\"People need to respond for their own good. If they don't heed then we may have to take stringent measures. If required and if the necessity arises, we will impose lockdown,\" says BS Yediyurappa

Speaking to reporters after meeting with the (TAC and expert committee on COVID-19 constituted by the government, he said the infections may peak during the next two to three weeks by May first week and decline by the end of May

Delhi issues fresh guidelines: Passengers from Maharashtra will have to show negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours while entering Delhi

Speaking to reporters, Javadekar said apart from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajashtan are the two other states that have received more than 1 crore doses. He also said over 1,100 ventilators will be made available for Maharashtra

States impose night curfew: Mostly, Twitterati seems to be wondering how will night curfew help in curbing the spread, when most people go about their business during the day hours

COVID-19 in India: List of cities under lockdown, night curfew as coronavirus cases escalate

On Sunday, the state government restricted the operations of recreational activities in the state, including restaurants and bars, till April 30. While bars and restaurants are allowed to operate only within hotels; home delivery services are permitted for 13 hours (7 am to 8 pm)

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While a lockdown is fatal, the state is caught in a peculiar situation where it has to look after the economy as well as save lives of people, he said.

Senior NITI Aayog Member Vinod Kumar Paul recently said that \"if the cases are more, they will eventually overwhelm the system\". Maharashtra CM said government is devising a plan to put in place curbs \"similar to a lockdown\"

As per the union health ministry data, 83.91 per cent of the new cases are from Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and Kerala

Indore, the worst-hit district in the state by the pandemic, saw 219 new cases, taking the caseload there to 61,642

A year later, the UN agency is still struggling to keep on top of the evolving science of Covid-19, to persuade countries to abandon their nationalistic tendencies and help get vaccines where they're needed most

Punjab is among the five states that has been asked by the Centre to refocus on strict surveillance, containment and RT-PCR testing to check the growing number of cases

Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor said plans are in the works to provide LPG connection with bare-minimum identity documents and without insisting on residence proof of the place of availing the cooking gas

Shipping freight rates have surged since July and companies are now finding it 'almost impossible to sustain normal trade operations', said Rajesh Menon, director general at the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

Use of water is something you can't avoid - be it washing your hands, working in the kitchen or showering. As the name suggests, instant water heaters have a high heating rate and come with a smaller storage tank, making it ideal for kitchens and not for baths

Dr Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, an Indian-born researcher currently working at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee, USA, has identified the drugs that could be used to prevent serious damage to COVID-19 patients

Unlock 3.0 guidelines: Schools, cinemas, metro trains will remain closed till August 31, while gymnasiums and yoga institutes will be reopened from August 5

The US is in the midst of the biggest civic unrest in the country's history following the death of 46-year-old Floyd when a white police officer pinned him down and kneeled on his neck as he gasped for breath