U.S. Sees Nationwide Stir After Minneapolis Killing
Thousands of protesters stormed the security perimeter of Barclays Center in New York as protests spread across the United States...
Month: May 2020
India Posts Record Daily Jump In COVID-19 Cases
India reported a record daily jump of 7,964 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, with a recent surge in cases as...
Trump To Cut U.S. Ties With WHO Over Coronavirus
The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) over the body’s handling of the coronavirus...
George Floyd Death: Protests Erupt Across America
The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck...
Economy Slows In March Quarter, Worst Yet To Come
India’s economy grew at 3.1% in the January-March quarter, its slowest pace in at least eight years, and the situation...
Doctors Go Online To Treat Patients Amid Covid-19 Outbreak
As India’s health system grapples with the coronavirus, doctors are increasingly going online to consult with patients suffering less critical...
India Sidesteps Trump Offer To Mediate On China
India is in talks with China to deal with the most serious military standoff on their disputed border in recent...
Inside A COVID-19 Hospital, Doctors See No End In Sight
It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi...
Indian Economy Slows Rapidly In March Quarter
Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in...
Mumbai DJ Swaps Deck For Doctor’s Scrubs To Fight Covid-19
As India’s financial capital Mumbai battled a growing number of coronavirus cases, local DJ Sanjay Meriya set aside his turntable...
Monsoon To Arrive On Kerala Coast Around June 1
Monsoon rains are likely to enter India through the southern coast around June 1, the state-run weather office said on...
India Preps For Extended Conflict As China Deploys 5,000 Soldiers
India has moved additional troops along its northern border as it prepares for an extended conflict with neighbour China, after...
Riot Police Deployed In Hong Kong As U.S.-China Tensions Rise
Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of China’s...
Trump Offers To Mediate Indo-China Border Dispute
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had offered to mediate a standoff between India and China at the...
India Faces Worries Over Migrants On The Move
India on Tuesday recorded a total of 145,380 coronavirus infections and a death toll of 4,167, comparatively low figures for...
India Makes Source Code Of Contact-Tracing App Public
India said on Tuesday it was making public the source code of its coronavirus contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu for Google’s...
New Wave Of Locusts Raises Fear For Summer Crops
A new wave of locust attacks has alarmed India’s farmers and experts warn of extensive crop losses if authorities fail...
Coronavirus Cases Rise As Millions Return Home
Indian states witnessing millions of migrant labourers returning from the big cities are recording rising coronavirus infections, officials said on...
Suspected ‘Spy’ Pigeon From Pak Captured In J&K
A pigeon, suspected to be trained in Pakistan for spying, was captured along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district...
WHO Warns Of “2nd Peak” In Areas Where Infections Declining
Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon on...
1st Quarter GDP Growth Likely To Be Weakest Since 2012
India’s economy is likely to have expanded at its slowest pace in at least eight years in the January-March quarter,...
India Air Travel Restart Hits Chaos & Cancellations
Airlines’ plans to resume air travel in India were in disarray on Monday after some states restricted the number of...
India Among 10 Worst-Hit COVID-19 Nations Now
India on Monday posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of COVID-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10...
Hong Kong Police Chiefs Warn Of Rising ‘Terrorism’
Hong Kong’s security and police chiefs said “terrorism” was growing in the city, as government departments rallied on Monday behind...
Domestic Flights To Resume, But Covid-19 Cases Rise
Domestic flights will resume across India on Monday after a day of “hard negotiations”, the civil aviation minister said on...
