India has achieved a major milestone in its fight against COVID-19 as two large companies Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Johnson & Johnson collaborated as part of a social contract with National Institute of Virology and Textiles Ministry to get a Made in India testing swab in 10 days at 10 percent cost of what was being imported from China

Prominent  Indian Muslim clerics on Saturday advised the community members not to hug each other and shake hands on Eid on May 26 and maintain social distancing and other norms while celebrating the festival in view of the coronavirus scare across the country

A study of non-migrant workers in Delhi has revealed widespread compliance with public health directives to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as use of face masks, washing of hands, and social distancing increases

With India's total tally rising to 85,940, the world's largest democracy has now surpassed China with a total of 53,035 active cases and 2,752 deaths while 30,152 people have recovered so far, the Union health ministry said on Saturday

India is all set to harvest a record 295.67 million tonnes of foodgrains in 2019-20 (July-June) as per the third advance estimates released by the Centre on Friday

About 35 percent of the 72,000 Indians who have registered with the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia for repatriation reported jobloss either for short term or long term due to the COVID-19 pandemic

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said that the total recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the country has been recorded at 34.06% and the Doubling Rate improved from 3.4 days in the pre-lockdown week to 12.9 days in the last week

With 3,967 new cases and 100 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 81970, the Union Health Ministry stated on Friday

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stressed the need for India to become self-reliant and a “net exporter of technology" as he addressed through video conference scientists of  the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the occasion of National Technology Day

A total of ten vaccine candidates for novel coronavirus are under development in India, said the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) on Thursday

Sensing adverse impact on the livelihood of thousands of street vendors across India due to COVID-19 pandemic, the government on Thursday announced a Rs 5,000- crore special credit facility to benefit nearly 50 lakh such vendors

With 3,722 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 78,003, the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday

After more than four months into fighting the coronavirus outbreak, India has one of the lowest cumulative deaths per million in the world

With 3,525 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 74,281, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday

Contraction in manufacturing and electricity sector's output on the back of COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown to curb its spread plunged India's factory production in March 2020