Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday announced free essential goods for a month to 3.25 crore ration card holders belonging to the poor families in the state in view of the present corona crisis and the 21-day lockdown across the country. ....

In the second such operation in two days, the Vile Parle police swooped on a private warehouse and seized 400,000 masks worth around Rs 1 crore hoarded there, an official said here on Wednesday. ....

Four new coronavirus positive cases, including two healthcare personnel from Bhilwara, on Wednesday has taken the total number of cases in Rajasthan to 36, according to state health officials here on Wednesday. ....

Not a single case of coronavirus has been reported in the state of Jharkhand, said the state health department on Wednesday. ....

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday, said that at least 539 people tested positive so far. ....

Even as people in Kerela continued to remain under a lockdown for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, police registered around 50 cases across the coastal state against those moving around unnecessarily. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a cabinet meeting at his residence, where he, along with other council of ministers could be seen following the social distancing norms. ....

Five more COVID-19 positive cases were detected overnight in the state taking the total number of infected persons from 107 to 116, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here on Wednesday. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues were ensuring social distancing and asked whether people too were following the norms in view of the coronavirus outbreak. ....

At least nine casualties have been reported so far in India due to novel coronavirus, as per the data of Health Ministry. The first death was reported from Kalaburagi city of Karnataka on March 12. ....

While India seems to have done well in controlling the number of confirmed cases compared to other countries in the early phase of the pandemic, the country may see up to 13 lakh cases by mid-May if the numbers keep growing like this, a group of scientists has warned. ....

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a three week nationwide lockdown, the Supreme Court too declared an indefinite complete lockdown, also cancelling hearing of urgent matters even through video conferencing. ....

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown starting Tuesday midnight to prevent the spread of coronavirus, people in the national capital went into a panic buying mode. ....

In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 21 day nationwide lockdown that will bring everything except essential services to a halt in India. From the corridors of power in New Delhi to the bylanes of Hyderabad to a village in Nagaland, the entire country shuts down starting 12 a.m. on the intervening night of March 24 and 25. ....

As novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on the world and its economy, China is apparently witnessing resurgence of another virus, this time from rodents that reside in the dark underbelly of our world. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Tuesday announced a lock down across the entire country for 21 days to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), said that the disease took only four days to infect another one lakh people across the world. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced nationwide three weeks lockdown starting from Tuesday midnight. All states and union territories will come under its purview. ....

Goa will remain under a complete lockdown until March 31 as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, adding that "we can survive without food for a few days, on account of the emergency". ....

As the world battles growing new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed over 14,500 people, a study that appeared 12 years back then claimed that the situation in China was a "time bomb" for a dangerous virus outbreak. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a video conference with healthcare providers association of various states on ways to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak. ....