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    Fitch cut its outlook for India to negative from stable on Thursday. (PTI/AFP Photo)Business
    Fitch cuts India's outlook to 'negative'

    Fitch expected economic activity to contract by 5 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2021 due to the strict...

    18 Jun 2020 10:27 AM IST

    Chinas Oppo cancelled the live online launch of its flagship smartphone in India. (AFP Photo)Business
    Oppo cancels live phone launch in India amid demands to boycott China...

    To launch the phone, the company instead uploaded a 20-minute, pre-recorded video

    18 Jun 2020 10:11 AM IST

    A worker places trays of food in the seafood section of a supermarket in Beijing on June 17, 2020. (AFP)World
    Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak

    The resurgence of COVID-19 in the country's capital over the past week has been linked to the city's massive Xinfadi...

    18 Jun 2020 10:01 AM IST

    People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a bank in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)Business
    Asian stocks stumble on fears of second coronavirus wave

    The financial support, easing of lockdown restrictions, opening-up of economies provided support to equities in recent...

    18 Jun 2020 9:31 AM IST

    Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday slashed its growth forecast for developing Asia. (AFP Photo)Business
    ADB slashes 2020 growth forecast for developing Asia to 0.1% from 2.2%

    The ADB kept its economic growth forecast for developing Asia for next year at 6.2%

    18 Jun 2020 9:29 AM IST

    Oil prices fell more than 1% in early trade on Thursday as a spike in new coronavirus cases. (AFP Photo)Business
    Oil prices drop on demand worries as coronavirus cases rise

    A rise in US crude stockpiles to a record high for a second week in a row also weighed on sentiment

    18 Jun 2020 9:27 AM IST

    Students in a kindergarten class stand inside social distancing markings on the floor on the first day of the reopening of the International Pioneers School in Bangkok. (AFP)World
    Thailand marks 23 days without domestic transmission

    On Wednesday, the country reported third consecutive day of no new coronavirus cases or deaths

    18 Jun 2020 9:16 AM IST

    US president Donald Trump arrives to speak about the PREVENTS \Presidents Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide,\ task force, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP)World
    Trump 'pleaded' with Xi for help in re-election, claims former...

    Trump adviser comes out with new book that accuses the US president of prioritizing politics while making national...

    18 Jun 2020 9:11 AM IST

    This combination of photos provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Officer Garrett Rolfe, left and Officer Devin Brosnan. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges. Brosnan, who prosecutors say stood on Brooks shoulder as he struggled for life after a confrontation was charged with aggravated assault. (AP)World
    Officers charged with murder and assault for shooting Rayshard Brooks

    Brooks' killing last Friday had sparked new demonstrations in Georgia's capital against police brutality

    18 Jun 2020 8:32 AM IST

    A quarantine center with 300 beds set up for treating COVID-19 patients during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, at Nagpada area in Mumbai. PTI photoIndia
    BMC to Bombay High Court: We will ramp up COVID-19 contact tracing in...

    Over 78 lakh such people have been screened so far, says BMC

    18 Jun 2020 2:28 AM IST

    Modi during the video conferencing.India
    Modi stresses on fully utilising COVID-19 testing capacity as Mamata...

    He added that the discipline shown by people during lockdown has prevented the exponential growth of the virus.

    18 Jun 2020 2:12 AM IST

    Nongthombam Biren Singh (Photo: PTI)India
    BJP government in Manipur in minority after 9 MLAs resign ahead of...

    Those who quit included Deputy Chief Minister Y JoyKumar Singh.

    18 Jun 2020 1:25 AM IST

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