The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has laid off 6,270 contract employees citing financial crisis due to Covid-19 lockdown, APSRTC Employees' Union claimed on Friday....
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 4.5 million, while the death toll has surpassed 307,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University....
Launching "Operation Warp Speed" to ready a vaccine against Covid-19 by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said on Friday the US was working with India on the project....
The Union Home Ministry on Friday urged states and Union Territories to ensure that migrant workers do not walk back home as the government is running special buses or Shramik specials to facilitate their journey....
An experimental vaccine developed by researchers at Oxford University has shown promise in preventing COVID-19, according to a small trial in six monkeys....
The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a petitioner seeking a direction to the Centre and states to shut down liquor shops, as it is not possible for the shopowners to maintain social distancing. ...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday came out with a slew of fiscal measures along with regulatory reforms to revive the agriculture and allied sectors under the mega Rs 20 lakh-crore economic package for the 'Self-reliant India Movement' announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently....
There was no let-up in the Covid-19 grip over Maharashtra on Friday as the state recorded the second-highest figures of 44 deaths and 1,576 new cases in a day, while Mumbai notched 933 new cases, state health officials said here....
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took pot shots at the Niti Aayog and the Centre over one of its predictions that there would be no fresh cases of coronavirus infection in India from May 16....
The Congress slammed the government's Rs 20 lakh crore package, saying it has "only 13 zeros" for farmers after the Finance Minister announced the third tranche of welfare schemes for the farmers on Friday. ...
