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Youth held for flouting lockdown norms

The police arrested a man absconded from the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, and was trying to cross into Tamil Nadu through the distr




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‘We don’t need trains, just let us walk home’

Stranded workers say they don’t want to wait in shelters till they get a train or be quarantined once they get home




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Congress picks two for MLC polls

In a surprising turn of events on Saturday, the Congress announced two candidates for the May 21 Legislative Council polls, indicating that it is in n




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Over 2,000 passengers to land in Mumbai next week

CSMIA gears up to welcome Indians stranded in foreign countries; four flights to land today




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Reply to plea seeking supply of food to people without ration cards: HC to State

Migrants, tribals have no money to buy food due to lockdown: PIL




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Morning Digest: Migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes; ICMR to test for community transmission in 75 districts, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day




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Elon Musk threatens to exit California over virus restrictions

He wrote that whether the company keeps any manufacturing in Fremont depends on how Tesla is treated in the future.




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1st batch of 326 Indians stranded in U.K. arrives in Mumbai

The first batch of 326 Indian nationals stranded in the U.K. due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions arrived in Mumbai from London ea




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IDA Bollaram civic vice-chief arrested in sex racket

His friend, organiser too booked; three women rescued




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S. Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month

The outbreak came just as South Korea has eased some social distancing restrictions and is seeking to fully reopen schools and businesses




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3 members of White House virus task force in quarantine

Officials said they were stepping up safety protocols




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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 47 updates | Death toll crosses 2,100

Globally, as of 9 May 2020, there have been 3,862,676 confirmed cases, including 265,961 deaths, reported to WHO.




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Indian naval ship arrives in Kochi with evacuees from the Maldives

Most of the 698 Indians, of whom 440 are from Kerala, were stranded in the island country after they lost their jobs




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12 rescued so far after portion of chawl collapses in Kandivali, NDRF called in

Search and rescue operations are still under way, incident escalated to a Level II emergency




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Five killed as truck carrying migrant workers overturns in Madhya Pradesh

They were atop a heap of mangoes on the Agra-bound vehicle coming from Hyderabad.




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Fire breaks out in cardboard factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana

A fire broke out in a cardboard factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana on Sunday morning, Delhi Fire Service officials said. However, no one is trapped or in




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India, China troops face off at Naku La in Sikkim, several injured

Troops disengaged after dialogue and interaction at local level, Army sources said





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Credai reports 40-50% hike in cement, steel prices; alleges cartelisation

The association has written a letter to Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri seeking his intervention in the matter




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Govt disbursed Rs 18,253 cr to 90 mn farmers under PM-KISAN: FM Sitharaman

Under the PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) scheme, each farmer gets Rs 6,000 in a year in three equal installments directly in bank account




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How India can make its economic recovery clean, sustainable post Covid-19

The renewable sector holds the key to not only offsetting the job losses due to the pandemic, but also making the recovery sustainable




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Commodity arrivals surge ahead of week-long shutdown at APMC Vashi

While arrivals of vegetables remained resilient with a fewer number of trucks enter into evening also, the biggest surge was seen in fruit supply.




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Learn the art of living with Covid-19 pandemic: Nitin Gadkari to retailers

Gadkari also assured the retailers of looking into their demands of financial aid from the government




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Universities to hold exams after lockdown ends

Universities in Bengal would hold undergraduate and postgraduate end-semester examinations within a month of the lockdown being lifted, education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Saturday after a discussion with vice-chancellors of state varsities.




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Eye hospitals in Kolkata resume surgeries

Services are crawling back to normal at eye hospitals across the city that had been forced to suspend emergency surgeries and outpatient (OPD) services since the lockdown started. While some have resumed elective surgeries in a restricted way following screening of patients, others are on the way to reviving OPD services even as they continue telephone consultations and online advice.




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Domestic violence on the rise in Kolkata

A woman living in a high profile highrise off Ballygunge Phanri filed an FIR at Ballygunge police station on May 7, alleging torture and abuse by her husband.




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More pvt hosps in Kol seek quick-fire test kits

More private hospitals in the city are trying to acquire the advanced GeneXpert point-of-care testing system that can detect coronavirus in 45 minutes or less. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had earlier approved the use of this US-grown rapid molecular diagnostic technology to detect Covid-19.




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Kolkata lockdown news: Today's updates




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Chhattisgarh: Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara to use lockdown fine for buying PPE kits

Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara district has come up with a great idea to contribute in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The amount of financial penalties recovered from the lockdown violators will be used for procuring safety kits for the doctors and health workers.




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Kerala: Pandemic a boon for cyber criminals




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Madhya Pradesh: Lost for 10 years, son ends up in father's arms due to lockdown




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After two heart attacks, 74-year-old Gujarat cancer patient slays Covid-19

"If cancer could do me no harm, what can Covid do?" This was the confidence that 74-year-old Yusuf Hotelwala exuded while leaving for the Covid care centre in Vadodara after testing positive a week ago. On Saturday, Hotelwala, who suffers from peritoneal mesothelioma and has already survived two heart attacks was beaming as doctors confirmed his recovery.




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Salon owner in Madurai feeds 615 families with Rs 5 lakh he saved for daughter

While people are holding-on to their savings, C Mohan (47), owner of a salon in Madurai has pulled out Rs 5 lakh, which he has been saving for his daughter’s education, to help more than 600 families to survive the lockdown onslaught. Mohan has distributed a kit each of 5kg rice, vegetables, groceries and cooking oil over the past one week to 615 families.




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Mumbai: Cop lights stranger’s pyre as lockdown keeps kin away

A cop performed the final rites of a stranger who died of a cardiac stroke. The family members of Pramod Khare (42), a bachelor, are settled in Delhi, Kolkata, Dubai and South Africa could not make it due to the lockdown. The funeral was live-streamed for them.




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Ahmedabad youth offers model for quicker detection

For Ujjawal Panchal, a 21-year-old undergraduate who is in his final year at a college in Chennai, getting stuck in his hometown of Ahmedabad due to the lockdown seems to have opened new doors.




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Technology to help Delhi Police breach iPhones, get back deleted data

Delhi Police is going to procure a technology which will help the cops extract data from iPhones seized by them from suspects. The software can even extract deleted data and data from installed applications on the phones.




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Rajasthan: How tourist hub Pushkar kept coronavirus at bay

Pushkar has become a role model for keeping foreign tourists safe and not a single person has tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two months.




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Gurugram teen places red beacon on car for TikTok video, detained




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Madhya Pradesh: Woman gives birth on roadside, and marches on for 160km




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Combating Covid-19: Chenchu tribe taps nature to make masks

At a time when governments are struggling to reach out to some tribal hamlets located deep inside the forest, like the Chenchus of Nallamalla forest, have made personal protective equipment such as face masks from leaves of teak and sal trees. They are also not stepping out from their hamlets, except to collect forest produce once or twice a week.




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Delhi doctor takes off safety gear to help critical patient

Dr Zahid Abdul Majeed, a critical care specialist at AIIMS recently saved a critically-ill patient suffering from Covid-19 while putting his own life at risk of contracting the infection. He took off his protective goggles to re-intubate a patient keeping in mind the imminent death of the patient if he failed. Dr Zahid has now been advised quarantine for 14 days.




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Covid-19 lockdown: Titan reopens its Tamil Nadu plant with 30% workforce

However, the company says it does not have the urgency to begin production in the factory, but bring back the rhythm of the manufacturing unit.




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Audit companies exploring digital options to clear lockdown hurdle

While many companies are sharing documents digitally, some have also opened their servers to auditors to access the data they require




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Covid-19 woes: Phone majors ring in post-lockdown drill as plants reopen

On Saturday, Samsung India Electronics, counted among the largest in the space, ushered in over 1,000 workers at its facility in Sector 81, Noida




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Write Libraries, Not Frameworks

When a programmer thinks "I've got some code that will make others' lives easier", there are two forms that can take: a library, or a framework.




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AOC is making house calls in 'Animal Crossing.'

We may be required to socially distance here in the physical world, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still making house calls-in Animal Crossing.




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Responsive CSS Grid - Books

A "product grid" demo using - CSS Grid - Clip Path - Conic Gradient, and more.




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