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    A woman runs across London Bridge, backdropped by Tower Bridge, as she exercises in central London. (AFP)World
    Work and exercise restrictions ease in England

    The pandemic has killed more than 36,000 people in Britain, according to official statistics

    13 May 2020 2:52 PM IST

    Ashok Leyland resumes production. (PTI Photo)Business
    Ashok Leyland resumes production across India

    The commercial vehicle major will be ensuring all the necessary health and safety protocols with regard to COVID-19 in...

    13 May 2020 2:42 PM IST

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (AFP)World
    UN chief urges faith leaders to challenge hate speech

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on faith leaders to promote solidarity based on human rights and human...

    13 May 2020 2:13 PM IST

    A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Wuhan. (AFP)World
    Wuhan to test all residents after handful of new infections

    A cluster of six new cases was found in one part of the city, the first local infections reported in Wuhan since the...

    13 May 2020 1:57 PM IST

    Senior Congress leader P ChidambaramIndia
    Chidambaram mocks PM's Rs 20L crore package as 'headline and blank...

    Says he is looking forward to the finance minister filling the blank page.

    13 May 2020 1:44 PM IST

    The New Development Bank of the BRICS countries has fully disbursed USD one billion emergency assistance loan to India. (PTI Photo)Business
    BRICS' new development bank provides $1 billion loan to India to fight...

    The 'Emergency Assistance Program Loan' to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors on 30 April

    13 May 2020 1:30 PM IST

    Auto component industry likely to witness double-digit degrowth in FY21. (PTI Photo)Business
    Auto component industry likely to witness double-digit degrowth in...

    India exports around 12 percent of the total auto components to economies with reliance on crude oil such as Africa and...

    13 May 2020 1:24 PM IST

    Firefighters walk with oxygen cylinders outside LG Polymers plant, the site of a chemical gas leak, in Vishakhapatnam. (AP)India
    South Korea sends delegation to probe Vizag gas tragedy

    LG Polymers, where the gas leak occurred, is a unit of South Korea's biggest petrochemical maker, LG Chem

    13 May 2020 12:48 PM IST

    Mumbai: Muslim neighbours perform last rites of Hindu man amid lockdownIndia
    Mumbai: Muslim neighbours perform last rites of Hindu man amid...

    Pandurang Ubale, who was paralysed since the last few months, died at his residence in Zakaria Bunder area of Sewri on...

    13 May 2020 12:31 PM IST

    COVID-19 hits hotel industry: Revenue per room drops 13-29% in Jan-Mar. (PTI Photo)Business
    Covid19 hits hotel and hospitality sector; Delhi, Bengaluru worst-hit

    The occupancy level fell most in Delhi at 16.9 percentage points during January-March 2020

    13 May 2020 11:59 AM IST

    Representational Illustration.World
    South Korea raises age of sexual consent from 13 to 16

    Previously, teenagers aged 13 or older were held to be legally capable of consenting to sex, resulting in controversial...

    13 May 2020 11:54 AM IST

    A medical staff member prepares to collect samples from a woman at a COVID-19 testing centre set up in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AFP)World
    French coronavirus death toll overtakes Spain's

    France now stands as world's fourth-highest number of fatalities after the United States, Britain and Italy

    13 May 2020 11:33 AM IST

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