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India elected UNSC non-permanent member for two years amid COVID-19...

India, the endorsed candidate from the Asia-Pacific States, won 184 votes out of the 192 ballots cast in the elections.

18 Jun 2020 12:56 PM IST

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Blood type could determine your COVID-19 risk: Study

Type A blood were more likely to have severe disease while those with Type O were less likely

18 Jun 2020 12:45 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Rahul Gandhi questions Modi government: Why were soldiers sent unarmed...

Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a colonel, were killed in a clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley.

18 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST

A lab technician looks fills a test tube during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium. (AP)

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

Rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get...

18 Jun 2020 12:01 PM IST

Petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 53 paise per litre and diesel by 64 paise a litre. (PTI Photo)

Fuel prices hit new high, petrol hiked by 53 paise, diesel by 64 paise...

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax...

18 Jun 2020 11:50 AM IST

Unionized hospitality workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits. (AP Photo)

US jobless claims remain high, second wave of layoffs blamed

From manufacturing, retail, information technology and oil and gas production, companies have announced job cuts

18 Jun 2020 10:53 AM IST

People eat at a restaurant on June 17, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

US will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases

We won't be closing the country again. We won't have to do that, said the president

18 Jun 2020 10:50 AM IST

Fitch cut its outlook for India to negative from stable on Thursday. (PTI/AFP Photo)

Fitch cuts India's outlook to 'negative'

Fitch expected economic activity to contract by 5 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2021 due to the strict...

18 Jun 2020 10:27 AM IST

Chinas Oppo cancelled the live online launch of its flagship smartphone in India. (AFP Photo)

Oppo cancels live phone launch in India amid demands to boycott China...

To launch the phone, the company instead uploaded a 20-minute, pre-recorded video

18 Jun 2020 10:11 AM IST

A worker places trays of food in the seafood section of a supermarket in Beijing on June 17, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak

The resurgence of COVID-19 in the country's capital over the past week has been linked to the city's massive Xinfadi...

18 Jun 2020 10:01 AM IST

People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a bank in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

Asian stocks stumble on fears of second coronavirus wave

The financial support, easing of lockdown restrictions, opening-up of economies provided support to equities in recent...

18 Jun 2020 9:31 AM IST

Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday slashed its growth forecast for developing Asia. (AFP Photo)

ADB slashes 2020 growth forecast for developing Asia to 0.1% from 2.2%

The ADB kept its economic growth forecast for developing Asia for next year at 6.2%

18 Jun 2020 9:29 AM IST