Coronavirus live updates: 15,000 Indians expected on 64 flights in first week of repatriation

Bharat Dynamics Ltd, a defence public sector PSU, has signed a MoU for the large scale manufacturing of the ventilators developed by Nocca Robotics, an incubated start-up of IIT-Kanpur

Alappuzha district collector M Anjana has refused to accept Congress' financial assistance for paying the train ticket charge of guest workers leaving the district

First death from Covid-19 in Nashik city

A 20 year old pregnant women died soon after being admitted at Nashik civil hospital on May 2. Her swab report which arrived today confirmed her Covid positive.

Two special trains carrying migrants depart from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

Two special trains carrying migrants left Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for Bihar and Maharashtra respectively on Tuesday. Trains from Ghatkesar railway station in Telangana and Rayanpadu railway station in Andhra Pradesh left around 3:30 am on May 5.

5 more die of COVID-19 in Rajasthan; toll rises to 82

Eight new cases tak Karnataka's total to 659

Movement of migrant workers from Surat to other districts in Saurashtra and North Gujarat will be allowed from Thursday

The migrants will have to seek travel permission online. Only private luxury buses will be allowed to move out of the city with proper medical screening of the workers.

TASMAC state-run alcohol shops will not open in Greater Chennai City police limits on May 7th, opening date to be announced later: Tamil Nadu govt

15 tested positive today at Muktsar, Punjab raising the count in the district to 63

10 out of 15 who tested positive are labourers having returned from Rajasthan and UP

Andhra Pradesh government hikes liquor prices by 50%, taking the total overall hike in price of liquor to 75%

Price hike imposed to discourage alcohol consumption: Chief Minister's Office

SC refuses to entertain TMC MP Mahua Moitra's PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to allow CM's relief fund to receive donations under Corporate Social Responsibility from corporates

15,000 Indians expected on 64 flights in first week of repatriation

Of the 64 flights planned from May 7-14, 26 will be from Gulf region; 17 from Southeast Asia, and seven each from USA, UK and Bangladesh. About 14,800 Indians are expected to return back on these flights. Read full story

GoM meets to review Covid-19 situation in country

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, minister of civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat are among those present at the meeting.

Covid-19 cases in BSF increase to 67; max in Delhi, Tripura

Covid-19 cases in border guarding force BSF have climbed to 67, with the maximum reported in a Delhi battalion, deployed in the Jamia area for law and order duties, and from the frontier state of Tripura, officials said on Tuesday. Thirteen fresh cases have been reported from a force camp in Tripura. These include 10 personnel and three family members (wife and two children) of an infected trooper, a Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson said.

No liquor outlet has opened today in Vizag

If the government is unable to send them home for free, then BSP will pitch in to pay for their train and bus fares, Mayawati says

Kerala's Kurnool district crosses the 500-mark, total caseload now 516

Andhra Pradesh reports 67 more Covid cases, taking state tally to 1,717