Countries have a sovereign right over data to protect privacy of citizens: Prasad at G-20 meetThis comes after India banned 59 Chinese apps citing threats to the country’s “sovereignty and security” late last month. The apps included...
22 Jul, 2020, 08.23 PM IST
Suspended website promoting e-pharmacies on Aarogya Setu app, Centre informs HCThe Centre's submission came on a plea seeking to de-link from Aarogya Setu mobile app, the website -- www.aarogyasetumitr.in -- as it was ...
17 Jun, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
Drones, contact tracing apps became more acceptable during COVID-19 than ever before: India at UNReferring to the Aarogya Setu mobile app, India told the high-level meeting that the expedited development of the contact tracing app and i...
12 Jun, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
High Court seeks Centre's reply on plea to de-link Aarogya Setu app from website promoting e-pharmaciesThe plea, filed by South Chemists and Distributors Association, said the website, www.aarogyasetumitr.in, is linked to the official mobile ...
14 May, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 49: Cost of a week spent homeIn April alone, the lockdown cost 27 million youth their jobs. However, things are slowly beginning to look up, as more and more industries...
12 May, 2020, 08.03 PM IST
Railway Ministry makes Aarogya Setu app mandatory for passengers taking special trainsHowever, officials said any "exception" will be decided on a "case-to-case basis", but did not rule out disallowing passengers who do not h...
12 May, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
New normal for rail travel: No linen, only packaged food, arrival at least 90 minutes early at stationsRailways has asked passengers to carry their own food and arrive at stations at least 90 mins before departure.
12 May, 2020, 06.11 AM IST
A few large outbreaks, no community spread: GovernmentThe Centre also defended Aarogya Setu, the government’s Covid-19 tracker app, saying it has till date alerted about 140,000 people about po...
12 May, 2020, 12.17 AM IST
Some relatively large COVID-19 outbreaks noticed in particular locations: GovernmentAsked if there has been a community transmission of the disease, joint secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwal at a press briefing sai...
11 May, 2020, 06.27 PM IST
Stranded Indians landing in country will have to register for COVID-19 'Aarogya Setu' app: MHAPunya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the Union Home Ministry, said the Indian Railways has run 62 special trains for stranded dome...
05 May, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Need to give importance to economy, battle Covid-19: PM Modi to CMsIn a video conference with the chief ministers, fourth such interaction since March 22 when he first spoke to them on the pandemic, Modi al...
27 Apr, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Govt's Principal Scientific Advisor pitches for substantial testing, digital contact tracingDelivering an address in an online conference on 'Combating COVID-19 --Biotech to the Rescue' organised by Bennett University, K VijayRagha...
17 Apr, 2020, 11.12 AM IST
Prasar Bharati makes it mandatory for staffers to install COVID-19 tracking 'Arogya Setu' appThe mobile application, launched by the Union Health ministry on April 2, helps users identify whether they are at a risk of COVID-19 infec...
15 Apr, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Govt launches AarogyaSetu mobile app to track spread of coronavirusOnce installed in aa smart phone, the app detects other nearby devices with AarogyaSetu installed. The app can then calculate the risk of i...
06 Apr, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
647 COVID-19 cases found in last 2 days linked to Tablighi Jamaat congregation: Health ministryThe congregation took place early last month in the national capital's West Nizamuddin area. So far there have been 2,301 cases of COVID-19...
03 Apr, 2020, 05.31 PM IST