The Health Ministry on Monday warned that 80 per cent of all coronavirus patients are asymptomatic or show mild symptoms. ....

With masks being in high demand and short supply due to the Covid-19 pandemic, two youngsters in Madhya Pradesh are using innovative ideas for making cheap masks. ....

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country jump past 17,000 with 543 deaths, a worry associated with the spread of viral infection is emerging - the asymptomatic cases or people who do not show symptoms of the infection may not be identified through contact tracing and tests. ....

The Congress has slammed the BJP for playing politics over the issue of Palghar incident where three people were lynched by the mob. It said that the brutal incident happened amidst police presence as the mob overpowered the police and beat up the victims. ....

A total of 43 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Jaipur on Monday taking the tally in the city to 578 out of 1,535 patients in Rajasthan, said Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh. ....

Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand will open for pilgrims from May 14 while Badrinath temple will open from May 15 at 4 a.m., Uttarakhand's Culture Minister Satpal Maharaj announced on Monday. ....

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu turned 70 on Monday. ....

Terrorists shot dead a policeman at Anantnag in south Kashmir on Sunday. He has been identified as Head Constable Manzoor Ahmad. ....

Andhra Pradesh has confirmed three more Covid-19 fatalities during the last 24 hours, taking the toll in the state to 20, officials said on Monday. ....

With 108 fresh corona cases reported on Monday, the corona tally in Gujarat moved up to 1,851 while the total number of deaths due to the deadly virus was reported to be 67. ....

Condolences are pouring in on the demise of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father Anand Singh Bisht, who passed away at AIIMS on Monday morning in Delhi. ....

At least 30 media persons, mostly from the electronic media, have tested Covid-19 positive after they underwent tests at a special camp organized here last week, an office-bearer said. ....

About 50 suspects were detained for allegedly assaulting healthcare workers and damaging public property in the city's south-west suburb on Sunday night, police said on Monday. ....

No fresh coronavirus cases were reported from any of the eight northeastern states in the past 24 hours even as several people, who had earlier tested positive, discharged from the hospital as they recovered from the dreaded disease, ministers and officials said on Sunday. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray on Monday and sought action against the accused in the Palghar incident in which three people were lynched over rumours of them being kidnappers. ....

With 1,553 new cases in 24 hours, the total tally of novel coronavirus cases stood at 17,265 on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said. ....

Three days after a huge mob of villagers lynched three persons near a village in Palghar during lockdown, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanded a high-level probe into the incident. ....

The number of total Covid positive cases in India as risen up to 17,615 as per latest data released by the ICMR. ....

Ever since the diplomatically disastrous trip of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's to India two years ago, the New Delhi-Ottawa relations have been at an ebb. Reason: the increasing influence of Pakistan in Canada. ....

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asserted that doubling rate of coronavirus cases has increased from three days before imposition of lockdown in March to 9.7 days now. ....