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construction projects impacted due to covid-19. (DC Photo)

Construction projects worth Rs 59 lakh crore impacted due to covid19

Indian construction industry employs over 4.9 crore people, close to 12 per cent of the nation's working population

16 April 2020 1:40 PM IST

Seema Samridhi Kushwaha

Nirbhaya case: Fighting till justice is served

Nirbhaya's lawyer Seema Samridhi Kushwaha speaks to DC on the recent hanging of the convicts

16 April 2020 1:12 PM IST

Leading U.S. health expert, Anthony Fauci. Twitter Photo

Sports can come back but without fans, says top U.S. disease expert

He says fans should be kept away and athletes should be tested roughly once a week after resuming play

16 April 2020 1:01 PM IST

Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg speaks during a panel discussion at the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. AP Photo

F1 can save season with double-headers: Nico Rosberg

Formula One has said it hopes to run a 15-18 race championship from the European summer in a season that has yet to...

16 April 2020 12:56 PM IST

Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo tries an acrobatic kick during an Italian Serie A match against Spal at the Paolo Mazza stadium in Ferrara, Italy. AP Photo

Serie A teams to be tested, then isolated when training resumes

Italian football authorities are hoping that training can begin immediately after the current lockdown ends on May 3

16 April 2020 12:51 PM IST

Coco Gauff. DC File Photo

U.S. teen sensation Coco Gauff says stronger now after battling...

During a sensational run on the professional circuit since last July, Gauff reached the fourth round of Wimbledon

16 April 2020 12:47 PM IST

Sachin Tendulkar with Shaun Pollock. DC File Photo

When Tendulkar told Pollock he couldn't take on short-pitched...

'There was a time when all plans of bowlers would fall apart against Tendulkar and they would wait for him to make a...

16 April 2020 12:42 PM IST

Rohit Sharma. PTI Photo

Rohit Sharma made brand ambassador of Dubai-based coaching academy

Mumbai medium pacer Dhawal Kulkarni is also on board as one of its mentors

16 April 2020 12:38 PM IST

Pandemic to bring Asias 2020 growth to halt for 1st time in 60 years. (PTI Photo)

Asia's economy to suffer zero growth in 2020: IMF

Asia is set to fare better than other regions but the projection is worse than 4.7% average growth rates throughout...

16 April 2020 12:37 PM IST

Indian womens cricket team. DC File Photo

India seal women's World Cup berth after Pakistan series scrapped

With India expressing inability to host Pakistan, ICC declared the circumstances a "force majeure" event and awarded the...

16 April 2020 12:33 PM IST

A doctor shows a rapid COVID-19 blood test kit at a clinic in Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PTI photo

Visa curbs stop medics from treating covid19 patients

Medical professionals holding H-1B and J-1 visas are not permitted to provide medical care outside of specifically...

16 April 2020 12:33 PM IST

Kimmo Kartano uses his smartphone to open a food delivery robot from the Broad Branch Market grocery store as Audra Grant looks on in front of their house in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, DC, on April 9, 2020. The store began using the robots about two weeks ago and makes 10-15 deliveries a day within a limited area of the neighborhood. (Photo | AFP)

Some US stores, startups deploy robots to deliver groceries as humans...

More than 40 grocery store employees in the US have died from the virus and delivery workers have staged protests to...

16 April 2020 12:23 PM IST