In a significant move, the Union cabinet on Wednesday amended the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987 through an ordinance in order to ensure safety of health workers at a time when there has been a spate of attacks on them. Any violence against health workers may now bring steep fines and even imprisonments of up to seven years....
Spelling glad tidings for thousands of Indian crewmen of cruise ships and other sailors stranded on different vessels, the Centre has given the green signal permitting them to land at the Mumbai port, an official said here on Wednesday....
As Bihar sees a steady rise in the number of coronavirus patients, the real reason is being attributed to negligence, according to health department officials. ...
With 1383 new cases and 50 fatalities in 24 hours, the total tally of novel coronavirus cases in India reached 19,984 on Wednesday, health ministry said....
US President Donald Trump has said that his immigration ban will be for only 60 days and indicated that workers on temporary visas like H1-B for professionals could continue to come in....
Tuesday proved to be a bad day for Gujarat, as the state not only crossed the 2,000 mark for coronavirus patients but reached the second spot in the country, after Maharashtra, with 2,178....
Delhi Police have booked former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Umar Khalid and two Jamia Millia Islamia students under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with inciting violence in the national capital's northeast area in February this year, a lawyer said on Tuesday. ...
With the help of Civil Defene Corps (CDC), the Karnataka government distributed a whopping 15 lakh food packets to thousands of migrant labourers, stranded across the state due to sudden lockdown since March 25, an official said on Tuesday....
Three Corona suspects reported themselves to the government through the Aarogya app and their samples have now been sent for testing....
France, which plans to unwind some restriction measures from May 11, registered 531 more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday as hospitalisation-related figures pursue a slow decline. ...
