to implement rigorous contact-tracing, says Govt

The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said it is focusing on high disease-burden hotspots and working in tandem with states to implement rigorous contact-tracing, community surveillance and......

Amid spike in Covid cases, India boosts health infrastructure

Amid looming fears of coronavirus infection entering the community transmission stage, India is boosting its overall health infrastructure by initiating measures like designating dedicated......

PM announces new fund to fight Covid, you can donate

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the creation of an assistance and emergency situation relief fund where people can contribute and help in the government's fight against......

Gadkari asks NHAI chief, toll plazas to provide food, water to migrants

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday asked National Highway Authority of India chairman and toll operators across national highways to provide food, water and other necessary support to migrant......

Fiscal stimulus is not the need of the hour

What might be useful is targeted assistance to those sectors and individuals that are disproportionately affected, suggests Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: An Indian citizen feeds his newborn baby as they......

RBI stays EMIs for 3 months, cuts interest rate, CRR

The RBI on Friday put on hold EMI payments on all term loans for three months and cut interest rate by the steepest in more than 11 years as it joined the government effort to rescue a slowing......

Customs allows e-clearance for moving laptops

The Customs clearance required for moving equipment like laptops, desktops, etc out of SEZ units was delaying things as the clearance had to be taken in person after a first level of approval......

Cognizant to pay 1.3 lakh India staff 25% extra salary in April

IT firm Cognizant on Friday said it will give employees who are at associate level and below in India and the Philippines, an additional payment of 25 per cent of base pay for April in recognition......

Moody's slashes India's 2020 GDP growth to 2.5%

Moody's Investors Service on Friday slashed its estimate of India's GDP growth during 2020 calendar year to 2.5 per cent, from an earlier estimate of 5.3 per cent and said the coronavirus pandemic......

'In a crisis like this, everybody is in the same boat'

'It all depends on how much fuel is there in your tank.' Photograph: Kind courtesy PVR For the first time in four years, film ticket sales grew in 2019. Just as the industry was savouring it came......

Prabhas contributes Rs 4 crore to fight coronavirus

With coronavirus taking on an epic scale, several score Indians are reeling under its impact. Stars from the south Indian movie industry have stepped up to do what they can to help out. Allu......

'Just for that hour, we didn't think of coronavirus'

"When Modiji announced the (Janta) curfew, I thought why don't I treat people to music during this time?" Sonu Nigam tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com. This thought led to a blockbuster online......

Combating coronavirus: BCCI donates 51 crore

India's richest sports body Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday pledged a donation of 51 crore to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund in country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.......

India's family structure helps in coping mentally during Covid-19

IMAGE: Irfan Pathan spoke about how most of our sporting community which comes up through hardships become tougher in the long run. Photograph: Irfan Pathan/Twitter The fear of unknown,......

Bhutia part of FIFA's campaign against COVID-19

Bhutia in AFC's video awareness campaign in fight against COVID-19 Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia will feature in Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) public awareness campaign on the......

Badminton chief slams athletes on criticism during Covid-19

Disappointing to see members speculating about our sincerity and motives: BWF IMAGE: BWF secretary general Thomas Lund said the decision to go ahead with the All England Championships was made......

Please follow social distancing: Virat Kohli's heartfelt appeal

IMAGE: Virat Kohli made a heartfelt appeal to the citizens of the country. Photograph and Video Courtesy: Virat Kohli/Twitter India skipper Virat Kohli, on Friday, made a heartfelt appeal to the......

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Manish Sisodia

The Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh is alleging that people are leaving Delhi as power and water connections have been cut by the... ...

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Dire warning by health experts led to lockdown

The assessment conveyed by experts to the government was urgent: The number of Covid-19 patients would increase as people returning to India... ...

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NRL maximises LPG production

GUWAHATI, March 28 - Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has geared up to face the prevailing global medical exigency arising out of COVID-19... ...

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Sangma reviews preparedness in Tura

TURA, March 28 - Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, accompanied by senior officers of the State Government, today reviewed the level of... ...

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Meghalaya steps up efforts to ward off COVID-19

SHILLONG, March 28 - The Meghalaya Government has formed three teams, each headed by a Cabinet minister, to coordinate and supervise the... ...