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Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya. (PTI Photo)

'Mallya's extradition will be a milestone in CBI's quest for...

The judgment also vindicates painstaking investigation by CBI, since Mallya raised issues with regard to admissibility...

15 May 2020 1:20 PM IST

Coronavirus could inflict up to $8.8 trillion losses in global economy, says ADB. (PTI Photo)

Coronavirus could inflict up to $8.8 trillion losses in global...

The impact on south Asian gross domestic product (GDP) will be to the tune of $142-218 billion

15 May 2020 12:55 PM IST

Afghan and foreign security personnel stand guard in front of a hospital after gunmen attacked, in Kabul. (AP)

US blames Islamic State on Kabul maternity hospital attack

Afghan president orders military to switch to offensive mode against the Taliban following the hospital attack and...

15 May 2020 12:18 PM IST

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

World Bank clears $1 billion for India's fight against coronavirus

This takes the total commitment from the World Bank towards emergency COVID-19 response in India to $2 billion.

15 May 2020 12:16 PM IST

Workers from the Iztapalapa government talk to people trying to enter the cemetery to explain that only are allow two persons at a time outside Pantheon of San Lorenzo Tezonco in Mexico City. (AFP)

Brazil and Mexico report record surge in coronavirus cases

Leaders of both countries receive criticism for intensified attempts to reopen their economies

15 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. Given through an IV, the medication is designed to interfere with an enzyme that reproduces viral genetic material. (Photo | AP)

Health groups want India to rescind Gilead drug patents

Advocacy groups want remdesivir to be distributed more fairly to coronavirus patients around the world.

15 May 2020 11:46 AM IST

A health worker from an aid organization walks wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. (AP)

Coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Two people tests positive for Covid in one of the camps in Bangladesh that accommodates more than one million refugees

15 May 2020 11:28 AM IST

Migrants arriving from Andhra Pradesh undergo thermal screening after deboarding a train at Danapur railway station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Patna. PTI Photo

Covid-19 cases stand at 81,970; 2649 people dead across India

The number of active cases stood at 51,401 while 27,919 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.

15 May 2020 11:04 AM IST

Sensex drops over 200 pts in early trade. (PTI Photo)

Sensex dips 200 points, slips below 31k; Nifty tests 9,100 level

M&M was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, cracking over 3 per cent

15 May 2020 10:43 AM IST

The trees have practically shed their leaves. (Photo: AFP)

More forest cover, less pandemic incidents: Madhya Pradesh study

The study has been conducted by the Madhya Pradesh forest department.

15 May 2020 10:33 AM IST

Nurses hold newborn babies wearing face shields, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Lockdown delays these surrogate babies from reaching their mothers

With the lockdown in place, most parents have only seen their newborns through pictures and video calls with the clinic

15 May 2020 10:30 AM IST

Loans will be secured against receivables and guaranteed by respective state government. (PTI Photo)

Stimulus or sleight of hand? Rs 6L crore is the packaging, Rs 24k...

The other measures on equity infusion into MSMEs would need to be watched for uptake, given the poor execution of such...

15 May 2020 10:16 AM IST