India Needs Atleast 38mn Masks To Fight Covid-19
India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment…
Pratirodh Bureau
Infosys Techie Held For FB Post Asking People To Sneeze In Public
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday arrested a techie working with Infosys in Bengaluru…
China’s Wuhan Eases Travel Curbs Post Lockdown
The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the…
British PM Johnson Has Coronavirus, Self-Isolates
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at…
Coronavirus Call Centres Set Up To Stop Stampede To Hospitals
Health authorities set up coronavirus call centres in urban centres across India on Friday, scrambling…
‘Stigmatised’: Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Come Under Attack
Doctors, nurses and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus in India, who have…
Covid-19: RBI Cuts Rates As Distress Mounts Across South Asia
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed interest rates in an emergency move on Friday…
Bruised Economy To Be Battered Further By Covid-19: Poll
India’s already-slowing economy weakened to at least an eight-year low this quarter and will slow…
Migrant Workers Face Long Walk Home Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
After India imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Tuesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus,…
$23-bn Eco Stimulus To Help Poor Hit By Lockdown
India announced on Thursday a 1.7-trillion-rupee ($22.6-billion) economic stimulus plan providing direct cash transfers and…
Coronavirus Cases Up Despite Immense Lockdown
Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on…
Eat It: Hanoi Chef Spreads Joy With ‘Coronaburger’
You’ve got to eat it, to beat it: That’s the philosophy of one Hanoi chef…
“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN
The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top…
India Struggles With Coronavirus Shutdown
India’s 1.3 billion people were under lockdown on Wednesday to prevent an explosion of coronavirus…
Gunmen Kill 25 In Raid On Afghanistan’s Sikh Complex
Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of…
Outsourcing Industry Struggles With Work-From-Home Scenario
As the coronavirus pandemic pushes India into a lockdown, the call centers and IT services…
Scramble For Supplies As 3-Week Covid-19 Lockdown Begins
Indians crowded grocery stores and chemists on Wednesday in a struggle for essential items after…
India Faces Spike In Covid-19 Cases, Says Study
India could face between around 100,000 and 1.3 million confirmed cases of the disease caused…
India In Lockdown As Covid-19 Appears In Small Towns
Police enforced lockdowns across large parts of India on Tuesday, with curfews in some places,…
“India Led World In Eradicating 2 Pandemics, Should Show The Way”: WHO
The executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Michael J Ryan, on Tuesday said…
Delhi Police Clear Out Shaheen Bagh Protest Site
Police in New Delhi broke up the longest-running protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s citizenship…
Covid-19 Lockdown: India’s Poor Fear For Future
Shaikh Bahaduresha, 31, lived on Mumbai’s streets for two months last year, unable to make…
Stocks Plummet Over 12% On Coronavirus Fears
Indian shares sank more than 12% by afternoon on Monday as trading resumed after the…
Canada, Australia Withdraw From Tokyo Olympics
Canada and Australia said they would not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics if…
Covid-19: PM Modi Tells Indians To Save Themselves
Streets were deserted in Delhi on Monday and office buildings shuttered as a lockdown to…