The Indian Army troops are deployed in Kolkata and neighbouring districts in West Bengal to help civil authorities restore essential infrastructure and services which were badly hit by Cyclone Amphan on May 20.

India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government will try to resume international passenger flights -- suspended since March due to coronavirus outbreak -- before August this year.

The number of Covid-19 cases across India saw the biggest single-day spike, for the second consecutive day, with 6,654 new patients being reported in the last 24 hours.

Super Cyclone Amphan, which weakened into an “extremely severe” cyclonic storm kills at least 12 persons and ravaged Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal as it left behind a trail of destruction by uprooting trees, destroying thousands of homes and swamping low-lying areas of the state.

As extremely severe cyclone Amphan is set to make landfall, forest authorities in West Bengal, India keep a close watch on the protection of Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans.

The total number of coronavirus patients across India crosses the one lakh mark with 4,970 more cases in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today extended the ongoing lockdown in the state till May 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

India has extended the countrywide coronavirus-induced lockdown till May 31 and framed new guidelines that largely leave it to states to decide on colour-coding of contagion hotspots and allowing shops and markets, among other economic activities, to resume functioning outside containment zones.

Thirty municipal areas spread over 12 states are accounting for almost 80 percent of India’s Covid-19 cases, according to the health ministry.

It is important for nations to work together and do as much as possible to make the world healthier and free from Covid-19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted today, responding to US President Donald Trump who said his country would donate ventilators to India in the fight against the pandemic.

At least 24 workers are killed and many others injured as a truck carrying them collided with another truck in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

India’s exports contracted by a record 60.28 percent to $10.36 billion in April amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data shows.

The Covid-19-induced nationwide lockdown and a much cleaner Yamuna river have ensured that the Taj Mahal in India’s Agra is free from swarms of insects for the first time in five years, an official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has said.

Veteran Bengali novelist Debesh Roy -- a fierce fighter against communalism who was conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for his novel 'Teesta Parer Brittanto' -- dies at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family members say.

India will provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer employment under a rural jobs programme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said yesterday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces a complete economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore, which is nearly 10 percent of the country’s GDP, to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and help the country achieve self-reliance.

India’s state-owned Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its constituent lab National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in Bangalore have developed a non-invasive ventilator to treat Covid-19 patients.

The condition of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, is stated to be stable.

India has announced a plan to gradually restart limited passenger train movement from tomorrow as the country moves to further ease its Covid-19 lockdown imposed a month and halfago.

Former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh is admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi after he complained of uneasiness.