Maharashtra CM on Wednesday urged people to use masks while going out of their homes and appealed to former defence health services personnel, retired nurses and ward boys to join the "war" against coronavirus.
The Indian rupee also settled 70 paise lower at 76.34 (provisional) against the US dollar today amid rise in coronavirus cases in the country and weak domestic equities.
The logo has a photograph of the sun with a photograph of Lord Ram encircled with the logo in Sanskrit language stating "Ramo vigrahavan dharmah" (Lord Rama is the embodiment of religion).
While urging people to wear masks while stepping out of their homes, Uddhav Thackeray stressed on following social distancing norms and staying indoors as much as possible.
Brazilian President Jair M Bolsonaro has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on COVID-19 crisis with references to Ramayana and comparing Indian efforts to contain the pandemic to Hanuman and mythical 'sanjeevani booti'.
Microsoft has started registration for Android customers in these countries and is asking players those want to participate in preview to sign up.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday (April 8) submitted its recommendations on the graded re-start of economic activities after the end of 21-day lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14.
The sanitisation chamber has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which installed it at the AIIMS in the national capital to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
Serena Williams` coach Patrick Mouratoglou has called on tennis governing bodies to come together and devise a way of helping lower level professionals struggling financially due to the coronavirus shutdown.
In a bizarre development, a man in UAE asked Dubai Police if he needs a permit to move between the houses of his two wives during the lockdown imposed by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 in the country.
Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in India, young golfer Arjun Bhati on Tuesday (April 7) sold all his trophies and donated Rs 4.30 lakh to PM-CARES Fund in order to help the government's efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in the USA, Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey on Tuesday (April 7) pledged $1 billion of his stake in Square Inc to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. It is to be noted that Square Inc is a payments processor co-founded by Dorsey and he is currently the CEO of this firm.
Well-known Indian-American journalist Brahm Kanchibotla died of coronavirus COVID-19 in New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the US, on Monday (April 6).
Two more persons tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi area on Wednesday (April 8), taking the total number of such cases in the densely-populated slum area of Mumbai to nine, a civic official said.
Deepak Chahar who plays for Chennai Super Kings indulged in a fun chat on the inaugural episode of Anbu Den Lions released by the franchise itself and hosted by Rupha Ramani.
As on Wednesday, the US has more cases than any other country, with over 399,081 people diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
The ASI is posted in Delhi Police Traffic department and cops are now ascertaining how he contracted coronavirus.
In what is being called a 'miracle cure' by the health workers, a 93-year-old man Thomas and his 88-year-old wife Mariyamma have recovered from coronavirus COVID-19 after undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala's Kottayam and have returned home.
Indian benchmark indices opened in red on Wednesday (April 8) with the Sensex losing 271.60 points or 0.90% at 29795.61, and the Nifty plunging 78.85 points or 0.90% at 8713.35.
An image of the squad of 4 Para Special Forces Commandos being deployed on what turned out to be their final mission, in Kupwara, Kashmir. They eliminated five terrorists, at times fighting hand to hand, before making the supreme sacrifice for the Nation.
The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, allowing people to leave the city, if they were healthy, amid concerns of a second wave of infections as cases in mainland China rose.
Australian batsman Steve Smith on Tuesday (April 7) revealed that winning a Test series in India is something that he wants to achieve before ending his career. It is to be noted that Australia have won only four Test series in India and they last managed to defeat India in 2005, much before Smith started his Test career.
Swashbuckling Indian opener Rohit Sharma on Tuesday (April 7) said that all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was his first cricket crush when he came to the Indian cricket team.
The Twitter handle of PIB Fact Check on Tuesday (April 7) ‘warned’ users of rumours regarding the government spying on WhatsApp messages of several users.
UK-based Indian origin doctor Jitendra Kumar Rathod, who worked for years in the National Health Service (NHS), died on Monday (April 6) after being infected by coronavirus COVID-19.
