New Delhi

With the coronavirus lockdown in force, public transport in the city has been started with a cap on the number of passengers from May 19.

The envoy said further enhancing bilateral maritime security as well as expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region would be other key areas for talks.

In February, when the lockdown was still not imposed, around 4.12 lakh passengers travelled daily through domestic flights in the country.

Lockdown 4.0, which will end on May 31 midnight, has accounted for 47.20 per cent of the total coronavirus infection cases, number crunching from the Union Health Ministry data reveals.

The university also said in case students miss out on taking the open-book exam (OBE), they will be given an opportunity to appear for pen and paper exams when the situation normalises.

Surjewala had on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the matter in which the apex court on its own took cognisance of the "unfortunate and miserable" plight of migrant labourers stranded across the country due to the COVID-19 lockdow...

1987 batch IAS officer Arun Singhal, currently working as Special Secretary in Department of Health & Family Welfare as Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, has been appointed a Secretary in the same department.

A massive contraction in manufacturing and construction activities pulled India's GDP growth rate down to 3.1 per cent in the last quarter of 2019-20 fiscal from Q3's 4.1 per cent and 5.7 per cent rise reported for the like period of the previous fiscal.

BWF confirmed that the World Junior Championships will now be held from January 18 to 24 in 2021.

India is monitoring the current situation in Nepal, said External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava referring to Kathmandu deferring a plan to bring in a constitutional amendment to validate a new map.

JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, associated with Pinjra Tod, were sent to judicial custody by Metropolitan Magistrate Kapil Kumar after the police said their further custody was not required for the investigation.

Peter Maurer said Wednesday that health workers are being attacked and abused and health systems are being targeted at a time when they are most needed.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the CBSE will announce modalities of registrations for such requests.

The woman had contended that her daughter went missing on February 29 and she feared that the girl might have become a victim of human trafficking.

Even as the state on Wednesday reported 107 new cases and six deaths, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said people should not be scared of the coronavirus as the spread is not on an alarming scale despite relaxations in lockdown.

Referring to his earlier planned visit to Egypt this year, which had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi conveyed his desire to meet the president as soon as circumstances permit, an official statement said.