The Government of India on Wednesday announced that all pending income tax refunds up to Rs. 5 lakh would be issued immediately. This would benefit around 14 lakh taxpayers added a press note on the Income Tax Department's Twitter handle.Additionally, the government has also decided to ...

Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government has quarantined 177 people including 108 foreigners who attended the religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in New Delhi, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Aon Wednesday. "Ten or 12 days back we shifted to the quarantine...

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Modi has urged Indians with economic means to financially support one poor family till the coronavirus outbreak continues. "It has been brought to my attention that some people are campaigning to honour Modi by standing for 5 minutes. At first glance, ...

Free Fire Clash Squad update is rolled out. Free Fire is a popular mobile battle royale game that has quickly gained a sensation around the globe. The game goes head to head against the likes of PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile. As the Garena Free Fire battle royale game has become so popular, t...

Image Source : WIKICOMMONS The skyline of Bulandshahr for representational purposes As the Uttar Pradesh government announced the sealing of hotspots across 15 districts, in a bid to contain the coronavirus infections, lists of 'hotspots' in Bulandshahr and Shamli, which will be sealed has now been...

Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team has created a new app that has been specifically designed for couples. Called Tunes, the app aims to encourage coupes to create a private space where couples can be themselves. Tunes features a scrapbook-style feed that is just shared between the ...

Food delivery service Zomato has decided to supply groceries and other essential goods to its customers straight from its app to more than 80 cities across India. Due to the on-going nationwide lockdown that’s in effect till April 14 to contain the spread of Coronavirus, many businesses have been...

Image Source : FLICKR Oppo conducted the first 5G voice and video calls Chinese smartphone brand Oppo on Wednesday announced that it has successfully conducted voice and video calls solely based on the next-generation 5G network. Partnering with Ericsson and MediaTek, the VoNR (Voice/Video on New R...

'Kabir Singh ki bandi' Kiara Advani shows the best way to get dressed for a call amid lockdown Actress Kiara Advani tickled the funny bone by sharing a photograph showing how she dresses up for video calls. Kiara took to Instagram stories where she shared a picture of herself, which seemed to be ei...

The doctors and other medical staff across the country are going through tough time during the fight against coronavirus outbreak. In the national capital many doctors haven't gone back home for many days. They are spending their off-duty hours in a five star hotel room arranged by the Delhi governm...

Image Source : AP File The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday announced sealing of coronavirus hotspots in at least 15 districts of the state. The hotspots will remain sealed till April 15 morning. Only home delivery will be allowed. These are places where a number of cases have been found, Dire...

Coronavirus hotspots Lucknow: These areas will be sealed in the city Uttar Pradesh government has narrowed down on 12 'hotspots' of coronavirus pandemic in state capital Lucknow. 8 of these are major hotspots while 4 are minor. These hotspots will be sealed till the morning of April 15. These areas...

A total of 808 Tablighi Jamaat workers have been placed under mandatory quarantine in Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday, as he asserted his government was working "beyond its strength" to control the spread of COVID-19 in the state. More than 1,300 people from th...

PTI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his disapproval of a reported campaign that people should give him a standing ovation for five minutes, saying it appears to be a mischief to drag him into controversy. In a series of tweets in Hindi, he said maybe it is someone's goodwill, &...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said that the state has witnessed a spike in coronavirus cases as the state government has increased tests. Addressing the people of the state the CM said that the government has launched door-to-door surveys. "We do not wait for patient...

PTI, The situation in the country is akin to a "social emergency" and it has necessitated tough decisions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told political leaders on the COVID-19 outbreak as he asserted that his government's priority is to "save each and every life". Interacting wit...

Ashish Tripathi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to ensure full protection to doctors and health workers, who were acting as "warriors" in the fight against coronavirus. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat asked Solicitor General to set up a nodal centre ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central government to make Covid-19 tests free of costs. In its order, the Supreme Court said the tests for novel coronavirus, whether conducted in approved government laboratories or private labs, shall be done free of cost. The court directed ...

PTI, Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi will be join investigation after his quarantine period is over, said his lawyer. On Tuesday, Delhi Police's Crime Branch lodged an FIR against seven people, including the cleric, on a complaint by SHO Nizamuddin for holding a religious congregation...

Ashish Tripathi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that private labs would not charge Rs 4,500 as fees fixed for conducting COVID-19 test. "The private Hospitals including laboratories have an important role to play in containing the scale of the pandemic by extending philanthropic servic...

With most of us having to stay at home because of the lockdown, the opportunities of consume fresh foods have decreased. Yet, it is imperative that we now eat meals that support a robust immune system. To show that it is possible to have a healthy diet even when fresh produce is scarce, the World He...

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will hold special placement drives for those students whose job offers got cancelled amid the coronavirus outbreak, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said on Wednesday."I have also asked all IIT directors to hold special placement drives fo...

Green pea stew(Serves 4)Ingredients2 ripe tomatoes n 1 garlic clove n 1 carrot n White oil2 small bunches of coriander leaves, chopped200g frozen peas n 200g black beans, soaked and boiledSweet paprika and dried basil n 4 eggs (optional)MethodSkin and chop the tomato, crush the garlic and cut the ca...

The present coronavirus pandemic has some mood-elevating statistics. Not every infected person shows symptoms and dies - 25 per cent have no symptoms at all, 80 per cent recover completely without aggressive treatment with hospitalisation or ventilators. They require only supportive treatment such a...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday barred private laboratories from testing patients for coronavirus disease. The judges said they were satisfied that there was a case for not charging patients for the tests and would decide later if they were entitled to any reimbursement from the government. 'The pri...

The rupee plunged by 70 paise to its life-time low of 76.34 against the US dollar on Wednesday as a rise in coronavirus cases in the country fanned fears of the government extending the lockdown to contain the pandemic.Forex traders said rising Brent crude prices and a firm US currency also weighed...

Image Source : WIKICOMMONS A file photo of Kanpur Municipal Corporation building (representational image) As the Uttar Pradesh government announced the sealing of hotspots across 15 districts, in a bid to contain the coronavirus infections, a list of localities to be sealed in Kanpur has come out. ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded his message the need to come together as a nation to fight the battle against coronavirus. The Congress on 8 April, Wednesday, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at the time of a health crisis a...

Vijay Varma and Aaditi Pohankar get candid about making <i>She</i>. On the latest episode of 'OffScreen', actors Vijay Varma and Aaditi Pohankar, who are currently in Netflix's She written by Imtiaz Ali, talk about playing a drug dealer and cop respectively, filming tough...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called an emergency meeting at his residence to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak. The meeting -- which is expected to begin shortly -- is to be attended by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendra Jain, the Chief Secretary and the Health S...

Zulfikar Majid , The toll of COVID-19 positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir jumped to 139 with 14 new cases detected on Wednesday. Among them, 11 new cases of COVID-19 were reported from Kashmir, while three samples tested positive in the Jammu division. So far, three positive patients have died and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sought to distance himself from a malicious campaign urging people to stand in public for 5 minutes to honour him terming it a "mischievous" attempt to drag the PM into controversies. In an appeal on Twitter, PM Modi urged people to not fall for s...

Image used for representation. Since 25 March, India has been under a 21-day lockdown which was announced by PM Narendra Modi as a measure to contain the fast-spreading virus. The prime minister had asked the states to give their recommendations on the current 21-day nationwide lockdown, which is s...

New Delhi: Out of the seven coronaviruses known to infect humans, four are seasonal and cause common respiratory infections that transmit similar to influenza, according to a new paper by public health researchers at the University of Michigan. The authors of the study, published in the Journal of...

IITs will conduct special recruitment drives for those candidates whose placement offers got revoked during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the education minister....

IITs will conduct special recruitment drives for those candidates whose placement offers got revoked during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the education minister....

Image Source : PTI If you develop any of the symptoms- dry cough, cold and fever, here's what you should do. There is a constant surge in the COVID-19 positive cases and deaths in India, causing people to panic. COVID-19, a highly contagious disease caused by the novel coronavirus was first detec...

Image Source : PTI (FILE) Over 800 Tablighi Jamaat members under mandatory quarantine in Karnataka: CM A total of 808 Tablighi Jamaat workers have been placed under mandatory quarantine in Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday, as he asserted his government was working "b...

In a first for the country, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday made face masks as compulsory part of attire for all citizens in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Pune Metropolitan Region who want to move around in any public places for whatever reasons.In an order this evening, the officia...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday hinted at extending the lockdown, saying that human lives are more important than economy."We can bear and face a situation like total lockdown. We can also manage our economy later, but if a life is lost, we cannot bring it back. ...

Baby Doll singer Kanika Kapoor returned home this week after testing negative for the novel coronavirus. Though she is discharged from hospital, she has to stay in isolation for the coming 14 days. Now, Lucknow Police is planning to interrogate Kanika once her isolation period is over. A case was b...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre, without naming the saffron party, of allowing the Tablighi Jamaat congregation to happen in Delhi last month. She said it could have been stopped. Breaking her silence on the issue, Banerjee...

xHelper is an Android Malware that's impossible to remove. xHelper Trojan was discovered in 2019 and had quickly become infamous for being the malware that was impossible to remove. A Kaspersky report says that as of March 2020, the malware has infected nearly 55,000 Android devices, with many...

Srinagar: Police confirmed that a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist commander was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sopore area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. News agency PTI quoted a police official as saying, "A JeM commander has been neutralised in t...

Coronavirus tests must be free in both government, private labs, says Supreme Court...

Twice Olympic 800 metres finalist Donato Sabia has died from COVID-19 at the age of 56, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Wednesday. CONI said in a statement that Sabia had been in the intensive care unit of the San Carlo hospital on Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, ...

Myntra today announced that it has partnered with Wildcraft, India's leading head-to-toe outfitter and fastest growing outdoor gear, clothing and footwear brand, to offer high quality personal protective masks on its platform. As part of its commitment to serve customers during this unpreceden...

The Supreme Court has ordered private medical labs across the country to not charge patients for testing for Covid 19. According to the Supreme Court, tests relating to Covid-19 whether in approved government laboratories or approved private laboratories shall be free of cost. The court added that...