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A teacher marks roll number on a class desk at a college in Bengaluru. Satish B

Online exams discriminatory towards poor students: Kapil Sibal

Holding online exams will be discriminatory as students in remote regions have no access

28 Jun 2020 4:16 PM IST

Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020. (AFP Photo)

WTO: Global trade set to shrink 18.5% in Q2

The global trade body said that in the first quarter, the volume of merchandise trade shrank by 3% year-on-year.

23 Jun 2020 3:26 PM IST

Workers in protective suits take the temperatures of people at a COVID-19 testing site for those who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus outbreak at a wholesale food market in Beijing. (AP Photo)

Coronavirus cases surge in US, but slow in China, South Korea

World Health Organization reported largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, at more than 183,000 new cases in...

22 Jun 2020 1:27 PM IST

Prime Minister on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan which entails work for 125 days for skilled guest workers. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi employment scheme Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan for guest...

Centre is yet to clarify whether these skilled workers will be paid as per Minimum Wages Act or wages paid under MGNREGA...

21 Jun 2020 11:14 AM IST

Indian house prices will fall for the first time in at least a decade in 2020. (AFP Photo)

House prices to fall in 2020 for first time in at least a decade: Poll

Several housing projects stalled as reverse migration of large swathes of construction workers out of major cities leads...

19 Jun 2020 2:32 PM IST

Swiss watchmakers expect fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will have a lasting impact on demand for watches. (AFP Photo)

Swiss watchmakers fear job cuts as sales hit by COVID-19 crisis

Swiss watch exports plunged 68% in May

18 Jun 2020 2:40 PM IST

Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday slashed its growth forecast for developing Asia. (AFP Photo)

ADB slashes 2020 growth forecast for developing Asia to 0.1% from 2.2%

The ADB kept its economic growth forecast for developing Asia for next year at 6.2%

18 Jun 2020 9:29 AM IST

AIIB approves USD 750 mn loan to India. (AFP Photo)

China-backed AIIB approves $750 million loan for India's COVID-19...

The support to India aims to ensure economic resilience to prevent long-term damage to the productive capacity of the...

17 Jun 2020 1:29 PM IST

Oil falls on rise in US crude stocks, potential second wave. (AFP Photo)

Oil falls amid virus resurgence fears, rise in inventories

OPEC panel will meet on Thursday to further discuss ways to strengthen and review compliance to curb oil production and...

17 Jun 2020 9:41 AM IST

A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020. (AFP)

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai civic hospitals face 30 per cent crunch of...

Deputy executive health officer Dr Daksha Shah, however, clarified that they have started the recruitment procedure.

13 Jun 2020 1:35 PM IST

An Indian ragpicker collects reusable material from a garbage dump. Coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty. (AP Photo)

Economic fallout from COVID-19 could push more than billion into...

The outlook for the world's poorest looks grim unless governments do more and do it quickly, says a UNU report

12 Jun 2020 12:03 PM IST

Delhi people have started creating ICUs and isolation wards at home and in housing societies. (DC Photo)

Delhi Desperate: COVID-19 patients setting up ICUs at home

Many healthcare groups are taking advance booking of about 1.5 lakh to set up ICUs in just 4 hours at home

12 Jun 2020 10:21 AM IST