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Health workers prepare to collect samples for COVID-19 swab tests at a roadside camp in Kolkata. (PTI)

No less than 80,000 new cases were reported everyday in April

While some countries reported an increase in COVID-19 cases over time, many saw caseloads rise because they ramped up...

7 May 2020 4:00 PM IST

Automobile majors on Wednesday announced the resumption. (PTI Photo)

Some auto companies resume production, others prepare to restart...

Home Ministry allowed factories in rural areas or those outside municipal limits to resume production under strict...

7 May 2020 3:48 PM IST

Foreign workers wearing protective masks keep distance from each other as they queue in Dubai. (AFP)

Indian expats in UAE frustrated over government's repatriation plans

UAE is home to a 3.3-million-strong Indian community, who make up around 30 percent of the Gulf state's population

7 May 2020 3:42 PM IST

Budweiser brewer hit by pandemic to invest more in e-commerce. (PTI Photo)

Budweiser to invest more in e-commerce as virus hits offline demand

The company said it would keep up efforts to market its premium and super-premium beers

7 May 2020 3:24 PM IST

Representative Image. (Social media)

Lab-grown mini human organs may play key role in Covid19 drug...

The tiny organs have previously helped scientists understand how the Zika virus, an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen

7 May 2020 2:31 PM IST

Chinas exports saw a shock 3.5 percent rise in April . (PTI Photo)

China exports see surprise 3.5% jump in April, imports fall 14.2%

Exports of medical instruments and devices rose 11 percent in the first four months from a year ago

7 May 2020 2:22 PM IST

Medical workers take in patients outside a special coronavirus area at Maimonides Medical Center in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (AFP)

Experts fear second wave of virus as Europe, US relax lockdown curbs

Cases have continued to rise steadily in places such as US's Iowa and Missouri since the governors began reopening

7 May 2020 2:04 PM IST

The initiative aims to serve an estimated 1.7 billion people who lack access to digital financial services.

Google ties up with Gates Foundation on digital payments for the...

The open source software, Mojaloop, first established by Gates Foundation in 2017, is being tweaked for use by...

7 May 2020 2:03 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi has suggested a blanket 30 per cent cut in expenditure. (File photo: PTI)

What after May 17: Sonia Gandhi questions Centre

Most CMs and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram also pointed out the deep financial stress being faced by the states.

7 May 2020 1:59 PM IST

Kotak Mahindra Bank cuts 10% pay for all staff earning above Rs 25 lakh. (PTI Photo)

Kotak Mahindra Bank announces 10% pay cut for staff earning above Rs...

The move comes weeks after the top management voluntarily surrendered 15 per cent of their payments for 2020-21

7 May 2020 1:43 PM IST

People buy vegetables at a market of the Khraicia district. (AFP)

Manage lockdown to relaxation transition carefully to avoid virus...

Government-ordered lockdowns have become increasingly unpopular as countries suffer economic activities grinding to a...

7 May 2020 1:24 PM IST

government has extended the last date for filing annual GST return for the financial year 2018-19 by three months till September . (PTI Photo)

Date for filing GST return extended to September 30

A notification has been issued to extend the time limit for furnishing of annual (goods and services tax) return

7 May 2020 1:18 PM IST