With 6,566 new cases and 194 new deaths India's total tally of COVID-19 reached 1,58,333 on Thursday, the Health Ministry data revealed. This is the second-highest number of deaths reported in 24 hours, it was on May 5 when India had reported 195 deaths in a day

A major terror plot was averted in Jammu and Kashmir after the security forces recovered a car laden with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in South Kashmir's Pulwama district

A total of 1,51,767 cases have been reported from the country in which 64,426 persons have been cured with the recovery rate being pegged at 42.4%, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday. The fatality rate is 2.86% whereas the world average is 6.36%, the ministry said

India's fourth recession since Independence, first since liberalisation, and perhaps the worst to date is here, according to rating agency Crisil

COVID-19 is expected to accelerate digital adoption in India and as onine trends take shape, behavioural modification could strengthen, with contactless shopping, payments, and delivery taking hold, according to US financial services house, Morgan Stanley

Jaipur residents are spending sleepless nights as locusts have led siege on the city for the past three days. Starting Sunday, these swarms of insects landed on the Rajasthan capital like a biblical plague entering their houses, attacking their rooftops, galleries and devouring up their kitchen gardens and lawns

Maintaining the plateau of over 6,000 cases, India on Wednesday crossed the psychological 1.5 lakh (150,000) mark of total Covid-19 cases so far. However it also posted a strong recovery rate of 42.44 percent as at least 3,935 people were also cured during the day

Frenetic political activity has begun in Kashmir Valley and in Delhi with a select set of people who are likely to be appointed to an Advisory Council to helm affairs in the Union territory being systematically sounded out

India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday said the recovery rate in Covid-19 cases in the country has been constantly improving on a daily basis. Speaking at a press conference, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said the recovery rate in the country was 7.10 percent on March 25, when the lockdown was imposed, while it is 41.61 now in the fourth phase of lockdown

The spread of the novel coronavirus has shown no indication of slowing down; in fact in the last 15 days it has steadily climbed the graph adding in two weeks more cases than it did in the first 100 days

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday said it will continue using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) medicine as prophylaxis for COVID-19 disease

As India ranked 10th in the global infection list, overtaking Iran, which was an early hotspot of coronavirus, India's top medical body has said the human trials of COVID-19 vaccine may begin at least in six months

The Taj Group of Hotels has dished out over 16.50 lakh (1.65 million) nutritious meals - designed by celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor - to migrants and medical workers at hospitals in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru, a top official said

With around 7,000 new cases in a day, India's tally of novel Coronavirus cases surpassed that of Iran's as it recorded 1,38,845 till Monday

The ASHA workers are living up to their name ('Asha' is Hindi for hope) and serving women and infants in the country amid the novel coronavirus pandemic