Coronavirus Hitting The Americas Hardest: WHO
The Americas are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday,...
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Slow Start For Plans To Revive Small Businesses
India’s ambitious plan to provide some Rs 3 trillion ($39.5 billion) in loans to small businesses to boost an economy...
Floyd Hailed As ‘Cornerstone Of A Movement’ At Funeral
George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white police officer roused worldwide protests against racial...
Floyd Killing: Tributes Pour In, Pressure Mounts For Police Reform
Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd, whose death after a...
George Floyd’s Death Sparks New Generation Of Activists In US
Kristina Knox, a 25-year-old child development teacher from Maryland, cried for days after watching video footage of George Floyd, a...
George Floyd Death: National Guard Deployed in 15 U.S. States
Looting broke out on Sunday in southern California, a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis and demonstrators clashed with...
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...
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...
No New Cases In China For First Time Since Covid-19 Pandemic Began
China recorded no new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland on May 22, the first time it had seen no...
Pak Airliner Carrying 99 Plunges Into Karachi Homes
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of...
Explainer: Do children spread COVID-19?
As countries begin to emerge from shutdowns imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, the issue of how the virus affects children...
Lakhs Evacuated As India Braces For Super Cyclone
India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a...
Long-Lasting Global Recession Likely: WEF Report
Risk managers expect a prolonged global recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the World Economic...
Cash-Strapped Economic Plan Unlikely To Soften Covid-19 Blow
India’s $266 billion economic rescue package rests mostly on boosting company credit but contains scant new public spending, tax breaks...
India Evacuates Thousands Threatened By East Coast Cyclone
India began evacuating thousands of villagers and halted port operations ahead of a cyclone expected to hit its east coast...
Why India’s Migrant Labourers Give Me Hope
by ANONYMOUS I have lived in India for the past five years. When I left my country to work in...
India To Privatise State-Run Companies & Halt Fresh Insolvencies
India said on Sunday it would privatise state-run companies in non-strategic sectors and stop fresh insolvency cases for a year,...
Farmers Gather Record Wheat Crop, But Can’t Move It
Late last month, Sukrampal had to beg and borrow farmhands from nearby villages to gather his part of the country’s...
Major Credit Line For Small Businesses, Lenders Unveiled
The government said on Wednesday it will offer nearly $60 billion of loan guarantees for small businesses, shadow banks and...
India Plans Airlift For 400,000 Citizens Stranded Abroad
India will begin flights on Thursday to bring home some 400,000 citizens stranded overseas by travel restrictions due to the...
“India Will Remember Covid-19 As Blessing In Disguise”
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday that India will remember the coronavirus pandemic as a “blessing in...
India Covid-19 Tally At 46,433 With 3,900 New Cases In 24 Hours
The number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in India jumped by 3,900, a fresh record for new cases, that pushed...
Covid-19 Shatters Bollywood’s Silver Screen Dreams
The Hindi film industry, purveyor of song-and-dance spectacles to millions, will take at least two years to recover financially from...
Biggest-Ever Plunge In Energy Demand, Emissions: IEA
Economic lockdowns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic look set to cut global energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions by...
