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Apparel Export Promotion Council on Saturday said it will ensure exports of non-medical and non-surgical masks. (PTI Photo)

India to export non-medical, non-surgical masks worth USD 1 billion in next 3 months

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Saturday issued a notification amending the export policy to allow the export

17 May 2020 9:52 AM

A medic uses a thermal screening device on a boy during a door-to-door survey to detect COVID-19 cases in Nagaon district in Assam. (PTI)

Medics around the world face hostility over virus stigma

In countries like India, Egypt, Mexico and elsewhere, doctors and nurses are intimidated and treated like pariahs because of their work

16 May 2020 3:56 PM

SEBI extends deadline for stock brokers to submit reports till 30 June

This is the second instance when the regulator has extended the deadline for compliance

15 May 2020 3:59 PM

Vijay Mallya asks govt to accept loan repayment offer, close case against him. (AFP Photo)

Accept loan repayment offer, close case against me: Vijay Mallya asks govt

While congratulating government over Rs 20 lakh crore package, Mallya lamented that his repeated offers to repay his dues have been ignored

14 May 2020 9:34 AM

The New Development Bank of the BRICS countries has fully disbursed USD one billion emergency assistance loan to India. (PTI File Photo)

BRICS' new development bank provides $1 billion loan to India to fight pandemic

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

13 May 2020 1:30 PM

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

Indian nationals stuck in US after H-1B visa cards suspended

Last month, H-1B visa holders launched a petition urging President Trump to extend their permissible stay from 60 to 180 days after job loss

12 May 2020 1:23 PM

Startup community stares at fund crunch in absence of venture capital, reinvents businesses to survive economic slowdown. (AFP Photo)

Start-ups get creative as coronavirus crisis fuels funding crunch, reinvents businesses to survive economic slowdown

A group of the top venture firms warned startups this month that it will be “very difficult” to raise financing anytime soon

11 May 2020 3:01 PM

Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a suicide bomber attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

End to terrorist safe heavens key for Afghan peace: India to US

India currently has extremely close ties with Afghanistan under president Ghani

08 May 2020 12:11 PM

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: India in touch with Pak on implementation of ICJ verdict

The world court had upheld India's claim that Pakistan has committed an egregious violation of Vienna Convention on several counts

06 May 2020 12:26 PM

Trump administration ignored COVID-19 warnings, alleges fired American scientist

Scientist in US turns whistleblower against government's decision to flood its market with malaria drug without proper inspection

06 May 2020 9:35 AM

Indians line up to buy liquor outside one the liquor shops which was reopened Monday after six weeks lockdown in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 4, 2020. India’s six-week coronavirus lockdown, which was supposed to end on Monday, has been extended for another two weeks, with a few relaxations. Locking down the country’s 1.3 billion people has slowed down the spread of the virus, but has come at the enormous cost of upending lives and millions of lost jobs. (AP Photo)

Virus infection speeds up as India eases lockdown curbs

At a liquor store in Old Delhi, shoppers pushed and shoved each other to enter

05 May 2020 8:50 AM

Passenger hands over his testing kit to Illinois National Guard soldier Carlye Clehouse at a testing facility in Waukegan. (AP)

Even as lockdown eases, countries see surge in virus infections

Governments have reported 3.5 million infections and more than 247,000 deaths, including more than 67,000 dead in the United States alone

04 May 2020 2:58 PM

Women working for the regional public transport company distribute face masks in the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, (AP)

Latest coronavirus updates from around the world

More than 2.97 million people have been reported to be infected and 205,948 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as of on Monday

27 Apr 2020 1:47 PM

Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

Convert world's 'hatred' for China into economic opportunity, says Gadkari

Interacting with overseas Indian students he said there is hatred for China. Is it possible to convert it into an opportunity for India?

27 Apr 2020 1:04 PM

India plans to fast track Chinese investments after policy change

India said this week that all foreign direct investment from countries sharing a land border would require prior government clearance

26 Apr 2020 9:46 AM

The pandemic has finally found its unique Indian flavour. (AP)

Stupidity, the Indian weapon against C-virus

19 Apr 2020 2:48 PM

What's it going to be like when we're back on our feet. (DC Photo; Satish Basavaraj)

Imagining a safe India, after coronavirus

How should India reimagine and remake a post-coronavirus future?

15 Apr 2020 3:42 AM

Covid19 hit South Asia very hard, worst economic performance in 40 years says World Bank. (PTI Photo)

World Bank estimates worst economic slump in South Asia

The dire economic effects are already much in evidence, with widespread lockdowns freezing most normal activity

12 Apr 2020 9:57 AM

This is Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath following social distancing while holding a meeting with his staff but before that he was all set to disregard national directives on avoiding mass meetings. (PTI)

Anand K. Sahay: Divisiveness, impunity hurts anti-Covid battle

Instead of uniting in the face of peril, we have bowed to pseudo religion and its accomplice pseudo-science

10 Apr 2020 11:50 PM

Patients discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi ,and their attendants take refuge amidst unhygienic conditions in a subway near the hospital as the nationwide lockdown left them no means of transport to go back home. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Only doctors and nurses can save India now

Suddenly, Donald Trump wants Indian drugs and Indian doctors

07 Apr 2020 10:01 AM

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