The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation's 'Chase the Virus' strategy in Dharavi --  often described as Asia's largest shantytown -- has found a new fan in the Philippines government as the Southeast Asia nation also grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic

The number of salaried people losing their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic has surged to 1.89 crore (18.9 million) since April, with around 50 lakh jobs lost last month, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)

India's indigenous-built helicopters were pressed into service to rescue people and extricate skimmed oil from the Japanese-owned cargo ship MV Wakashio in Mauritius

India's coronavirus tally crossed the 27-lakh (2.7 million) mark on Tuesday with 55,079 fresh cases in 24 hours, while the toll climbed to 51,797 with 876 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry

Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday night said she tested COVID-19 positive

Bengaluru-based Israeli Consulate has donated 25 oxygen concentrators for distribution in government hospitals to strengthen the state's fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Monday

After a dramatic fall in recruitments due to COVID-19 restrictions, hiring in India picked up 35 per cent from April to June, professional networking platform LinkedIn said in a report on Monday

A patient at a hospital in Hyderabad, in southern India, received a lung from a brain dead donor in Pune,  in western India, as different authorities came together to ensure the organ's transportation within one hour

Research scientists from the premier Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have developed a process to make bricks on the moon for habitation

The UK government on Monday launched a 3 million pounds (approximately Rs 29.4 crore) innovation challenge fund to support scientists in academia and industry to tackle COVID-19 and the threat to our environment

India's novel coronavirus tally crossed the 26-lakh (2.6 million) mark on Monday with 57,981 new cases in 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 50,921 with 941 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry

In what can be a matter of concern, India has left the US and Brazil behind, as far as its seven-day average of daily new coronavirus cases are concerned

Maharashtra's academic and cultural capital Pune on Sunday broke ahead of Mumbai to emerge as the country's new "corona capital" with the maximum COVID-19 cases

Mumbai police swooped on a night club in Jogeshwari early on Sunday morning and arrested at least 97 persons, including 28 women, for violating COVID-19 norms, officials said

Mumbai pilot Capt Amol Yadav -- who created ripples in the aviation industry by making a six-seater aircraft on his building terrace in Kandivali -- is now all set to soar in the skies with his beautiful bird