India

New Delhi: To discourage non-essential travel amid coronavirus outbreak, the Railway Ministry on Thursday withdrew concessions in passenger fares for all categories, except those for students, persons with disabilities and...

New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has decided to postpone the board exams for Class X (ICSE) and Class XII (ISC) in the view of...

New Delhi: The JEE Main April exam 2020, which was scheduled for April 5,7,9 and 11, has been postponed in view of the coronavirus threat to the examinees. Similarly, the release...

New Delhi: The Press Council of India has issued a show-cause notice to the editor of English daily ‘The Telegraph’ for a front page headline saying “Kovind, not Covid, did...

A massive fire broke out at DY Patil Hostel building at Nerul in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. Five fire tenders have rushed to the site. No casualty has been reported...

Oyo Rooms, India's largest hotel chain, is ready to provide its rooms as coronavirus quarantine centres if need be. Ritesh Agarwal, the company's founder, replied to a Twitter suggestion stating...

New Delhi: In an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19 infection, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday ordered lockdown of all centrally protected monuments. As a precautionary...

The first human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine started in the US on Monday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced. The experimental vaccine, developed by biotech...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification to this...

While the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) has thrown normal life out of gear across the globe, some special events like ‘weddings’ couldn’t be put on hold because of the pandemic. However,...