Despite a slow start, the stubble burning cases were drastically increased in the last two days. This harvesting season is started with one fourth of the burning cases than the previous season, according to the data released by Punjab Remote Sensing Centre(PRSC) on Friday.

A 46-year-old migrant worker from Jharkhand, who decided to reach home by foot, collapsed and died after walking for 100kms on Thursday.

Ten-year-old Romu Kumari and her sister Posu, 7, will be reunited with their parents after 52 days as the lockdown kept the family apart — the siblings staying with a relative here and the parents in Rajasthan. Moved by their story shared on social media, the district administration arranged for the children to travel to Sirohi in Rajasthan by car with two people accompanying them.

The man called Wang was diagnosed with paragonimiasis, a parasitic infection caused by food-borne parasites.

The victim has been admitted to the hospital and her condition is stable.

The number of deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the country stands at 25,264, while there have been 217,466 cases.

Earlier, in a similar gesture, a doctor who had returned home after 20 days of non-stop service to the COVID-19 patients received a warm welcome from her neighbours.

Tihidi police have lodged an FIR under Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act against the six people seen in the video and a probe is underway.

Finch tried to show off his dance moves when a voice in the video could be heard saying, 'No God, No God please no'.

The endangered creature was found on Saturday after it became trapped inside a pen containing sheep and goats in Giu village.

The curious case of Elon Musk putting his two mansions up on sale following the controversial tweet.

Quite a few weddings have been held over video calls since the imposition of COVID-19 lockdown.

The parrot belonged to an inspector in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and went missing on Tuesday.

Opposition and Karnataka residents slammed the state government for treating migrant workers as "bonded labour" and holding them against their will.

31-year-old Emma Hindmarsh, who works as a mental health nurse, was pregnant. However, she didn’t realize it until she gave birth to a new baby.

For a long time, Mumbai City police has been sharing memes to make people aware of the pandemic and urge them to stay indoors.

Lois, whose illness has taken away her ability to speak, smiled several times and made faint noises. It is her way of communicating joy, Howard said.

Ivanka Trump's secretary became the third White House employee to test negative for coronavirus on Friday following Donald Trump's valet and Mike Pence's aide.

The secret messages, sent on May 7, 1945, were made public for the first time on Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.

Axis Bank on Tuesday reported a standalone net loss of Rs 1,387.78 crore for March quarter of 2019-20 as provisioning for bad loans and contingencies soared.

The scrip closed the day at Rs 438.85, 3.67 per cent lower at the BSE. During the day, it declined 6.15 per cent to Rs 427.50.

Without revealing the identity of the companies, RIL in its fourth-quarter earnings statement said the investment would be announced in the coming months.

Brent crude for July delivery, which started trading on Friday as the new front-month contract, was up $1.10, or 4.2%, at $27.58 a barrel by 0013 GMT.

SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said he is hopeful of more relaxations by May 31 and expects economic activity to return by the festive season.

The deal comes less than two weeks after Facebook spent $5.7 billion to buy a 9.99 percent stake in Jio. The Facebook-Jio deal was the social media network’s biggest since its $22 billion buyout of WhatsApp in 2014.

Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 600 points in opening session on Friday as strong gains in index-heavyweight Reliance Industries, massive foreign fund inflow and positive global cues boosted market sentiment.

BWF chief Thomas Lund said the restrictions on international travel due to coronavirus has complicated the picture for badminton to resume.

India lost to Rest of the World in the second round of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup after against USA.

Sportspersons took to social media to offer condolences to the families of those affected in the Vizag gas leak tragedy and prayed for the recovery of those in the hospitals.

French Tennis Federation announced that all ticket holders for the French Open will be refunded.

UFC chief Dana White touts the return of the mixed martial arts as a step toward normalcy and a boon for sport-starved fans.

The Tokyo Olympics was postponed for a year to 2021 in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kiren Rijiju said coronavirus has changed everything and sports need to be conducted in a new way

Amid the lockdown, veteran actor Anupam Kher has decided not to shave and let his beard grow.

Sivaji Raja has been hospitalised after he suffered a heart attack. The actor is reported to be in a stable condition now.

Shivin Narang had to undergo surgery on his left hand and has been discharged from the hospital now.

In an earlier interview, Courtney Cox opened up about going through a rough time in her personal life after she had multiple miscarriages.

Arjun is also raising funds for animals that have been affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.

Paulo Coelho wrote another message for team 'Kaamyaab' and lead actor Sanjay Mishra, whose performance in the movie moved him to tears.

Actress Ashley Benson and supermodel Cara Delevigne have reportedly split up after almost 2 years of dating. The duo confirmed their relationship in June 2019.

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Actor Rahul Bose says his criteria of choosing projects have remained constant; one where the content does not glorify with hatred.

After dissing his fashion choices, Karan Johar's kids are now criticising his singing skills.

The social networking giant also said it counts 2.99 billion monthly users across its family of apps, compared to 2.89 billion in the previous quarter.

Engineers in some U.S. technology companies stopped engaging with Huawei to develop standards after the Commerce Department blacklisted the company last year.

Following the chief executives meeting of the ICC on Thursday, its medical committee, headed by Peter Harcourt, had issued an update.

The rain meant a scheduled morning women's semifinal wasn't played due to wet grounds.