‘100-120 million jobs lost due to COVID-19 lockdown’
About 100-120 million Indians have lost their jobs due to the nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, Mahesh Vyas,...
From April 20, lockdown relaxations in non-containment zones
Hoping to gradually restart economic activity, the government today said it would start allowing selective relaxation in...
More than half of India’s districts have at least one COVID-19 case
As many as 408 of India’s 736 districts, spread out in 32 states and union territories, have now reported at least one...
47 districts in 23 states have not reported a new case in 14 days
No new cases were reported in 47 districts across 23 states in the last 14 days, the health ministry said today. Mahe in...
India reports it highest daily COVID-19 recoveries
At 252, India has reported its highest number single-day recoveries on April 17, as per the health ministry’s latest...
10 weeks on, 5 states/UTs have more recoveries than active cases
Ten weeks after India detected its first COVID-19 case, five states/union territories--Manipur, Kerala, Chhattisghar,...
India reports highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases as Modi extends lockdown
On April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of the countrywide lockdown until May 3, hinting at phased...
India may begin pooled testing of COVID19 samples
To significantly ramp up testing with limited resources, India may begin pooled testing of up to five COVID-19 samples,...