India has given go-ahead to Malaysia's request for hydroxychloroquine(HCQ), a drug that is being called a game-changer to deal with COVID crisis. Kuala Lumpur had requested hydroxychloroquine from India to deal with COVID even as New Delhi got the request from several countries for the drug.

India gives go head to Malaysia's hydroxychloroquine request

India has sent the second tranche of emergency medical supply consisting of 1,00,000 hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 50,000 sterile surgical latex gloves to Bangladesh.

India sends second tranche of medicines to Bangladesh

India has briefed European Union on the methodology it is following in combating the spread of COVID-19 including "macro-level response of the government since January 2020".

India briefed EU on methodology followed in combating spread of COVID-19: India's envoy to EU Gaitri Issar Kumar

India has built a new bridge in Arunachal Pradesh area, a region claimed by China. This can strain the relationship between China and India. It is a new all-weather access point in the disputed part of Indo-China border.

India's new bridge along the Indo-China border can strain relationship with China

China's faulty test kits that couldn't detect the virus have dealt a blow to India's fight against the Wuhan virus. Last week, India had bought lakhs of rapid testing kits from China and they have turned out to be faulty.

China's faulty test kits deal a body blow to India's fight against Wuhan virus

The historic rout in oil markets that sent US crude prices plummeting to as much as minus USD 40 a barrel is unlikely to translate into any big reduction in petrol and diesel prices in India as domestic pricing is based on different benchmark, and refineries are already filled up to brim and cannot buy US crude just yet.

Oil price collapse in US not to lead to any big drop in fuel prices in India

India's new policy for foreign direct investment (FDI) from specific countries was against the consensus arrived at the G20 to realise a free, fair and non-discriminatory environment for investment, a Chinese embassy spokesperson said on Monday.

India's new FDI norms against WTO's principle of free trade: China

Indian Navy confirmed on Saturday that at least 21 of its personnel tested coronavirus positive at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai It is the first such case where a large number of military personnel got infected with the coronavirus.

Coronavirus India update: 21 Navy personnel in Western Naval Command test positive

Life under lockdown can be tough. You cannot go out. There is no school. nor college. Shopping malls are closed so are restaurants and clubs... You are locked indoors but who said you cannot go places virtually?

How are Indians passing their time in the lockdown?

The delivery of the first batch of Rafale fighter aircraft has been delayed by a few weeks now due to the coronavirus lockdowns going on in both France and India, according to news agency ANI.

Rafale fighters delivery delayed by 'few weeks' due to COVID-19 lockdown

In 1916, the United States sent its soldiers to war without the necessary gear luckily the war turned in favour of the allies. Over 100 years have passed since World War I.

Coronavirus crisis without PPE: Nurses in US, UK forced to wear trash bags

Spitting in public is one of the vilest things one can do to humiliate another person. It's a form of violence, menace to public health. A person who intentionally spits in the face of a frontline worker is no victim regardless of the outcome.

Here is why spitting in public may cost you dear

The total number of COVID-19 cases across India has risen to 3,113 and the death toll is nearing 100-mark, according to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) ICMR further said that it tested 11,182 samples, of these, 324 were found positive for COVID-19 Meanwhile, in a bid to see whether the coronavirus is getting transmitted in the hotspot areas, ICMR has set a fresh protocol for healthcare workers to start with rapid antibody-based blood test for COVID-19.

COVID-19 cases in India rise to 3,113,  death toll nears 100-mark

Nepal government on Sunday intensified lockdown in western districts bordering India after two people who returned from India tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of cases to nine.

Nepal intensifies lockdown near India border after two India returnees test positive for coronavirus

With 67 new cases on Friday, the infected coronavirus tally in Maharashtra has gone up to 490, health officials said. Six COVID-19 patients died today in the state that continues to remain the worst-hit state with a big margin.

Coronavirus: Infected toll in Maharashtra nears 500, over 250 in Mumbai

Religious programmes attended by thousands in several mosques in Pakistan, Malaysia and India have been linked to many positive cases of coronavirus, according to reports.

How religious gatherings becoming potential COVID-19 hotspots in Asia 

As the number of coronavirus cases in India crossed the 1,000 mark, India has reached out to foreign countries for medical assistance. Three Asian countries -- South Korea, Singapore and China -- will be supplying India with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ventilators.

India reaches out to China, Singapore, South Korea for PPE as COVID-19 cases surge 

Coronavirus outbreak in India is, technically, still in local transmission stage, and there has been no community transmission so far, the Union Health Ministry clarified on Monday.

India not at community transmission level, says Health Ministry

Following on the footsteps of India, people across the UK took a part in national applause exercise to thank the health workers currently working day-in and day-out amid the coronavirus outbreak.

'Clap for carers': After India, Britain lauds its health workers battling coronavirus

The Government of India on Monday informed that three Indians died outside India due to novel coronavirus infection. The deaths were reported from Iran, Egypt and Sweden, according to the government.

Indian government says three Indians died outside India due to coronavirus 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said that the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 147. 122 Indian nationals and 25 foreign nationals have tested positive for the virus, it said.

COVID-19 positive cases in India jumps to 147

A 63-year-old doctor, who treated the Kalaburagi patient killed by coronavirus last week, has tested positive for the disease. "The doctor and his seven family members have been put under strict home quarantine," the government said.

Karnataka doctor who treated coronavirus victim tests positive for COVID-19

The Centre Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 does not violate any fundamental right. The central government, in its 129-page affidavit in response to the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of CAA, termed the legislation legal and asserted that there was no question of it violating constitutional morality.

CAA does not violate fundamental rights, Centre tells Supreme Court

India reported three more coronavirus-infected late on Sunday, taking the day's tally to 26 and total infections to 110, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Coronavirus in India: With 3 new cases, infected toll jumps to 110

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