It is clear that Sonia now wants to make COVID-19 the launching plank of sorts of for the Congress. And, in many ways it is the return of Manmohan Singh as the trump card.

In a series of tweets, he also said that there is a steady rise in the number of calls regarding COVID-19 on the police helpline number 100.

Sachin Pilot has been making onfield presence in his home constituency, Tonk, where he was seen meeting with officials and religious leaders to make people aware of COVID-19.

Indore is among the cities worst-affected by the coronavirus outbreak and as on Friday, the city has reported 1727 cases, including 86 deaths

BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi said the Modi government has been very much receptive to suggestions from the opposition but it should be constructive, adding that it is very typical of Gandhi to speak before media without studying facts.

Workers are being treated as slaves, said the letter signed by CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja, CPI (ML)'s Dipankar Bhattarcharya and RJD MP Manoj Jha among others.

Government should tell the people clearly about the exact state of the pandemic to enable them to prepare accordingly, said Congress senior spokesperson Ajay Maken.

There is really not much of a story in Sindhubaadh and if there are twists and turns, these form a bizarre, unbelievable script.

House Owner is poignant and remarkably restrained with a superb performance by Sriranjani, who portrays tremendous fortitude when dealing with a very cantankerous partner.

Much like some South Indian stars who have defied age by jumping into superwomen roles, Jyotika does that, and does that to a T.

Based on a French movie, A Bout Portant, Kadaram Kondan's most important attraction can only be actor Vikram.

The first song from Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming movie Bigil is out. The women anthem has been sung by music maestro AR Rahman.

Dhanush, who is recognised in Bollywood for his roles in the films Raanjhanaa and Shamitabh, turns a year older today.

Ajith carries the weight of the film on his shoulders with ease but he refuses to shed his mainstream superstar image completely.

Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor's Saaho, with its two-hour plus duration, is a lengthy film, a surefire recipe for disaster in a thriller.

The poster of Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil's upcoming film Trance was released on Thursday, showing him in a rockstar avatar.

Bigil, which means ‘whistle' in Tamil, lives up to its title. Read our full review of the film below.

There is a sneakingly sinuous feel of a Guy Rithie crime thriller in this Telugu gamechanger of a film. Except that Ritchie's characters are more laconic.

Dhanush is not a bad actor, and has learnt to be subdued and subtle, not giving himself to histrionics. But his range is something we have never seen.

The story revolves around a loot and how nobody could find it, including the two fighting step brothers of Amaravathi.

Rajasekhar interrupted the proceedings at the event by making a dramatic entry on to the stage and speaking about his ongoing tussle with Naresh, the current president of the MAA.

Darbar is terrific entertainer that has its shortcomings and dull moments, but Rajinikanth fans won't be disappointed.

Shylock is a bi-lingual drama laced with whatever a diehard Mammukka fan could expect him of. The film hit the theatres in Tamil Nadu as Kuberan.

Actor Nithiin shared the motion poster of his upcoming film Rang De, and also asked his fans not to celebrate his birthday due to the lockdown.

A Thalaiva fan has allegedly killed an admirer of Vijay over which star contributed more to the COVID-19 relief fund.

Tamil theatre owners and producers have come to a truce, with the latter agreeing not to give big budget movies like Vijay's Master or Suriya's Soorarai Pottru for direct OTT release

With 40 new cases on Tuesday, Thane saw a record one-day rise.The total number is now 452, which includes 93 discharged.Two more deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 18.

For the third time in a row, the city recorded highest one-day rise in the number of Covid-19 patients, with 64 positive cases detected on Thursday, taking the total to 560 patients.

The bill proposes to increase the scope of cases the CFIUS reviews and sends to the president prior to a financial transaction.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has continuously denied that India has entered the community transmission phase. To each question put to the government on community transmission, during government briefings, it has maintained that contact tracing is being carried out at state levels and the cases can only be classified as local and cluster transmissions.

The IMF on Wednesday approved a disbursement to Nepal of about USD 214 million to help the Himalayan nation cover the urgent balance of payments and fiscal needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

As negotiations continue, Estonia, which holds the current UNSC presidency, has been very critical of the UN’s role in the pandemic.

Xi said the spread of the virus overseas has not been effectively curbed yet and cluster cases were reported in a few areas in China, posing considerable uncertainty to the epidemic control.

They found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - that show how it may be evolving as it spreads in people.

The United Nations estimates that the life expectancy of indigenous people can be up to 20 years lower than that of their counterparts.

India has objected to the CPEC — a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's Xinjiang province with Pakistan's Gwadar Port — as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Scientists said the structural makeup of SARS-CoV-2 suggests that it will behave differently in aqueous environments, compared to other viruses typically found in the intestine.

The decision is being taken because the country's large number of poor people and labourers cannot not afford to live under lockdown any more.

London's Pakistani-origin mayor fears it's not possible to understand the full extent of this disparity as, unlike in Scotland, ethnicity is not recorded on death certificates in England.

While Israel's defence ministry announced a breakthrough in the development of an antibody, Rome-based biotech firm Takis said vaccine tests had shown positive effects.

Japan reached the decision just three days after the US drugmaker filed for fast-track approval for the treatment.

When taking into account age in the analysis, black males were found 4.2 times more likely to die from a COVID-19-related death and black females 4.3 times more likely than white ethnicity males and females.

Nadia Whittome, the youngest Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing her birthplace of Nottingham in central England since her win in the December 2019 General Election, is now running a drive to encourage care workers to speak out if they have safety concerns.

Drug otilimab - in which GSK acquired rights from German biotech firm Morphosys in 2013 - may possibly ease the devastating effect of the virus on the lungs, while not suppressing the virus directly, a company spokesman said.

The cost of a return ticket to India as well as the mandatory 14-day quarantine period has left many Indian students in the UK to rethink their decision.

Overall, infections spreading from New York account for 60 to 65 per cent of the sequenced viruses across the country.

The drug developer had previously said it expected mid-stage trials to begin in the current quarter, with the aim to start late-stage studies in the fall.

The deceased's family protested against NADRA and the government, saying elderly people should be given an area to sit with shade when aid is being distributed.

More than 2,64,000 people have died of COVID-19 globally and 37 lakh tested positive for the disease.

During a meeting with the governor of Texas in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump told reporters he had little contact with the man and would be tested daily going forward. Neither Trump nor Pence wore masks during the meeting.