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In a bulletin issued on Friday, the Delhi health department said, the death toll from coronavirus infection has risen to 123.

The purchase, in addition to an earlier deal to buy 40 of the aircraft, will cost $6 billion, CDS Bipin Rawat said.

Vardhan said Indian scientists are working on developing of vaccine, drugs, cost-effective diagnostic kits and various life-saving equipment with the active support of the government.

The matter pertains to auctioning of RH Agro's property by State Bank of India (SBI) after its account was classified as non-performing asset (NPA).

The Wadhawans are presently in jail after being arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is also probing the same case.

ED opposed the bail plea, saying the accused may flee from justice and "if there is any medical condition, the jail authorities will take care of it."

Boxing Federation of India will be paying USD 120,000 by May 20 as International Boxing Association threatened to suspend if there is delay.

Earlier, three inmates of Tihar Jail were put under quarantine after one of them, a rape accused, was suspected to have come in contact with a coronavirus-infected person.

The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing on Friday, sought direction to the authorities to comply with the guideline of 14-day quarantine and to constitute a high level committee to enquire as to whether continuous confinement of the members i...

The mega Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package includes previously announced measures to save the lockdown-battered economy, and focuses on tax breaks for small businesses.

Despite additional funding, the continued lack of medical investment and healthcare infrastructure will present challenges to mounting an effective response in India against COVID-19 pandemic, Fitch Solutions has said.

In order to maintain adequate measures of social distancing, no RAC (Reservation Against Confirmation), which allows seat sharing, would be allowed for now.

In an exclusive interview with IANS, the MP from Raiganj alleged that Mamata Banerjee's policy of appeasement has pushed West Bengal to a situation where it is sitting on a dynamite.

Gulfisha Fatima, an MBA student, was arrested for allegedly instigating a crowd of protestors that led to riots in the area.

Many among them have died, unable to cope with the harsh sun and in the absence of food. Last week, 16 migrant workers were run over near Maharashtra's Aurangabad by a goods train after the exhausted migrants fell asleep on the railway tracks.

Matheen, 26, a resident of Karnataka's Shimoga, is wanted in the case registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the NIA said.