The Indian government has officially clarified that rumors of a potential nationwide lockdown are entirely false. Union Minister Hardeep Si...

"And if you shut down, you don't have to shut down for six months. You can shut down temporarily to put an end to the cycle of transmission...

All states and Union Territories, however, have been directed to consider containment measures suggested by the health ministry recently, a...

The measures were recommended by the Union health ministry at a high-level meeting on Tuesday but a final decision will be taken by the Cen...

Neither are these times unprecedented (lockdown is ‘precedented’) nor is this the 'new normal' (which is now more than a year old).

The virus has brought the Indian economy to new low after new low over the past six weeks.

The extension will see some relaxations which will be regulated based on the spread of coronavirus in districts.

The economic toll of the crippling nationwide lockdown has become too glaring to ignore, with auto maker Maruti selling zero units in all o...

Till 5 pm yesterday, Maharashtra had 7,628 cases in total — a tally as high as the combined numbers of Gujarat, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, t...

The orders were issued by the Home Ministry on Tuesday night after receiving some queries with regard to exemptions of specific services an...

In the throes of a once-in-a-century pandemic, the headlines in many wealthier nations scream of empty supermarket shelves, of panic buying...

The govt order made it clear that there will be no inter-state movement of workers.

It comes amid raging speculation of a likely 2-week extension of the lockdown being on the cards.

It is now clear that the state’s lack of administrative capacity is complemented by its lack of imaginative ability. The lockdown was bound...

On balance, and despite many local cockups, India has responded spectacularly to an endeavour that has involved both personal sacrifice and...

“It may be hard to prevent infections from spreading,”the former Reserve Bank of India Governor said.

In an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus in India, Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday announced a nationwide lockdown for three weeks. M...