MAY 1, 2020
Delhi Fire Service (DFS) personnel spray disinfectant chemicals along a road during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 outbreak in New Delhi, India, on April 16.
The Home Ministry on Friday extended the national lockdown for two more weeks but eased the restrictions, more in districts that have been classified as green zones...
APRIL 30, 2020
India Inc is still coping with the uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic. The organisations had to move to a remote setup in a matter of days, thanks to the lockdown. However, this gave the companies a chance to explore new employment models.
Many companies are now evaluating an ‘alternative workforce model’ with gig workers and freelancers.
According to Deloitte’s...
APRIL 30, 2020
Image: The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducting underway operations. - US Navy/Samuel Hardgrove
China's military has said it "expelled" a U.S. navy vessel from the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea this week. It said the "USS Barry" had illegally entered China's Xisha territorial waters on Tuesday.
China's Southern Theater army command "organized...
APRIL 30, 2020
With No Vaccine, 'Herd Immunity' is Our Only Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus: Senior Scientist
Renowned Immunologist and Cell Biologist Dipyaman Ganguly on Thursday said that one of the only hopes in defeating the novel coronavirus in the country is by developing ‘herd immunity,’
Speaking to News18, Ganguly said, “This coronavirus is not going anywhere. Viruses don’t go...
APRIL 30, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to the country’s surging coronavirus epidemic may help him walk away unscathed from a host of political and economic problems that hounded his government just months ago.
His approval rating on April 21 was 83%, up from 76% on January 7, according to Morning...
APRIL 30, 2020
The rupee strengthened by 57 paise to finish at a one-month high of 75.09 per US dollar on Thursday, buoyed by foreign fund inflows and a robust trend in the equity market.
The greenback weakening overseas and optimism over a COVID-19 drug trial in the US further supported the local unit, forex traders said.
Moreover, investor risk appetite is...
APRIL 30, 2020
All around the world, people are waiting for the announcement that the coronavirus pandemic is contained and they can return to normal life.
But the Chinese city at the center of the pandemic has shown that normal might still be a long way off.
When Wuhan officials eased outgoing travel restrictions on April 8, effectively ending the city's 76-day...
APRIL 30, 2020
Physician Lauren Bernese administers a test for COVID-19 to Rachael Benson, a case manager at Interbay Village, a village of tiny houses managed by the Low Income Housing Institute, in Seattle, Washington, on April 29.
U.S. deaths from covid-19 passed 60,000 on Wednesday, a figure President Trump had once projected would be the upper limit, as hopes rose...
APRIL 30, 2020
Actor Rishi Kapoor has died at 67 after a two-year-long battle with cancer. Rishi breathed his last at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. His wife and actor Neetu Kapoor was by his side. His brother Randhir Kapoor confirmed the news.
Amitabh Bachchan confirmed the news on Twitter. “He’s GONE .. ! Rishi...
APRIL 29, 2020
The US on Wednesday placed India on the 'Priority Watch List' for lack of sufficient measurable improvements to its Intellectual Property framework on the "long-standing" and "new challenges" that have negatively affected American right holders over the past year.
The US placed 10 countries, including some of its major trading partners like India and China, on the list,...
