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Smartphone supply and demand plummeted in China and across Asia, and slowed in the rest of the world. (Photo | AFP)

People under lockdown, no demand for smartphones even as production...

Global shipments plummeted by as much as 38 per cent with factories shut down last month in China, where 80% of...

21 March 2020 11:50 AM IST

Remember demonetisation? (DC photo)

As we battle corona, let's not forget the vulnerable

Invisible Indians cannot be forsaken like they were during the catastrophe of demonetisation

21 March 2020 1:02 AM IST

Modi speaks and a huge majority of over a billion follow.

AA Edit: Shot off the citizen's shoulder, PM's salvo finds the target

When Modi appeals, citizens listen, as they did when they stood patiently in queues outside ATMs

21 March 2020 12:26 AM IST

A worker fumigates the interiors of a Karnataka interstate transport bus to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore. The state government is considering a total ban on interstate bus services.(AFP)

Karnataka pulls in 960 persons for corona watch on one day

A small positive sign: Number of corona+ cases remains at 15

20 March 2020 11:07 PM IST

A mosque being disinfected in view of the coronavirus threat (AFP)

Religious leaders step up to fight corona threat

Friday prayers were cut shot to a mere 10 minutes and faithful are exempt from Sunday mass

20 March 2020 1:41 PM IST

People wearing protective masks in to protect against the coronavirus pandemic walk along the Ramlala market in Ayodhya on March 14, 2020. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to hold a massive congregation of religious seers on the occasion of Ram Navami at Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 despite the threat of the coronavirus (Covid-19). (PTI)

AA Edit: Ram Navami meeting at Ayodhya is an invitation to disaster

And Narendra Modi is having to choose between the holy men at the core of his constituency and his responsibilities as...

20 March 2020 12:42 PM IST

A man covers his face with a handkerchief as municipal workers spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 outside at the Government Medical College in Jammu on March 19, 2020. (AP)

India must bridge huge gaps to tackle Covid-19

India has a law on epidemics that dates back to 1897

20 March 2020 8:53 AM IST

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Two cruise ships not allowed to disembark in Honolulu

Two vessels were rerouted to Miami after they were turned away from their home port in Puerto Rico

19 March 2020 5:02 PM IST

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Coronavirus layoffs in US spark surge in state unemployment claims

Jobless claims are surging across the U.S. after government officials ordered millions of workers, students and shoppers...

19 March 2020 11:13 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures as he arrives at his office in Tokyo on March 18, 2020. Abe said the country will expand quarantine measures and a ban on entry from parts of countries including Italy and Spain affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

Inadequacies in corona combat threaten Tokyo Olympics

Inadequacies in fighting coronavirus raise questions over Tokyo Olympics

19 March 2020 10:13 AM IST

A volunteer distributes masks outside a government hospital as a precaution against COVID-19 in Jammu on March 16, 2020. (AP)

Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus

Let's not be fixated on daily 'numbers'; let's look at preparedness

19 March 2020 8:33 AM IST

Mysuru in total shutdown due to the coronavirus epidemic. (AA Photo)

Foreigners being refused hotel rooms because they could be quarantined...

Two Germans and an Austrian in quarantine at resort in Kodagu

19 March 2020 1:58 AM IST