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A security guard checks the temperature of a shopper before allowing entry into a shopping mall. (AFP)

As lockdown curbs ease, South Korea throws open malls

The term bobok sobi - revenge shopping - trends on the nation's social media as people rush to make purchases delayed...

4 May 2020 11:53 AM IST

Indias manufacturing sector activity hits record low in April amid lockdown. (PTI Photo)

India's factory activity slumped to record low in April: PMI

Amid widespread business closures, demand conditions were severely hampered in April

4 May 2020 11:41 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a Fox News virtual town hall \America Together: Returning to Work,\ event. (AFP)$ World

Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

The US president relaunched his election campaign on Sunday with a live television event inside the iconic Lincoln...

4 May 2020 11:11 AM IST

Representative Image. (PTI Photo)

Indian bank bad debt could double in coronavirus crisis

A fresh surge in bad debt could hit credit growth and delay India's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic

4 May 2020 10:35 AM IST

A group of migrants board a special bus to travel to their native place in Rajasthan during a lockdown in Mumbai. PTI photo

Coronavirus in India: Maharashtra has highest fatalities followed by...

Coronavirus deaths in India touch 1,373, number of cases climb to 42,533

4 May 2020 10:30 AM IST

A student is scanned for temperature before entering Dinh Cong secondary school in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP)

Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million

Experts caution that both cases and deaths from COVID-19 are almost certainly underreported in every country

4 May 2020 10:22 AM IST

Hundreds of migrant labourers working in the Hyderabad city started marching to Srikakulam district in AP from Secunderabad immediately after extension of national lockdown. They were stopped at the check post between Habsiguda and Uppal and sent to shelter homes. (Deccan Chronicle Photo)

India's new rules for the coronavirus lockdown

Travel by air, rail and metro and inter-state movement of people by road remains banned all over the country

4 May 2020 9:56 AM IST

A staff member (R) wearing a face shield talks with a passenger at a long-distance bus station in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

Top Chinese health official warns of virus rebound

As of Sunday, 962 asymptomatic cases, including 98 from abroad, were still under medical observation in the country

4 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani. (PTI Photo)

Silver Lake to invest in Reliance Jio

The deal comes days after Facebook (FB.O) said it would spend $5.7 billion to buy a 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms

4 May 2020 9:24 AM IST

A globe showing Europe, Africa and Asia is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Paris. (AFP)

China intentionally concealed severity of the pandemic: Report

The analysis states that while downplaying the severity of the virus, China increased imports and decreased exports of...

4 May 2020 9:21 AM IST

Asian stocks slip as U.S.-China tensions flare. (AFP Photo)

Asia stocks fall sharply as US-China tensions escalate

The moves extended a dour start in May which began on Friday with bleak U.S. data and the threat of fresh trade-war...

4 May 2020 9:03 AM IST

Storage facilities of Novoprtovskoye oil and gas condensates oilfield of Russian gas and oil giant Gazprom at Cape Kamenny in the Gulf of Ob shore line in the south-east of a peninsular in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. (AFP Photo)

Oil prices lower on storage crisis as virus saps demand

Oil markets have been in turmoil for weeks as the virus strangles demand due to business closures and travel...

4 May 2020 9:01 AM IST