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Swiggy to lay off 1,100 employees as covid19 hits online food orders. (PTI Photo)

Swiggy to lay off 1,100 employees as covid19 hits online food orders

Swiggy is among many that are laying off employees and reshaping their business in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

18 May 2020 4:00 PM IST

RBI may extend moratorium on repayment of loans for three more months. (PTI Photo)

RBI may extend moratorium on repayment of loans for three more months,...

In March, RBI had allowed a three-month moratorium on payment of all term loans due between 1 March, 2020 and 31 May,...

18 May 2020 2:46 PM IST

Members of a coronavirus testing station stand on the factory premises of the Westfleisch meat processing company in Hamm, western Germany. (AFP)

Alarm as another German slaughterhouse hit by coronavirus outbreak

Germany has grown increasingly concerned about the meat industry as a hotbed of new coronavirus infections

18 May 2020 2:12 PM IST

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India won't rush its players back to game

Stadiums and sports complexes are reopening to allow athletes to train but there will be no events staged that would...

18 May 2020 1:26 PM IST

Traffic congestion is seen on a road in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution

After months of lockdown, China is reopening its economy as the outbreak comes under control, causing emissions to spike

18 May 2020 1:04 PM IST

People cycle through Parliament Square in central London on May 17, 2020, following an easing of lockdown rules in England. (AFP)

US, Europe weighs reopening risks sans vaccine

Health experts say the world could be months, if not years, away from having a vaccine available to everyone

18 May 2020 12:23 PM IST

Govt to soon take decision on OCI card holders to allay fears of temporary suspension of visas. (PTI Photo)

Indian government will soon take decision on OCI visa issue: Minister

Muraleedharan urged the diaspora to invest in India given the opportunity being offered by the major economic reforms

18 May 2020 12:17 PM IST

Record jump of 5,242 COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs, tally reaches 96,169; death toll touches 3,029. (PTI Photo)

Coronavirus tally in India nears 1 lakh, deaths cross 3,000

A record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours

18 May 2020 10:48 AM IST

Waorani indigenous people. (AFP)

First coronavirus case detected in Ecuador's Amazon tribe

Waorani organizations warns that virus spread could be catastrophic for the community, which is generally vulnerable to...

18 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

Asian shares make cautious gains; oil, gold prices hit record levels as more countries reopen their economies. (AP Photo)

Asian shares make cautious gains; oil and gold jump

Oil prices reached their highest since March as demand picked up as countries around the world eased travel restrictions

18 May 2020 9:16 AM IST

Migrant workers from other states trying to return to their homes arrives for transportation to a train station in Ahmedabad. (AP)

135 million Indians may lose job due to coronavirus impact

The worst impact will be felt by India's most vulnerable in terms of job loss, poverty increase and reduced per-capita...

17 May 2020 4:25 PM IST

Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient at the Sao Jose municipal hospital, in Duque de Caxias, Brazil. (AP)

Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases

Brazil's Health Ministry registered 14,919 new confirmed cases in the prior 24 hours, taking the total to 233,142

17 May 2020 2:16 PM IST