Younger millennials share info on Instagram, Glide apps to save lives

In the 17-to-23 age group, these youngsters launched this tech-driven initiative to help residents of Chennai battling the pandemic; now, it is being extended to Bengaluru
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

RWA in Chennai resumes food distribution

After a year, Tansi Nagar Welfare Association has resumed distribution of food to underprivileged people, and also conservancy workers. This time aro
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

As the COVID-19 battle rages on, fever surveillance workers return to Chennai neighbourhoods

“Ellarum unga veetila nalla irukangala. (Is everyone in your home doing fine?)"J. Usha and M. Devi would repeat this greeting as they hopped from door
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Where do pets of COVID-hit families go?

Private clinics with shelters are taking in dogs and cats even as these animals’ human-relatives battle COVID-19
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Volunteer group in Chennai rescues abandoned street-dwellers

Arul Raj drives an auto-rickshaw which symbolises his social initiative. Just as the auto manoeuvres into the narrowest reaches of pencil-thin street
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Rotary Club of Chennai Serenity starts identifying underprivileged families not receiving rations

The Club is reviving an old initiative that it ran during the first phase of the lockdown in 2020
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

U.S. okays proposed sale of six P-8I patrol aircraft to India

Deal is estimated to be worth $2.42 billion.
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Help for the COVID-hit from home kitchens

Through a Glide app, residents across Chennai volunteer to cook for families that have to quarantine on account of the Coronavirus infection
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Coronavirus live updates | Editors Guild demands priority vaccination for journalists

India continues to register the highest number of average daily cases in the world, according to Our World in Data. Until April 28, the country recorded 3.49 lakh daily cases.
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Unoccupied houses can be turned into COVID-19 Care Centres

BBMP issues guidelines
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Daniel Smith appointed interim Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy in New Delhi

He will spearhead close cooperation with India: State Department
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

COVID-19: Four arrested for selling fake negative RT-PCR test reports

Police say this is the first time they have come across such a racket in Karnataka
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Morning Digest: At least 16 COVID-19 patients die in Bharuch hospital fire, India becomes first country in the world to report over 4 lakh new cases in a single day, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

16 dead in fire at COVID-19 hospital in Gujarat

This is the latest in a series of similar incidents in State’s hospitals.
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Second wave: With fewer beds and more demand, discharge from hospitals is faster

However, it is slower in government hospitals as they focus on critical cases
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Vaccination: Private hospitals have no clarity what happens after May 1

Karnataka government has announced that it will halt supplies to private hospitals
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

At least 16 COVID-19 patients die in Bharuch hospital fire

Other patients in the hospital were rescued by locals and firefighters.
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

Police seize 1,610 vehicles in Bengaluru for lockdown violation

They were on the road without a valid reason
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

BDA gets a new chief

Rajesh Gowda took charge on April 30 following the retirement of H.R. Mahadev
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

5 arrested for fake COVID-19 reports in Delhi

The Delhi Police have arrested five employees of the Genestrings lab in south Delhi for generating fake COVID-19 reports. The arrested wanted to earn
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

North Korea defectors defy South to launch anti-Kim leaflets

The launches by the Fighters for a Free North Korea were the first since the law was passed in December
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

2 Kuki Revolutionary Army cadres shot dead

Two cadres of the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) were reportedly shot dead on Thursday night in Kangpokpi district of Manipur, police sources said on F
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News

At least 12 COVID-19 patients killed in fire at hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch

Around 50 other patients undergoing treatment at Welfare Hospital were rescued by locals and firefighters, officials said.
from The Hindu - News
Click Here for Full News