
With 5609 new novel coronavirus cases and 132 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, the total tally of such infections in India stood at 1,12,359 on Thursday the Health Ministry data revealed....

Highlighting its continuing peril around the world even as its spread slows in some areas of Asia and Europe and lockdown restrictions are eased, coronavirus has infected 106,000 people in the last 24 hours - the largest number of cases since its outbreak, the WHO said on Wednesday....

Consumer confidence in India witnessed a freefall in May due to the nationwide lockdown and the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Refinitiv-Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI)....
A 40-year-old farm labourer was found dead midway while walking from Pune to his native village around 400 km away in Parbhani district in Maharashtra, police said here on Wednesday. ...

Two areas of Zamrudpur and Dakshin Puri in the South District of the national capital have been marked as containment zones, according to the authorities on Wednesday....

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday that more than 39.6 per cent of the confirmed Covid-19 cases have recovered, which is a reminder that the disease is curable and the clinical management protocols adopted by India are effective....

A 43-year-old man from Bengaluru Urban succumbed to Covid-19, even as 67 new positive cases raised Karnataka's tally to 1,462, an official said on Wednesday....

The number of persons who tested positive for Coronavirus over the past 24 hours in Tamil Nadu touched a new high of 743, taking the total tally to 13,191 persons, the State Health Department said on Wednesday. ...

Severe cyclonic storm Amphan made a landfall in West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon, with Kolkata and its nearby areas witnessing high-speed winds exceeding 100 kmph accompanied by heavy rains. The cyclone is said to be one of the worst to form over the Bay of Bengal in many years. ...
The libraries come in different shapes and sizes across the world. But the one laying beneath a temple at the Bhadariya village of the Thar Desert region in Rajasthan is unique in its own way. ...