Coronavirus

Kampala: Burundi is pushing ahead with an election Wednesday that will end the president’s divisive and bloody 15-year rule. When President Pierre Nkurunziza hands over power, it could be the first truly peaceful transfer of authority in the East African nation since independence in 1962....

New Delhi: As hundreds of migrants continue to travel a long distance in this COVID-19 crisis, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday appealed to state governments to immediately lift food grains and pulses from the godowns and distribute them for free within a...

New Delhi: The economic measures announced by his government Saturday will create many business opportunities and contribute to economic transformation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister said important sectors such as coal, minerals, defence, aviation, space and atomic energy...

New Delhi: In bold reforms aimed at boosting sagging economy, the government Saturday announced an easing of limits on foreign direct investment in defence manufacturing, privatisation of six more airports, opening up of more air space and allowing private sector in commercial coal mining. Also,...

New Delhi: The government will soon start auctioning of six more airports under public private partnership and additional investment by private players in total of 12 airports will be around Rs 13,000 crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Airports Authority of India (AAI)...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court “lost its way” while cancelling all allocations of coal blocks, 2G spectrum licences and iron ore mining in Karnataka and Goa and its zeal to protect the environment dealt a serious blow to the country's economy, former Attorney General Mukul...

Mathura (UP): An all-India organisation of priests has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reopen temples and pilgrimage centres to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak, saying the novel coronavirus is an “asur (demon)” and can only be killed by divine forces. “If all temples, shrines...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said the Centre should stop acting like a ‘sahukar’ (money lender) for its children, and demanded that cash assistance be given to the poor and vulnerable sections, who are in dire need of money now, than credit. Interacting...

Kingston: Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief Ricky Skerritt has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has put the region's already ailing cricket body into “Intensive Care Unit” and it will have to go for cost cutting measures to ride out the financial crisis. The coronavirus outbreak,...

Bargarh: With COVID-19 cases rising in the state day by day, two renowned stage artistes from Bargarh district have taken to an unconventional route to raise awareness on the deadly disease. Bhubaneswar Pradhan, famous for playing the role of Kansa in world-famous Bargarh Dhanu Yatra,...