India Restarts Factories, Farming In Rural Areas
Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown...
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DGCA Tells Airlines Not To Take Bookings
India’s aviation regulator has told airlines not to take bookings as the government has not yet decided when to recommence...
At least 16 Killed In Shooting Rampage In Canada
A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in a shooting rampage, federal police said...
Covid-19: Maharashtra To Allow Some Economic Activity
Maharashtra, India’s largest regional economy, will allow a limited number of sectors to resume business on Monday, after a weeks-long...
Lockdown Cuts Fuel Demand By 50% In 1st Half Of April
Indian state retailers sold 50% less refined fuel in the first two weeks of April than the same time a...
Covid-19: UN Chief Salutes India for Helping Others
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres salutes countries helping others in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, his spokesman has said,...
Covid-19: Fishermen Dock After Weeks At Sea
Hundreds of exhausted Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown was imposed...
South Asia Coronavirus Cases Hit 22,000
The number of people infected with the coronavirus crossed 22,000 in densely populated South Asia on Friday, driven by a...
Virus Fallout Inflames Divisions Among Communities
The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under...
FB To Notify Users Who Have Engaged With Harmful COVID-19 Posts
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID-19 which could...
India Battles To Keep Virus Out Of Mumbai’s Slums
In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and...
Hit By Sharp Ad Decline, Newspapers Cut Jobs & Salaries
India’s vibrant newspaper industry, that reaches tens of millions of readers daily, has been ravaged by declining advertising revenues due...
Covid-19: Culpable Homicide Charges On TJ Leader
India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding...
NHRC Pulls Up Home Ministry on Police Conduct
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has pulled up the Home Ministry on the conduct of police personnel during the...
Covid-19: 12,380 Cases In India, 414 Deaths
On Day 2 of Lockdown 2.0, the total number of coronavrius cases in India has gone up to 12380 as...
WHO Regrets Trump Funding Halt
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull...
Trump’s Move To Cut WHO Funding Prompts World Criticism
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Govt To Lift Some Curbs To Help People Hit By Lockdown
India will allow industries located in the countryside to reopen next week, as well as resuming farm activities to reduce...
Trump Cuts WHO Funding Over Coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Some Industries In Rural Areas To Resume Work From April 20
India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to...
Covid-19 To Shrink Global Economy By 3% In 2020: IMF
The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will...
IMF To Provide Debt Relief To Help 25 Countries Deal With Pandemic
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it would provide immediate debt relief to 25 member countries under its Catastrophe...
India Extends Lockdown To May 3 As Cases Cross 10,000
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended a nationwide lockdown until May 3 as the number of coronavirus cases crossed...
‘Ghosts’ Scare Indonesians Away From Coronavirus
Kepuh village in Indonesia has been haunted by ghosts recently – mysterious white figures jumping out at unsuspecting passersby, then...
PM Modi To Address Nation on April 14
The 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus ends on Tuesday and the Prime Minister is likely to...
