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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India's response to Covid-19 pandemic and expressed concern over the situation in Delhi. ....

Amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the national capital, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved rules imposing a fine of Rs 500 on those flouting quarantine rules, not wearing masks, not maintaining social distancing and chewing and spitting tobacco in public places in Delhi from Sunday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on World Yoga Day on June 21. Earlier his address was scheduled at Leh, as per the plans made before the pandemic outbreak, but now he will address the country from the national capital itself.....

Telangana on Thursday bid tearful adieu to its son Colonel B. Santosh Babu, who laid down his life in the violent clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh on Monday.....

Bihar's Jan Adhikar Party President Pappu Yadav on Thursday along with his supporters took to the streets of Patna and blackened advertisements and billboards of Chinese companies while riding a JCB machine, and demanded their removal. ....

Dr Soumya Swaminathan, who is the chief scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday, said that nearly 2 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine would be ready by the end of next year. ....

Around 730 workers at a slaughterhouse in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Thursday, German news agency DPA reported. ....

The 12-day complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu's capital city Chennai and three neighbouring districts-Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur-began on Friday morning with deserted roads and shops closed.....

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday targeted the Uttar Pradesh government over an FIR against a journalist in Varanasi, alleging the state government has registered FIRs against journalists, former officials and the Opposition for bringing the truth to light.....

India witnessed a spike of almost 15,000 fresh cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours taking the total tally in the country to 4.4 lakh with 312 new fatalities, data from Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry revealed on Tuesday.....