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A health worker collects a swab sample of a man for Covid19 test in a swab collection booth in Vijawayada. PTI Photo

Virus cases climb to 8,356 as 909 people test positive in a single day

The highest number of positive cases of coronavirus was reported from Maharashtra at 1761, including 127 deaths

12 April 2020 10:06 AM IST

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 April 2020 9:57 AM IST

US senators press Saudi officers to place oil minimize in movement. (AP PHOTO)

US senators urge Saudi officers to take concrete action to cut oil...

Saudi Arabia and Russia were close to finalizing a deal to cut crude output by a record 10 million barrels per day

12 April 2020 9:39 AM IST

A medic takes samples for a coronavirus test in the containment zone of Kurla in Mumbai on April 11, 2020. (PTI)

Mumbai stares at medical crisis as nearly 100 frontline workers test...

With some hospitals being sealed off, hundreds of beds have fallen into disuse in hotspot city

12 April 2020 9:37 AM IST

The divisional commissioner of Indore, Akash Tripathi, visits the Taat Patti Bakhal locality where health workers were attacked by local people last week. (PTI)

In Covid hotspot Indore, graveyards witness a sudden spurt in burials

At least 183 bodies were buried in five graveyards in the first nine days of April

12 April 2020 9:18 AM IST

Pandit Ravi Shankar and wife Sukanya Shankar

'He is and will always be with me'

Pandit Ravi Shankar's wife Sukanya remembers him as the perfect husband, lover, and friend

12 April 2020 9:00 AM IST

File photo of prime minister Narendra Modi chairing a meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority in New Delhi in 2018. (PIB)

Saikat Datta: Why we lurch from one disaster to another

We have no institutional memory of what worked and what didn't in past crises

11 April 2020 11:16 PM IST

Might the conspirators have reckoned without the philanthropist?

Farrukh Dhondy: Heard any good conspiracy theories lately?

The one that's gone viral is that big pharmaceutical companies have spread this virus through the agency of The Dark...

11 April 2020 7:13 PM IST

Women stand in marked circles to maintain distance as they wait to receive face masks, gloves and hand sanitizers distributed by the Rapid Action Force (RAF) during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad,

Centre hints at extending nation-wide lockdown

Odisha and Punjab have already extended the lockdown till April 30 and May 1 respectively

11 April 2020 6:47 PM IST

With Covid19 cases on rise, Maharashtra extends lockdown till April 30

Making the announcement, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the lockdown can be relaxed in certain areas

11 April 2020 6:42 PM IST

Mohammad Ahzaruddin with young Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev. DC File Photo

When Azharuddin's 62-ball hundred vs NZ 31 years ago was the fastest...

The wristy batsman blasted a more than decent New Zealand attack for a 62-ball-100, then the fastest hundred in 50-over...

11 April 2020 6:42 PM IST

Ashleigh Barty. DC File Photo

Ashleigh Barty practices forehand volleys with cricket bat

Barty shared a video on Twitter in which she can be seen practicing her forehand volleys

11 April 2020 6:17 PM IST