Private healthcare has boomed while public health facilities have been neglected, leaving India ill-equipped to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus: The legal framework behind lockdown, curfew, and quarantine

On January 19, 1897, about four months after the Bubonic plague was identified in Bombay, Queen Victoria directed her government to take the most stringent measures to eradicate the pestilence.

Covid-19 update: Shaktikanta Das, the governor of RBI, said the bank would do “whatever it takes” to address the coronavirus crisis.

The government is showing how not to handle a pandemic.

In the absence of an income support package during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, low-wage workers face anxiety and economic hardship.

The sudden shutdown of businesses has upended the lives of millions of migrant laborers in Indian cities. More than a dozen migrants have died, and anger is rising.

The total number of lockdown-related deaths stands at 24.

It's more important to save them...getting wet does not mean much, says nodal officer in-charge of COVID-19 in Bareilly

The government has also entrusted local bodies and the revenue department to ensure food and accommodation for migrant workers still in Kerala.

The spread of the coronavirus, and the lockdowns have created economic havoc in the lives of the millions who are part of the informal sector, not just daily wagers, but also workers of the gig...

Of the 23, six people, who have been admitted to AIIMS Jhajjar, are part of the Tablighi Jamaat outfit and attended an event held at a Nizamuddin West mosque last month, a Delhi health department...

The Indian Council of Medical Research has recommended that healthcare workers and symptomatic caregivers of COVID-19 patients be prescribed hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medicine against the

New findings raise serious questions about ICMR's reluctance to widen testing beyond people with a travel history until only last weekend.

India News: Government hospitals seeking personal protective equipment (PPE) are being told that it will take a minimum of 25-30 working days for them to be deliv

Covid-19 update: The number of positive cases in India were past 1,000 (1,013) as of 10.30pm Saturday night. On Friday, they rose by over 100 for the first time. Experts say India’s numbers will...

Load on public labs have risen as fear of false positive results forces them to double-check pvt results.

While some can practise social distancing, most Indians simply cannot as they have no social security

British-era Epidemic Diseases Act invoked to effect takeover 

The likelihood of all job card holders demanding work under the scheme is low

The Chief Minister sought that additional funds be deposited in Jan Dhan accounts as part of the Centre’s relief package for weaker sections in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The grimmest question that faces them is the availability of the next meal, which is often assured courtesy a government centre, good Samaritans, charity groups or NGOs.

Essential items include milk, vegetables, foodgrains, cooking oil, consumer durables and medicines, among others.

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India by activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey for issuance of uniform guidelines to all States/Union Territories to ensure that all active and...

In the city’s dense low-income settlements, safety measures to prevent coronavirus infections are an unachievable privilege.

The communication comes amid reports that tight rules to enforce social distancing are being applied to exempted essential activities, which district officials are regulating with lockdown permits.

According to sources, all the 17 railway zones and divisions are preparing plans to identity trains for the phased resumption of operations from April 15.

Health reporters are shut out of daily briefings. The police file an FIR against a website for reporting a fact. The PM wants newspaper owners & editors to report ‘positive news’ about the Coronavi...

The Delhi government has enhanced food rations and distributes cooked food in night shelters and schools. But it isn’t nearly enough.

The Jamaat was wrong. So were State agencies which allowed the gathering to take place

One Indian family struggles to protect itself from the coronavirus in one of Asia's largest slums, the latest calamity to threaten Mumbai's underclass.

While the government has guaranteed essential services to be exempt from the lockdown, poorer sections of the population have been left in the lurch even in the capital.

There are many deaths (Suicide, due to lock-downS, lathicharge, hunger ,during migration etc) which are related to COVID-19 disease but are not attributed to virus.