The Congress has asked the government to spell out a roadmap for exiting the lockdown two days ahead of the expiry of lockdown-3 and following Prime Minister Modi seeking the states' suggestions for lifting the restrictions....
As the three-phase lockdown nears its end and Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised lockdown 4.0 will be "in a new avatar", states are wary about the zoning parameters. ...
Financial conditions have worsened dramatically for people who experienced a job loss or reduced hours in March as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the US, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Board. ...
The global economy could suffer between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion in losses -- equivalent to 6.4 per cent to 9.7 per cent of the global GDP -- due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report on Friday....
London could be "coronavirus free" by June, as new modelling has suggested that the UK capital was recording only 24 new cases a day, according to an analysis by the Cambridge University and Public Health England published on Friday. ...
Russia has confirmed 10,598 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total tally to 262,843, the second highest in the world, according to the country's coronavirus response centre on Friday....
US President Donald Trump has said that he "could cut off the whole relationship" with China, in one of his strongest comments against Beijing in the wake of the Asian giant's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the media reported....
The long march back to their homes by hordes of migrant workers through Agra, has put additional pressure on the district administration battling Covid-19 community spread, in the 44 hot zones. On Thursday, the focus was on providing relief to unending streams of migrant workers on the national highways and expressways. The Indian Medical As...
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered administrations across India not to prosecute employers who were unable to pay full wages to workers during the Covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown. A bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B.R. Gavai asked the Centre and states not to prosecute private companies, fact...
Karnataka is amending the law to enable its farmers sell their crop for the best price even outside the APMCs, said state Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday. "The Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) Act is being amended to empower millions of our farmers to sell their produce for the best price in the APMC...
