India Posts Record Fiscal Deficit As Covid-19 Hits Economy
India’s fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the April-June quarter, 83.2% of the target for the whole of...
Month: July 2020
India’s Covid-19 Cases Rise By A Daily Record Of 55,078
India reported another record surge in daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total to 1.64 million, as the government...
Dalit Woman’s Body Taken Off Funeral Pyre In UP
The body of a Dalit (formerly referred to as "untouchables") woman was taken off a funeral pyre by a group...
India Found Cyber Security Lapses In NPCI In 2019
A government audit of India’s flagship payments processor last year found more than 40 security vulnerabilities including several it called...
Ayodhya: Police Patrol City Ahead Of Construction Of Temple
Police have been ordered onto the streets of Ayodhya, where Hindu groups will next week begin building a temple on...
China, India Can’t Live Without Each Other: Chinese Envoy
China warned on Thursday that a “forced decoupling” of its economy with India, following a Himalayan border clash last month...
Daily Coronavirus Cases In India Top 50,000 For 1st Time
India on Thursday reported more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, driven by a surge in infections...
India Opens Door For Foreign Universities
India on Wednesday approved a plan to allow foreign universities to open campuses in the country as part of efforts...
“Google Steals Content From Honest Businesses”
Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday...
Trump Defends Disproved COVID-19 Treatment
US President Donald Trump issued a stout defense on Tuesday of a disproved use of a malaria drug as a...
Over Half Of Mumbai Slum Population Likely Infected With Covid-19
More than half the people living in Mumbai’s sprawling slums are probably infected with the novel coronavirus, which suggests the...
Chapter On Tipu Sultan Dropped From K’taka Class 7 Textbook
The chapter on controversial 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and his father Haider Ali are among those that have...
India’s Gloomy Outlook Darkens, Recovery Path In Doubt
The outlook for India’s reeling economy has worsened again as business activity slows and COVID-19 infections soar, and will probably...
COVID-19 Pandemic Is ‘One Big Wave’, Not Seasonal: WHO
The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that...
Floods, Covid-19 Hobble 2 Of India’s Poorest States
Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and...
2 Surat Schoolgirls Discover Earth-Bound Asteroid
Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope,...
Travel Bans Cannot Be Indefinite: WHO
Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have to do more to reduce...
Drugs And Medical Devices: India To Lessen Its Reliance On Imports
India’s Chemicals Minister on Monday outlined plans to boost local manufacturing in the bulk drugs and medical device industries to...
By Boat & On Foot, Assam Hunts For Plasma For COVID Patients
When doctors in a flood-ravaged Indian state urgently sought plasma of a particular blood type for a COVID-19 patient this...
Alibaba, Jack Ma Summoned By Indian Court
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in...
Modi Says Coronavirus Risk Persists In India
India needs to be “extra vigilant” as the novel coronavirus threat persists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a public...
Record Numbers Of Covid-19 Cases In Every Global Region
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that...
US Court Rejects Pak-Origin 26/11 Plotter’s Bail
A US court has rejected the USD 1.5 million bail application of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who has been...
India, China Agree To Speed Up Border Troop Pullback
Indian and Chinese diplomats agreed on Friday to a fast pullback of troops eyeballing each other across a disputed border...
WHO Reports Record Daily Rise In Global Covid-19 Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by...
