Coronavirus

New Delhi: Once the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs, the course of economic recovery in India will be smoother and faster than that of many advanced countries, according to KPMG. UNCTAD in its latest report on COVID-19 impact on developing countries has predicted that the major economies...

New Delhi:  In the ongoing efforts against curbing COVID-19 pandemic, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a full-body disinfection chamber called as Personnel Sanitization Enclosure and face protection mask. The face protection mask is now supplied to hospitals in bulk. Vehicle Research and...

Bhubaneswar:  Amid rising fears of grid collapse owing to imbalanced load during ‘blackout’ urged by Prime Minister Modi, state government Sunday said street lights, lights in hospitals and other essential services will remain on at 9:00pm this Sunday and urged energy consumers to refrain from...

Washington/London: Germany and France have accused the US of confiscating thousands of protective face masks and protective gear meant for their countries, calling it 'an act of modern piracy'. About 200,000 N95 masks were diverted to the US as they were being transferred between planes...

New York: The total number of deaths of COVID-19 in the US topped 8,000 as of 2.30 p.m. (local time) Saturday, according to the data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. A total of 8,098 people have...

New York:  US President Donald Trump has reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hydroxychloroquine, a medicine in short supply that could help with facing the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that he called Modi Saturday morning and told him: "I'd appreciate if they would...

Mumbai: Actress-producer Dia Mirza has expressed concern over the COVID-19 outbreak. Along with several other celebrities and entrepreneurs who are advocates and alumni of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), she hopes that aid reaches the remotest corners of the world. In a...

Amid a barrage of research on finding treatment for new coronavirus, Australian scientists have found that a common anti-parasitic drug killed SARS-CoV-2 virus, growing in cell culture, within 48 hours in lab settings. Ivermectin is an FDA-approved anti-parasitic drug that has also been shown to...

New Delhi:  Budget passenger carrier AirAsia India Saturday said that passengers can continue to make their bookings for flights that will be operated from April 15 onwards. "If at all there is any change based on the direction provided by the regulator, we will abide...

Washington: As the US economy craters, crippled by coronavirus shutdowns, businesses jettisoned jobs at an alarming rate last month, government data showed Friday, and the situation will get dramatically worse. US employment plunged by 701,000 in March and the jobless rate surged to 4.4 per...