New Delhi:  More than Rs 36,659 crore has been transferred to the bank accounts of 16.01 crore beneficiaries using direct benefit transfer (DBT) between March 24 and April 17 during...

New Delhi: The fight against coronavirus pandemic is the "biggest invisible war" facing the humanity and India is confronting it with excellent synergy between all key organs of the nation,...

New Delhi: The finance ministry on Sunday said there will be no cut in pensions to central government employees. The ministry clarified its position after reports that the government is...

New Delhi:  People found spitting or urinating in public places will be penalised with a fine of Rs 1000, in keeping with the measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, civic...

Islamabad:  A prominent cleric in Pakistan has been booked for a third time for defying the government ban on Friday congregations imposed as a part of measures to limit the...

New Delhi: The decision of the government to tighten foreign direct investment norms for investors from neighbouring nations like China was timely, but there is a need to look at...

New Delhi: Air India has stopped taking bookings on all flights, said its officials, a day after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri "advised" airlines to open bookings only...

Paris: Novak Djokovic has said that he, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are organising aid for players struggling with the paralysis of the game due to the coronavirus pandemic. "I...

Beijing/Wuhan: China has classified the coronavirus epicentre Wuhan as a low-risk area, days after it revised the city's death toll by 50 per cent, even as 16 new COVID-19 cases...

Beijing: A premier Chinese virology laboratory in Wuhan, which is in the eye of the storm for allegedly being the source of the novel coronavirus, has for the first time...