Mangaluru: The week-long lockdown to stop the spread of Coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada, imposed by the District Administration began on Wednesday evening at 8 pm as per the orders issued by the administration earlier.

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 63.24 per cent with 20,572 patients recuperating from the disease in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, the highest so far, even as the country saw yet another record daily jump of 29,429 cases, according to Union health ministry data.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that an incentive of Rs 5,000 would be given to people who have recovered from the coronavirus infection and are willing to donate plasma to help cure other COVID-19 patients

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday once again recorded the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases as the state for the first time breached the 3000-mark of new cases in 24 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated his "young friends" for clearing the class 10 and 12 CBSE board examinations and said those not happy with the outcome should remember that one exam does not define who they are.

Bengaluru: Opposition Leader Siddaramaiah has said that Primary and Higher Education Minister S Suresh Kumar is responsible for the dip in state’s performance in II pre-university results this year.

New Delhi: The country's first fully indigenously developed vaccine against pneumonia has got approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: Deserted roads and sparse public movement were witnessed on Wednesday in the city where a week-long lockdown has been enforced by the Karnataka government in view of rising coronavirus cases.