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India's car sales plunge amid lockdown

Government last week sent India into a 21-day lockdown to try to curb the spread of the virus, forcing automakers to suspend manufacturing

02 Apr 2020 12:47 PM

Asia markets extend Wall Street losses on coronavirus fears

Traders' focus has returned to the devastation wrought on populations and the long-term impact of the pandemic

02 Apr 2020 11:03 AM

HDFC Bank offers loan deferment option to customers. (Photo- Twitter)

HDFC Bank offers EMI, loan deferment option to customers

The bank said its debit card holder customers can now withdraw cash from any ATM without charges till June 30

02 Apr 2020 10:56 AM

Customers shop for pork at a wet market in Taicang city, east China's Jiangsu province. (Photo- AFP)

China's 'deadly' wet markets selling bats, pangolins and dogs reopen

Huanan Seafood Market in China's Wuhan is believed to be the epicentre of coronavirus

02 Apr 2020 10:04 AM

Akshaya Patra Foundation undertakes relief feeding to support government’s efforts during Covid 19 outbreak. (Photo-AFP)

Individuals and institutions extent helping hand to fight Covid 19 outbreak

Atria University along with government has planned to feed 1.5 lakh needy at times of distres

02 Apr 2020 9:56 AM

Many who attended Nizamuddin religious congregation have tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo- PTI)

Of Tablighi Jamaat Nizamuddin controversy, its link to coronavirus in India

The Jamaat claims that about 2,500 members were at Nizamuddin Markaz

01 Apr 2020 5:55 PM

RBI announces more measures to deal with economic fallout of covid19

It also increased ways and means advances limit by 30 per cent from existing limit for all states and union territories

01 Apr 2020 1:05 PM

Coronavirus deaths outnumber 9/11 terror attacks in US

More than 4,000 people in the US have died due to COVID-19 and nearly 190,000 have been infected by it

01 Apr 2020 12:38 PM

Sheer stupidity to hoard ventilators, say experts

Forget sanitisers, masks, gloves and essentials; the latest reality is that the rich folks are buying ventilators for personal use at home

01 Apr 2020 12:08 PM

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listen as President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, in Washington. (AP Photo)

Trump Impeachment trial distracted govt from coronavirus: McConnell

McConnell said that the outbreak “came up while tied down on the impeachment trial, and it diverted the attention of the government

01 Apr 2020 11:13 AM

Over 2 lakh coronavirus deaths in US likely: White House

Trump called it “a matter of life and death” for Americans to heed his administration’s guidelines

01 Apr 2020 10:56 AM

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Asian shares were mixed Wednesday, on continuing worries about the economic fallout from the pandemic as reports of coronavirus cases keep surging in various regions. (AP Photo)

Economic fallout from pandemic continues in Asia

On Wall Street overnight, stocks plunged to close out their worst quarter since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis

01 Apr 2020 10:50 AM

Covid19 outbreak: Tackling the effects of ill-concieved policies

The goal of social distancing is a hugely unfulfilled aspiration

01 Apr 2020 10:14 AM

People who came for ‘Jamat’, a religious gathering at Nizamuddin Mosque, being taken to LNJP hospital for COVID-19 test, after several people showed symptoms of coronavirus, during a nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Vigilance needs to be stepped up to keep Covid19 at bay

While the Talbighi incident is a wake-up call on the consequences of slackness in the face of a health emergency

01 Apr 2020 9:36 AM

Spain outbreak is the world's second deadliest. (Photo- AFP)

Spain: Coronavirus claims 849 lives in a day

Spain, whose outbreak is the world's second deadliest after Italy, broke another national record of 849 deaths in one day Tuesday

31 Mar 2020 5:25 PM

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan on the rise, 1,865 patients so far

So far 25 people died due to the disease, while 52 recovered. Another 12 were in critical condition at various hospitals

31 Mar 2020 3:56 PM

Passengers wearing face masks at Changsha railway station in China. (AFP Photo)

Coronavirus could push 11 million people into poverty: World Bank

Growth in the developing East Asia and Pacific, is projected to slow to 2.1 per cent in the baseline

31 Mar 2020 1:49 PM

A naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat patients who do not have the new coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up to capacity with those that do. (AP Photo)

Deadliest day in US as virus toll crosses 3000

Hospitals in the New York City area have been overrun with patients suffering from COVID-19

31 Mar 2020 1:38 PM

A worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center. (Photo- AP)

Amid stagggering number of coronavirus deaths, New York asks for medical volunteers

Even before the governor’s appeal, close to 80,000 former nurses, doctors and other professionals were stepping up to volunteer

31 Mar 2020 12:13 PM

Asian equities enjoyed a strong start. (Photo- AFP)

Asian stocks rise after Wall Street rally but traders remain nervous

After another rally on Wall Street, which saw all three main indexes jump more than three percent, Asia picked up the baton

31 Mar 2020 11:27 AM

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