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Patralekha | Lockdown generation' at risk: Save their jobs

The CMIE data analysis underlines a grim fact during Unlock 3.0

20 Aug 2020 6:26 PM IST

A Bull's Eye for Reshi

5-year-old Chennai boy sets a record in archery

20 Aug 2020 5:06 PM IST

Say hello to Male 2.0 transformations we like to see

Given the leisure to assess themselves during the pandemic, the male of the species has suddenly discovered a desire to...

17 Aug 2020 7:37 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. (via AFP)

North Korea lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, virus aid

Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim's major economic goals by forcing the country into a...

14 Aug 2020 11:26 AM IST

A worker examines diamond stones at Rijiya Gems, a diamond cutting and polishing workshop. (AFP Photo)

Gems, jewellery exports dip 38% in July as virus slows global demand

In the April to July period, cut and polished diamond exports plunged 46.5% from a year ago to $2.7 billion, GJEPC said

13 Aug 2020 4:16 PM IST

The government issued a stay-at-home order for its approximately 750,000 people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed. (Representational Image: AFP)

Bhutan imposes 1st nationwide virus lockdown

Bhutan's 113 reported COVID-19 infections were all quarantined travellers, except for one with conflicting test results

13 Aug 2020 1:42 PM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

UK economy slips into recession with record 20.4% contraction, job...

Today's figures confirm that hard times are here, finance minister Rishi Sunak said

12 Aug 2020 4:28 PM IST

Taxis parked at roadside during state government imposed biweekly complete lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease, in Kolkata, Saturday. (PTI)

Life in West Bengal comes to a halt as state government imposes...

It is part of the twice-a-week lockdown imposed in the state since July 23 to break the chain of the infection.

8 Aug 2020 5:11 PM IST

Indias fuel demand may take 6 to 9 months to rebound to normal levels as several states impose lockdown. (PTI Photo)

Fuel demand may take at least 6-9 months to rebound to normal levels:...

Fuel sales had fallen by a record 45.8 per cent in April when a nationwide lockdown was in place to check the...

5 Aug 2020 9:50 AM IST

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Gokul M.G | Saying I do' underwater

Move over Thailand, Bali and Maldives, Chennai is making a bid for a place on the map of underwater wedding destinations

3 Aug 2020 5:51 PM IST

Workers push trolleys past an empty shop in Melbournes central business district on August 3, 2020 after the state announced new restrictions as the city battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Australia announces paid pandemic leave for those required to...

Authorities predicted that the latest restrictions in country's biggest cities would cost around 250,000 jobs

3 Aug 2020 3:20 PM IST

Indias manufacturing sector activity contracts for 4th straight month in July. (PTI Photo)

Manufacturing activity shrinks again in July, PMI below June-level

In April, the index had slipped into contraction mode, after remaining in the growth territory for 32 consecutive months

3 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST