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In an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, health experts Professor Ashish Jha and Professor Johan Giesecke talked about the COVID-19 pandemic.

The questions in which the children were required to identify the tense and noun included, 'I will join Pak army', 'Pakistan is our dear homeland' and 'Rashid Minhas was a brave soldier'.

The rate of unemployment may begin to fall post lockdown, but it will, at best, be half of what it is now by the end of 2020, says professor Santosh Mehrotra.

Celebrating 43 years of Amar Akbar Anthony on Wednesday, Amitabh Bachchan shared throwback pics from the time of shooting for the Bollywood film.

Earlier in the day, when he was asked about the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, where the Congress is a ruling partner, Gandhi had said that there is a difference between running a government and supporting a government.

Now there is another, a still-growing American casualty list that has exceeded deaths from the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting on Tuesday with all the agencies and ministries involved in the mega evacuation exercise.

Due to the lack of a proper referral slip, the newborn was first taken to a community health care centre in Dadri and since no child specialist was available there, the baby was then taken to the Child PGI in Sector 30, Noida.

The court directed the state to file a counter-affidavit and a detailed report of tests on primary and secondary cases and other details by the first week of June.

A commissioner for sports, an additional commissioner (planning) and a deputy director (planning) have been diagnosed with COVID-19, they said.

India has 0.3 deaths per lakh population as against the 4.5 deaths globally, which is among the lowest in the world, said Joint secretary Lav Agarwal.

It was also decided to disburse Rs 2,000 each to 3.62 lakh people of Assam stranded outside the state under the 'Assam Care' scheme every month from April to June.

The Opposition leader said Thackeray needed support of other constituents (read the NCP and Congress) of the Shiv Sena-led government whose only focus should be fighting against the COVID-19 "without any vested interests".

Bocelli, who has been blind since age 12, raised spirits in Italy during the pandemic, which has killed nearly 33,000 people, by singing alone in Milan's Duomo on April 12.

The ICMR DG said the government’s latest advisory regarding expanding the use of HCQ to frontline workers such as paramilitary and police personnel is based on “risk-benefit analysis”.

Bharti Group and Singtel will continue to hold a majority stake in Bharti Airtel at 56.23 per cent after the transaction.