Mumbai/New Delhi: Second batch of 44 Indian pilgrims has arrived from Iran, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said. An Iran Air flight carrying Indian pilgrims stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran landed at the airport in Mumbai on Friday afternoon, an official said. Iran is one of the worst-affected countries by the coronavirus outbreak and the…

Is there thinning of crowds on Mumbai’s local trains and cancellations reported on planned journeys? Yes and it is the railway statistics over the past few days that itself is proving so. The railways have been reporting increased cancellations and giving out refunds. While suburban traffic on Central Railway has shown a significant dip from…

A Canadian firm claims that it has manufactured a COVID-19 vaccine just 20 days after getting the coronavirus’s genetic sequence, using a unique technology that they want to submit for FDA approval. Medicago CEO Bruce Clark said his firm could manufacture as many as 10 million doses per month. On Thursday, he said in an…

New Delhi: Union Cabinet on Friday (March 13, 2020) approves 4% increase in Dearness Allowance for employees and pensioners of the Central government. The Union government had earlier said that Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) was due for Central Government Employees and Pensioners. The due DA/DR will be paid this month as it…

Coronavirus can stay in a patient’s respiratory system who has been infected by the deadly disease, for more than 30 days (5 weeks), according to a new study. In an article published in Lancet Medical Journal, doctors who studied coronavirus survivors detected RNA samples of the virus for a median of 20 days since the…

A Delhi court on Friday sentenced expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to 10 years’ imprisonment in the murder case of Unnao rape victim’s father. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma directed both Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother Atul Singh Sengar to pay Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to the victim’s family. The victim’s father…