With economic activities coming to a halt amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown, the Indian economy is expected to record a negative 4.5 per cent growth rate in the current financial year, according to the FICCI's Economic Outlook Survey

With a record single-day spike of 28,637 new coronavirus cases and 551 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's total cases neared 8.5 lakh (850,000) with the death toll up to 22,674, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data said on Sunday

Alarmed by surging COVID cases daily since July 1, the Karnataka government decided to re-impose a total lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts from July 14 till July 22, it was announced on Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed for real-time monitoring of novel coronavirus pandemic at the national level, stressing on guidance to all affected states that have a high test-positivity rate

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has okayed the use of Itolizumab (rDNA origin), a monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients

India's economy is showing signs of getting back to normalcy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday

India's SpiceJet on Saturday said it will operate flights from across four stations in India to Ras Al-Khaimah (Dubai) between July 12 and 26 for eligible Identity and Citizenship (ICA) approved UAE residents

No COVID-19 death has taken place in the first week of July among people put in home isolation in Delhi even as daily death toll here due to coronavirus has shown a sharp decline, according to a study conducted by the Delhi government

In a major boost to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra government's morale, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded their success over the COVID-19 outbreak in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums with about a million people packed in just over a two square kilometre area

Etihad Airways will resume a limited number of special flights from six Indian gateways to Abu Dhabi from July 12 to 26

India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $6.416 billion during the week ended July 3. According to the RBI's weekly statistical supplement, the reserves grew to $513.254 billion from $506.838 billion reported for the week ended June 26

India will have to wait till at least the first quarter of 2021 to get its vaccine that can treat COVID-19, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology was told

India recorded its highest single-day spike of 27,114 new coronavirus cases and 519 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally to over eight lakhs with a total of 22,123 deaths, Health Ministry's data stated on Saturday

In a first, the Supreme Court of India on Friday allowed the service of summons and notices, a necessity in almost all legal proceedings, through instant messenger like WhatsApp as well as by e-mail and fax

The COVID-19-imposed restrictions on the cinema exhibition industry has not only disheartened moviegoers, but cost several thousand jobs with the losses to the industry an estimated Rs 5,000 crore in revenue