Jammu:  Security forces defused six mortar shells fired by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Friday. Security forces detected the six unexploded...

New Delhi:  Central government's Principal Scientific Advisor K VijayRaghavan on Thursday pitched for substantial but "focused and intelligent" testing for coronavirus especially in identified zones or areas where it is...

United Nations: In a grim assessment of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children, the UN has said the looming global recession resulting from the outbreak could cause hundreds of...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the RBI has taken a slew of steps to maintain adequate liquidity in the system, incentivise bank credit flows, ease financial...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said on Friday the rate at which the number of coronavirus cases in the country was becoming double in the last one week was...

Washington: A record number of 4,591 Americans have died in the last 24 hours due to the deadly novel coronavirus in the US, which has the highest number of COVID-19...

New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Friday urged private schools to reconsider their decisions on annual fee hike and collecting fee quarterly during the lockdown. "I urge...

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the announcements made by the Reserve Bank of India will greatly enhance liquidity and improve credit supply. "These steps would help...

New Delhi:  The Postal Department has delivered over 100 tonnes medicines and other medical supplies across the country using freight flights and mail vans during the coronavirus lockdown, the Union...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has pumped Rs 1.2 lakh crore of fresh currency into the system in last 45 days since the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, Governor Shaktikanta Das...