India

Data from the health ministry and Worldometer, a website that records confirmed cases of infection and deaths globally, said in India coronavirus cases doubled from 500 to 1,000 in five days and then took four days to reach 2,000.

Perpetual fear is a common emotion among many of the 2.6 billion people who are under some kind of lockdown across the globe due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rising scrap supplies amid a fall in demand could dent the world's second-biggest bullion consumer's imports and cap a rally in global prices, which hit a more than seven-year high earlier this month.

Out of the 66 deaths reported since Wednesday, 32 were from Maharashtra, 16 from Gujarat and 10 people were from Madhya Pradesh alone.

Earlier, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was four or five days but the current doubling rate is 13 days in Delhi, which is more than the national average.

V Muraleedharan had in a Facebook post on April 28 made the allegation that 'overconfidence of Kerala" in handling the pandemic had led to spike in COVID-19 cases in Idukki and Kottayam districts.

The state government has also arranged for buses to ferry migrant workers of neighbouring states who were stranded in different parts Gujarat, he said.

Thirty-six COVID-19 deaths have taken place in the state, while as many as 477 patients have been discharged.

Stray dogs bit over a dozen people in Zidke village near Ambadi Phata area in Bhiwandi taluka.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said state Chief Minister M L Khattar had a telephonic talk with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday evening during which he raised the matter with him.

Banerjee also announced a few relaxations, in accordance with the orders of the central government, such as opening stand alone shops in green zones and non-containment zones, following all precautionary and social distancing measures.

Several community clubs in Kolkata and North 24 Parganas districts have hired burly men to dress and act like mythical and fictional characters to spread awareness about the necessity to remain indoors and, at the same time, lift the spirits of the peopl...

According to a senior official of the Howrah police commissionrate, a total of 10 persons have been arrested and three cases under different sections of the Indian Penal Code and other penal laws have been lodged against the accused.

The attacker Alphonso Saldana, aged 51, has been arrested, the police said. The couple was attacked by Saldana with a pickaxe as they quarrelled over a piece of land, cops said.

Convalescent Plasma Therapy is an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients. In this treatment plasma, a blood component, from a cured COVID-19 patient is transfused to a critically ill coronavirus patient.

Indian markets opened on positive note taking positive cues from its Asian peers and ahead of U S Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic.