By Nikhila Natarajan
New York, May 5 (IANS) Built in a record time of five days, India's official coronavirus chatbot MyGov Corona Helpdesk which has scored 21 million users and 25 million user eng
BY SFOORTI MISHRA
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) As India entered phase-3 of the lockdown on Monday due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, women who already face domestic violence may have to suffer more for the go
NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - With all the economic damage China wrought by covering up Covid-19’s spread, why should Uncle Sam pay back the $1.1 trillion it owes the People’s Republic? To do ot
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The trust level of Indians in Prime Minister Narendra Modi has zoomed in the last two years with more than three fourths, or 76.3 per cent, expressing "lot of trust", according to the IA
BY DODUL MONDAL
IANS | May 3
So, we have entered the third phase of nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial turbulence has now settled down to a great extent in terms of peoples' a
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Pool/File Photo
By Sangmi Cha
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New Delhi, May 1 (PTI): Majority of respondents favoured continuation of the lockdown for another two weeks to fight coronavirus, according to a survey by think-tank National Council of Ap
Migrant workers arrive at the Mawa Ferry Ghat in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Strict curfews, lockdowns and travel bans enforced in the wake of COV
San Francesco, April 30 (IANS) As COVID-19 impacts every aspect of work and life globally, Microsoft has seen two years' worth of digital transformation in just two months of its third quarter (January-March pe
Mumbai, April 30 (PTI) Rishi Kapoor''s death is the end of an era in Hindi cinema, said co-stars and friends Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan and Karan Johar as they reminisced about the time spent with the ac
Health workers wearing protective suits screen resident of Dharavi in Mumbai during a house-to-house health survey. Photograph: PTI Photo
New Delhi, April 30 (PTI): As the May 3 deadline for t
Philanthropist Bill Gates (L) embraces Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg during an announcement of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to "cure, prevent or manage all disease" by the end of the century during a news confer
A view of the destruction caused by Cyclone Fani after its landfall, in Puri, Friday, May 3, 2019. (PTI Photo)
The displacements were a result of a combination of increasing hazard intensity, high po
Raphael AVL Malchhanhima with the two ambulance drivers -- Chinnathanbi and Jeyanthiran, who travelled for over 3,000 km back to Mizoram. Photograph: @ZoramthangaCM/Twitter
Home is where the h
A message encouraging hand washing is seen above the Buckhead Theater days before the phased reopening of businesses and restaurants from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson of Biocon, feels that India should start opening its lockdown from May 3 and become fully operational by end of June.
In an exc
A rickshaw puller wearing a facemask sleeps on his rickshaw in Dhaka on April 27. — AFP
Rules making people wear masks in public are hitting the poor hardest and exposing deep inequalities
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Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Noted for her eye-catching saris, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Monday turned heads for a different reason - when she donned the sparkling white uniform of a caring nurse with a cap,
BY VISHAL GULATI
Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) More than 2.5 lakh Indian nationals, including about one lakh students, are stranded in Australia amid coronavirus pandemic. But their families back home have not
By Bharat Upadhyay
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) As the field of alternative medicine gains immense popularity in the wake of COVID-19, the ancient practice of Ayurveda with India as its land of origi