Pandemic “Far From Over”, Worried About Children: WHO Chief
The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunisation for children in...
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“No Evidence” That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Cannot Be Reinfected: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently “no evidence” that people who have recovered from...
Migrant Workers Bear The Brunt Of The Lockdown
Most days, you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife, Gyanvati, hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb...
At 51,000, US Records Over 1/4 Of Global Covid-19 Deaths
The United States accounts for more than one fourth of the global Covid-19 deaths and over one-third of the total...
Asia Pivots Towards Plants As Covid-19 Stirs Meat Safety Fears
Demand for plant-based protein foods is surging in Asia, suppliers say, as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat...
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,...
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,...
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...
States Scramble For Funds As Virus Takes Toll On Coffers
A three-week nationwide lockdown is testing the resilience of India’s state governments, with analysts warning that essential public services and...
Small Businesses Struggle Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
Hundreds of thousands of cash-starved small businesses have either deferred or cut their workers’ wages this month, say industrialists and...
Testing Times For India In Race To Stop Coronavirus Epidemic
India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the...
State Authorities Warn Lockdown Could Be Extended
Authorities in some states warned on Saturday that lockdowns to rein in the coronavirus pandemic could be extended in parts...
Britain’s Labour Elects Keir Starmer As New Leader
Keir Starmer was elected as the leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Saturday, pledging to bring an end...
COVID-19: Officials Warn Of Lockdown Extensions
The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities...
Covid-19 Lockdown Hits Poor, Tests Modi’s Support
Ravi Prasad Gupta, a worker at a pipe plant in Gujarat, for years proudly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Shortage Of Farm Labour Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
A severe shortage of labour, triggered by India’s 21-day lockdown to rein in a coronavirus pandemic, will hobble harvesting of...
Sensex, Nifty Fall As Covid-19 Cases Rise Amid Lockdown
Indian shares fell on Wednesday as the number of coronavirus cases increased in Asia’s third-largest economy even as a 21-day...
Covid-19 Epidemic ‘Far From Over’ In Asia: WHO Official
The coronavirus epidemic is “far from over” in the Asia-Pacific region, and current measures to curb the spread of the...
Vitriol & Violence: A Covid-19 Death Exposes Paranoia
When Satyaki Mitra’s father developed a mild fever in mid-March, the graduate student in Philadelphia wasn’t especially worried. He told...
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 to counter the economic fallout...
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 even more sharply in the...
$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 food security measures to give...
Coronavirus Cases Up Despite Immense Lockdown
Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services...
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 who is attempting to boost...
“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN
The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top official at the world body's...
