GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters): The number of COVID-19 cases in India has been doubling every three weeks but the epidemic is not growing exponentially in the country and South Asia region, the World Health Organizat
GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters): - Some countries have seen "upticks" in COVID-19 cases as lockdowns ease, and populations must protect themselves from the coronavirus while authorities continue testing, the
NEW DELHI, JUNE 4 (IANS): As people are finding ways to live through the pandemic, where technology is likely to play a major role for enhanced hygiene measures, Indian entrepreneurs and companies seem to be ta
NEW DELHI, JUNE 4 (IANS): During the time of Covid-19 pandemic when most of enterprises have cut down on traditional marketing and publicity spend, the scope of digital marketing has increased manifold as targe
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, June 4 (Reuters): Rural parts of India have begun to see a surge in novel coronavirus infections, as millions of migrant workers returning from big cities and industrial hubs bring the vi
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The malaria drug promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19 was ineffective in preventing infection in people exposed to the coronavirus, according to a widely anti
Tuensang, June 3 (MExN): MLAs of Tuensang Sadar I & Sadar II, Toyang Changkong Chang and Kejong Chang convened a meeting in the office chamber of the Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang on June 2 to take stock of
NEW DELHI, June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Nearly 200 migrant workers died in road accidents in India while returning to their village homes during the world's longest coronavirus lockdown, a char
NEW DELHI, JUNE 3 (IANS): Surrounded by concerns over privacy and security issues, video meet app Zoom has reported $328.2 million in revenue for its quarter that ended April 30, up 169 per cent (year-over-year
GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters): Protests in U.S. cities triggered by the killing of George Floyd underscore "police violence" against people of colour, and historic inequalities in access to health, ed
CHENNAI, JUNE 2 (IANS): Alcohol-based hand sanitiser makers are happy with the Central government's decision to allow its export in containers without pump dispensers.
Manufacturers of alcohol-
BEIJING, June 2 (Reuters): The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus outbreak first emerged, found no new cases of COVID-19 and 300 asymptomatic carriers after testing most of its 11 million r
TORONTO, June 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): When Diane Janvier Dugan's mother was born in 1929, there were no roads or stores in her indigenous village in northwest Saskatchewan so as a child she lea
BARCELONA, May 31 (Reuters): Spain's prime minister said on Sunday the country needed 15 more days of lockdown until June 21 "to finish with the pandemic once and for all", and he would
LONDON, May 31 (Reuters): British foreign minister Dominic Raab defended on Sunday the government's "careful" loosening of the coronavirus lockdown, saying it was the "right step to be t
NEW DELHI, MAY 31 (IANS): The Centre on Saturday decided not to resume international air travel till June-end, and a decision to restart the services will be taken only in July, depending upon the circumst
VATICAN CITY, May 31 (Reuters): Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lockdowns.
Fr
NEW DELHI, MAY 31 (IANS): India's hotel industry has welcomed the Centre's norms under 'Unlock 1, which allow them to re-commence operations.
These norms are part of the fifth phase of
NEW DELHI, MAY 31 (IANS): Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is spearheading India's humanitarian export thanks to integrating technology, raw material, 10k tailors and diverting newly acquired Alok Industri
Itanagar, May 29 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district bordering China remained cut off from the rest of the country since May 24 following landslides at several places triggered by incessant rains, a