Citizens all across the country are under quarantine due to the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of novel COVID-19 virus. With people confined to their homes, it is important that news and information about the health crisis reach each and every section of society for their awareness, and community radio plays ...

COVID-19 pandemic has put India’s 1.3 billion population under home-quarantine in order to curb the spread of the virus. With no outdoor activities and emphasis on social distancing, many Indians, particularly millennials, have started swiping through online dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Happn, and OkCupid now more than ever. With a lot of time ...

With the advent of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the Indian government on March 24 announced a 21-day lockdown in the country. Amid the lockdown to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been an exponential rise in the use of technology not only by the citizens but by the government as well. With the use of ...

With the rise in Coronavirus cases in India, there has been an increase in the incidents of harassment and violence against the Indian citizens hailing from the Northeast states. Several incidents have come to light in the past weeks where people of Northeast India have become targets of racial discrimination and verbal abuse in the ...

In the wake of spurt in positive COVID-19 cases and an increase in the virus hotspots in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has decided to deploy rapid antibody testing kits for the symptomatic people in such hotspots. The COVID-19 rapid testing kit will allow the individual to test the virus at ...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis shadowing over the country, the Supreme Court has directed the media to report on coronavirus based on the facts and information approved by the Central government. This step has been taken to prevent dissemination of fake news on the pandemic that can lead to confusion and panic among the citizens. ...

Indian government, which earlier this week announced a 21 day lockdown, is contemplating over resolving issues pertaining to the country’s dwindling economic health and other challenges which emerged amid the shutdown. The finance ministry has urged Reserve Bank of India to aid people with certain relief measure stuck in their homes due to outbreak of ...

Former Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi on April 7 wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five ways through which the government can fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Here are the suggestions made by the Raebareli MP in her letter to the Prime Minister: Sonia Gandhi wrote the letter to the PM Modi ...

Countries across the globe are fighting their battles with the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. As the fight continues, India, on April 7, partially eased the ban on the export of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and paracetamol to the countries which are worse affected by the pandemic outbreak. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava issued a ...

The novel coronavirus, Covid-19, has taken the world by storm, which hit medical, economic and political institutions across the globe. Till date the deadly virus has infected 109,900 persons in at least 97 countries and taken away more than 3800 lives, according to the data cited in the The New York Times. Who knew the ...