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EPFO allows employers to register digital signatures through e-mail. (Photo- Twitter)

EPFO alert! Employers to register digital signatures online through...

Employers are not able to function normally and are facing problems in using their digital signatures or Aadhaar-based...

7 May 2020 1:15 PM IST

Family members watch as cemetery workers place into a niche a coffin with the remains of person suspected to have died from coronavirus, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

Brazil emerges as next big coronavirus hotspot

New cases rose roughly 9.2% over the last 24 hours, while deaths increased roughly 7.8%

7 May 2020 12:58 PM IST

Health workers seen inside the premises of Max Hospital, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Coronavirus infects 90k frontline healthworkers across the globe

International Council of Nurses reveal the disease has killed more than 260 nurses, as per data from 30 countries

7 May 2020 12:38 PM IST

A gas-affected person is carried to hospital in the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. A gas leak from the LG Polymer chemical company killed at least five people and put more than 1000 in hospital early Thursday morning, May 7, 2020. (A Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Vizag's morning of horror: Gas leak leaves people falling like leaves...

Gas leak from chemical company on the outskirts of Vizag kills 8; thousands in hospital

7 May 2020 11:27 AM IST

Zomato targets alcohol deliveries, aims to cash in on demand for liquor. (AFP Photo)

Zomato India mulls liquor deliveries over surge in demand

Zomato would target areas that are relatively less affected by Covid-19

7 May 2020 11:18 AM IST

A medical worker wearing protective equipment to protect against coronavirus smokes as he and his colleague rest in the yard of the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)

Russian doctors jump to death from hospital windows over pressure

Many medical workers say they have been threatened with dismissal or even prosecution for going public with their...

7 May 2020 9:27 AM IST

Oil marketing companies shares drop 13%. (PTI Photo)

Oil marketing companies shares drop 13%, after hike in excise duty on...

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd shares tanked 13 percent, Bharat Petroleum plunged 9.99 percent and Indian Oil...

7 May 2020 9:24 AM IST

Oil prices rose on Thursday after U.S. inventories swelled less than expected. (AFP Photo)

Oil gains as US inventories grow less than feared

While prices have risen sharply since April as some countries started easing lockdowns put in place to combat worst...

7 May 2020 9:20 AM IST

AI chatbots have drawn increased interest during the global virus pandemic, which has led to a sharp rise in isolation and anxiety.

Covid isolation makes more people dependent on relationships with...

The Replika app allows users to design an avatar-friend or romantic partner, while mental health chatbot Woebot helps...

6 May 2020 10:55 PM IST

China-based Huawei and Europe-based Nokia and Ericsson are major 5G equipment suppliers. (Photo | Flickr - Christoph Scholz)

With Huawei ostracised in US, alliance of 30 firms including Google,...

The group, including telecom operators Vodafone, AT&T and Verizon, says it wants to avoid depending on any single...

6 May 2020 10:07 PM IST

A migrant worker carries his child as he walks along the Delhi- Ghaziabad highway to reach his native place, during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Many migrant workers have not been paid for the past two months and therefore may not possess even a feature phone to make the toll-free call to the Aarogya Setu IVRS system. (Photo | PTI)

IVRS facility launched to bring those without smartphones under...

The Interactive Voice Response System will collect health data from landline and feature phone users and issue alerts...

6 May 2020 9:29 PM IST

A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit: The wheels of e-justice

The Indian courts - High Courts as well as the Supreme Court - have proved adept at holding virtual hearings and...

6 May 2020 8:18 PM IST