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Workers still cram onto commuter trainsalbeit in smaller numbersand Japans parliament is hardly setting the tone for working from home, continuing to hold sessions and ministerial press conferences. (Representative Image)

Japanese mindsets about office work changing as coronavirus forces...

The image of going to the office is very strong in Japan, and you have to show that you work hard and long hours

31 March 2020 1:32 PM IST

Medics carry out screening as police cordoned off an area in Nizamuddin after some people showed coronavirus symptoms, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Foreigners who attended Nizamuddin religious event violating visa...

Foreigners among 8K people who attended Tabligh-e-Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz in March, many of whom have shown symptoms...

31 March 2020 12:51 PM IST

SARS-CoV-2, can be isolated from the faeces and urine of infected people, in which the pathogen can survive for up to several days after exiting the human body. (Representative Image)

UK university develops paper-based test kit to detect coronavirus in...

It may predict the potential spread of the virus by picking up signatures of it in faeces from disease carriers that...

31 March 2020 12:51 PM IST

Drones have been in use in the agriculture for the spraying of pesticides

IIT Guwahati follows Chennai startup's lead, develops drone to...

Several states are considering using drones to disinfect localities without putting workers at risk

31 March 2020 12:18 PM IST

A worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple Universitys Liacouras Center. (Photo- AP)

Amid stagggering number of coronavirus deaths, New York asks for...

Even before the governor's appeal, close to 80,000 former nurses, doctors and other professionals were stepping up to...

31 March 2020 12:13 PM IST

TV grab taken from the World Health Organization website shows WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he delivers a news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 30, 2020. (AFP)

Covid-19 is this century's global inflection point

In the post-Covid-19 world the institutions of global governance would have to be revisited and remodelled

31 March 2020 11:56 AM IST

Asian equities enjoyed a strong start. (Photo- AFP)

Asian stocks rise after Wall Street rally but traders remain nervous

After another rally on Wall Street, which saw all three main indexes jump more than three percent, Asia picked up the...

31 March 2020 11:27 AM IST

Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya. (Photo- PTI)

Consider my offer to repay Kingfisher Airlines' dues: Mallya asks FM

Mallya sought government help and said, "we are not sending employees home and paying the idle cost. Government has to...

31 March 2020 11:23 AM IST

BSE tower. (PHOTO- PTI)

Sensex rallies 1,028 pts, Nifty below 8,600; energy, FMCG stocks soar

ITC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying over 7 per cent, followed by Reliance Industries, ONGC, Tata Steel,...

31 March 2020 11:19 AM IST

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-"Social distancing-" seems alien to Indians

The apparent inability of Indians to maintain it has triggered a debate among psychologists

31 March 2020 10:14 AM IST

Municipal workers sprays disinfectant as a measure to prevent the spread of Covid19. AFP Photo

Covid19 cases climb to 230 In Maharashtra after 17 more test positive

The new cases included, eight from Mumbai, five from Pune and two from Nagpur

31 March 2020 9:47 AM IST

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Bodies of all coronavirus patients will be cremated, says BMC

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allowed the burial of dead bodies at burial grounds away from dense...

31 March 2020 9:23 AM IST