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A few banks have also come up with lockdown offers for their customers. HDFC Bank offered discount on purchase of jewellery on Akshaya Tritya, Union Bank of India on purchase of medicine, and SBI on taking key lab tests.

Banks get on social media to brighten up the lockdown with customer...

HDFC started The Art Project to give customers a #BreakFromBoredom while PNB started a Mother's Day contest

10 May 2020 7:47 PM IST

Migrants with their belongings walk along ISBT and Seelampur road to reach their native places, during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Congress demands setting up of multimodal agency to resolve migrant...

Interestingly it was the Congress almost 38 days back that demanded that migrant labourers who wanted to go home should...

10 May 2020 7:43 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

178 Indians from Malaysia reach Tiruchy, none test positive fo...

Of them, only one was admitted to Government hospital for a kidney ailment, while 117 were taken to a quarantine...

10 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

: Congress President Sonia Gandhi during a video appeal to migrants, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis: Amid Modi-Shah inertia, Congress Party makes presence felt

Slowly, the Congress Party in the coronavirus pandemic is not looking bad at all

10 May 2020 5:39 PM IST

Voice assistants are not only answering queries and shopping, but also being used for smart home control and for a range of business and medical applications which could see increased interest as people seek to limit personal contact.

People lose the touch, adopt the voice as covid makes Siri, Alexa and...

Voice control can mean avoiding commonly touched surfaces such as smartphones, TV remotes, light switches, thermostats...

10 May 2020 5:26 PM IST

People, sitting in marked circles to respect social distancing norms, wait to collect free ration from a government shop, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Mathura. PTI Photo

Sweta Dash: Death stalks, rations due, yet Centre sits on papers

Over the years, governments have routinely denied starvation deaths and turned a blind eye to its connection with...

10 May 2020 5:02 PM IST

Hero MotoCorp resumes retail operations across 1,500 touch-points. (PTI Photo)

Hero MotoCorp resumes retail operations; claims 10,000 sales in a week

Around 10,000 units of motorcycles and scooters have already been sold since the reopening of these customer touch-point

10 May 2020 4:35 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask disinfects her hands amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP Photo

Neelima Mathur: Handwashing a new pandemic' in offing?

The world is stuck between a mix of existent handwashing cultures, contemplation and guilt about over-consumption

10 May 2020 4:30 PM IST

Five Air India pilots test positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Five Air India pilots test positive for coronavirus

A senior airline official said the five pilots had not operated any flight in the last three weeks

10 May 2020 4:10 PM IST

A UV cleaning robot cleans the floor at Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Airport has put UVC fixtures on its floor-cleaning robots, making it the first airport in the US to test the use of the ultraviolet rays to scrub the coronavirus from surfaces. If effective, the UV-cleaning robots could be a model for other airports as they plan to reopen and try to persuade people to travel again. (Photo | AFP)

Whaddaya know! Trump was off the mark but UVC lamps could actually aid...

Tests are being conducted to confirm that these particular ultraviolet rays are harmless to humans.

10 May 2020 4:06 PM IST

Indias fuel demand dipped 45.8% in April. (PTI Photo)

India's fuel demand crashes nearly 50% in April

The country's fuel demand is set to recover with easing restrictions on industrial activity and transport in areas

10 May 2020 3:22 PM IST

Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo)

Protesters demand closure of LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh after...

Some protesters barged into the compound and police had to block their way to allow officials investigating the leak to...

10 May 2020 2:53 PM IST