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    The Jio World Centre as seen during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Navi Mumbai. PTI PhotoBusiness
    Jio-Facebook deal to focus on E-commerce in India: Mukesh Ambani

    Facebook announced an investment of USD 5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore) to buy a 9.99 per cent stake in Ambani's telecom...

    22 April 2020 1:11 PM IST

    Chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov plays simultaneous chess games with children in Porto Alegre, Brazil. AFP PhotoSports
    Online Nations Cup Chess: Legend Kasparov and Kramnik join forces

    The new 'match of the century' will be global, entirely online, and also gender-inclusive with each team having one...

    22 April 2020 1:04 PM IST

    Delhi police commissioner SN Shrivatsav along with others inspect Azadpur subzi mandi in Delhi. PTI photoIndia
    I&B urges media covering covid19 related incidents to take precautions

    A large number of media persons have recently contracted COVID-19 while covering the happenings in certain parts of the...

    22 April 2020 12:48 PM IST

    34 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in southwestern Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo)World
    34 positive coronavirus cases on cruise ship docked in Japan

    Initial four tests carried out revealed first infection on Monday, with additional testing among 57 crew finding a total...

    22 April 2020 12:38 PM IST

    Bangladeshs star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. DC File PhotoSports
    Shakib Al Hassan to auction 2019 World Cup bat to raise fund for virus...

    With two centuries and five fifties, the 33-year old all-rounder had a hugely successful World Cup in England last year

    22 April 2020 12:24 PM IST

    A medics wearing protective suit is seen at LNJP hospital during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. PTI photoIndia
    Amit Shah assures safety of doctors after incidents of assault

    There have been reports of doctors being abused, beaten and denied entry into residences

    22 April 2020 12:08 PM IST

    Indias first professional boxer Vijender Singh. PTI PhotoSports
    Aid for ailing Dingko: Vijender Singh, Manoj Kumar help raise funds

    Communicated through their whatsapp group 'hum mein hai dum', boxers chipped in and helped raise an initial amount of...

    22 April 2020 12:05 PM IST

    Facebook also confirmed that some of its official social media accounts were hacked on Friday.Business
    Facebook takes 5.7 billion dollar stake in Jio digital platforms

    The deal is one of the biggest foreign investments made in India and will give the US social media giant a 10-percent...

    22 April 2020 11:47 AM IST

    A memorial pays tribute to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Heidi Stevenson, a mother of two and a 23-year veteran of the force, along the highway in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. (AP Photo)World
    Canada's worst mass shooting death toll rises to 23

    Memorials cropped up all over the province of fewer than a million people, featuring Canadian flags and flowers

    22 April 2020 11:46 AM IST

    Shares of DHFL were up 4.5 per cent at 128.80 rupees.India
    CBI asked to take custody of Wadhawans lockdown violation

    After the Wadhawan brothers and 21 others, including their family members, reached Mahabaleshwar, they were quarantined...

    22 April 2020 11:33 AM IST

    Josh Hazelwood. Twitter PhotoSports
    Adelaide Oval is Hazlewood's choice if Ind-Oz series is held at one...

    'Both bowlers and batters would probably be happy with Adelaide Oval which has been the best cricket wicket the last...

    22 April 2020 11:31 AM IST

    Picture of a highway (PTI photo)India
    Palghar mob lynching: No Muslim arrested, says Deshmukh

    None of the accused arrested in connection with the incident is a Muslim

    22 April 2020 11:16 AM IST

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