SC Order For Free Covid-19 Test May Hinder Fight
A decision by the Supreme Court to make testing for coronavirus free places an unfair financial burden on medical firms...
COVID-19
Trump Thanks India For Decision On Anti-Malaria Drug
President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for its decision to increase exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, an unproven...
Explainer: Do Men Fare Worse With COVID-19?
Death and infection tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the world point to men being more likely than women...
India Mulls Narrowing Lockdown To Coronavirus Hotspots
India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing curbs...
India Allows Export Of Anti-Malaria Drug After Trump Warns Of Retaliation
India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, said on Tuesday it will allow limited exports of the anti-malaria drug...
Trump Talks “Retaliation” If India Rejects Export Of Key Drug
US President Donald Trump has said "there may be retaliation" if India does not agree to export hydroxychloroquine, a key...
India Lifts Restrictions On 24 Drug Exports
India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines...
Scammers Try To Sell “Statue Of Unity”
Police in India lodged a case this week against an unknown online fraudster who tried selling the world’s largest statue...
Testing Times For India In Race To Stop Coronavirus Epidemic
India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the...
State Authorities Warn Lockdown Could Be Extended
Authorities in some states warned on Saturday that lockdowns to rein in the coronavirus pandemic could be extended in parts...
Curbs On Diagnostic Testing Kit Exports As Virus Spreads
India is restricting the export of most diagnostic testing kits, as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation topped 3,350...
People Light Lamps To Challenge Covid-19 Darkness
Millions of Indians turned off their lights and lit up balconies and doorsteps with lamps, candles and flashlights on Sunday,...
COVID-19: Officials Warn Of Lockdown Extensions
The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities...
Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Million
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths as the pandemic further exploded in the...
“Some Of Us Will Die”: Homeless Stranded By Covid-19 Lockdown
In a densely-packed neighbourhood of Delhi, hundreds of homeless people queued up this week as volunteers doled out rice and...
Doctors Fight Covid-19 With Raincoats, Helmets
Shortages of protective health gear in India are forcing some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the...
Internet Curbs In Kashmir Hamper Covid-19 Fight
The Health Ministry on Monday invited doctors in Kashmir to an online training session on managing ventilators - critical equipment...
Sensex, Nifty Fall As Covid-19 Cases Cross 1,000
Indian shares edged lower on Monday morning as the number of coronavirus infections in Asia’s third-largest economy showed no signs...
India Needs Atleast 38mn Masks To Fight Covid-19
India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread...
China’s Wuhan Eases Travel Curbs Post Lockdown
The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened...
‘Stigmatised’: Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Come Under Attack
Doctors, nurses and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus in India, who have been hailed as "heroes", have...
Coronavirus Cases Up Despite Immense Lockdown
Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services...
Eat It: Hanoi Chef Spreads Joy With ‘Coronaburger’
You’ve got to eat it, to beat it: That’s the philosophy of one Hanoi chef who is attempting to boost...
“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN
The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top official at the world body's...
India Faces Spike In Covid-19 Cases, Says Study
India could face between around 100,000 and 1.3 million confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus by...
