Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman on Friday assured Yes Bank depositors that their money is safe and there will be no loss to any of them. “I want to assure all the depositors that their money is safe, I am constantly in touch with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The steps that are taken are…

Around seven years back, as she left her home on the afternoon of December 16, Nirbhaya promised her mother to be back in two-three hours. After she didn’t return home for over five hours, Nirbhaya’s mother dialed her number. As the calls went unanswered, the family started looking for now missing Nirbhaya. Hours later, they…

Officials at Delhi’s infectious disease control cell and the district task force are making at least 9,000 calls a day, contacting over 4,500 people twice in 24 hours to check if they have symptoms of the coronavirus infection such as fever, cough or shortness of breath. These people had travelled from 12 high-risk countries to…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Indians don’t need to panic about the outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus. Speaking with India Today, Dr Rodrico Ofrin, Regional Emergencies Director, WHO, said there is no need to panic, as cases tested positive in India were because of travelling abroad, citizens’ caught the virus on foreign land….

As per report it was stated that the official page of air india on social network has shared today asking all the co-passengers to follow mandatory guidelines issued by the health ministry on coronavirus after a passenger who travelled on 25 Feb was tested positive. This left all the passengers and followers on social network…

Thirty-six-year-old Jainesh hailing from Kerala’s Kannur, who landed from Malaysia, died on Saturday. Jainesh had arrived at the Cochin international airport on Friday with severe symptoms of fever. He was soon shifted to an isolation ward but breathed his last there. His blood samples tested negative for the coronavirus at the National Institute of Virology…

One of the world’s most renowned virologists, Dr W Ian Lipkin spoke to India Today about the coronavirus outbreak. Explaining the new virus and how it can be contained in limited ways, Dr W Ian Lipkin said that if people avoid touching there faces so often, the risk of contracting the coronavirus will be reduced…

The epidemic of novel coronavirus is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. After infecting as many as 94,000 people globally, the fatal virus has now reached India as well. A total of 29 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the country so far and the number is likely to go up in the…

The costs of hospitalisation including the treatment during the quarantine period have to be settled by insurers as per the terms and conditions of the policy. The Coronavirus is spreading fast and several cases have been reported in India. For those holding a health insurance policy, the pertinent question that comes to mind is, whether…

#ShaheenBaghEmpty trends on Twitter Shaheen Bagh, the hotspot of anti-CAA protests was seen lying vacant on Friday. On social media, ‘#ShaheenBaghEmpty’ was seen trending on Twitter. India TV journalists Meenakshi Joshi and Diksha Pandey visited the venue for a ground report on Shaheen Bagh and spoke to the locals in the vicinity. Speaking to India…

Soros said the ‘most frightening setback’ of nationalism was being seen in India. US financier and philanthropist George Soros on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of creating a “Hindu nationalist” state and threatening to strip Muslims of their citizenship. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros said humanity was at…

Ex-judges: Three retired Supreme Court judges – Justice Vikramjit Sen, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Kurian Joseph – on Thursday evening visited the riot-ravaged areas in northeast Delhi to assess the situation. Neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor Union home minister Amit Shah has visited the areas till now. Justice Joseph later told reporters that the…

It was only when the driver almost hit another car and a divider that, she says, she suggested driving the car. A woman was forced to drive an Uber cab she had booked after the assigned driver fell asleep. The six-second clip, which has the driver sleeping on the front seat, has now gone viral…