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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to close down the wine shops in Mumbai again. (DC Photo)

Mumbai shuts non-essential, liquor shops after lockdown norms flouted

Mumbai city has been categorised in red zone with the number of coronavirus positive cases rising and the downward trend...

6 May 2020 8:54 AM IST

Over 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir who had completed their 14-day quarantine period at various camps in Punjabs Pathankot district had gone on a hunger strike for three days, seeking to be sent to their home towns in the Union Territory. In this photograph, migrant labourers in Allahabad with their families rest at a temporary shelter after arriving from various districts while waiting to board specially arranged government buses to return to their homes on April 30, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Shaheen Bagh, Jantar Mantar type protests impossible amid covid...

The new normal: Migrant workers and Kota students going on hunger strike to be sent home and online petitions circulated...

5 May 2020 7:10 PM IST

A customer carries alcohol after purchasing from a wine shop during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown at Chander Nagar in East Delhi. (Photo- PTI)

Delhi imposes 70% 'corona tax' on alcohol to curb overcrowding

Police baton-charged hundreds of people who had flocked to liquor shops when they opened on Monday for the first time in...

5 May 2020 2:55 PM IST

RBI may extend bank loan moratorium by another 3 months to help people, industry impacted by lockdown. (PTI Photo)

RBI may extend bank loan moratorium by another 3 months amid lockdown

RBI allowed banks and financial institutions to offer a moratorium of three months on payment of instalments of all term...

5 May 2020 2:18 PM IST

Indias April gold imports plunge 99.9% to three-decade low. (PTI Photo)

India's gold imports plunge to three-decade low

The world's second biggest consumer of the precious metal imported around 50 kilograms of gold in April, down from...

5 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

Petrol sales down 61%, diesel 56.5% in April. (PTI Photo)

Petrol and diesel sales shrink in April; demand expected to pick up...

The demand is expected to further pick up as more areas were opened up on Monday

4 May 2020 4:11 PM IST

Auto stocks plunged nearly 12 percent. (PTI Photo)

Auto stocks slump nearly 12% as automakers score nil domestic sales in...

Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and MG Motor India reported...

4 May 2020 3:57 PM IST

Passenger hands over his testing kit to Illinois National Guard soldier Carlye Clehouse at a testing facility in Waukegan. (AP)

Even as lockdown eases, countries see surge in virus infections

Governments have reported 3.5 million infections and more than 247,000 deaths, including more than 67,000 dead in the...

4 May 2020 2:58 PM IST

Sebi said that entities providing capital and debt market services will continue to remain operational during the nationwide lockdown. (PTI Photo)

Capital, debt market service providers to remain operational during...

This order will continue to remain in force for two weeks starting 4 May, the regulator said

4 May 2020 2:10 PM IST

A security guard checks the temperature of a shopper before allowing entry into a shopping mall. (AFP)

As lockdown curbs ease, South Korea throws open malls

The term bobok sobi - revenge shopping - trends on the nation's social media as people rush to make purchases delayed...

4 May 2020 11:53 AM IST

Corazzieri Guards wearing protective face masks, as they place a wreath at the monument commemorating those killed at work, as people keep away from May Day (May 1) workers celebrations during the countrys lockdown. (Photo taken in Rome and released by the Presidential Quirinale Palace press office)

Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown

Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to...

4 May 2020 8:50 AM IST

People walk on a pedestrian overpass near a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in southern Tehran. (AP)

Iran will reopen mosques on Monday as lockdown eases: Rouhani

Iran on Saturday reported its lowest daily toll of new infections since March 10

3 May 2020 2:28 PM IST