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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama. (PTI Photo)

Business

Sitharaman to announce fifth and final tranche of economic package at...

Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector...

17 May 2020 4:15 AM GMT

A health worker conducts thermal screening of migrants travelling from Mumbai to their native places, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lcockdown, in Nadia district. PTI Photo

Opinion

AA Edit: Don't dilute labour laws

The attack on the labour laws was initiated in Uttar Pradesh where the government has cleared an ordinance suspending 35...

16 May 2020 2:27 PM GMT

Cyclists ride along The Mall next to a police car near Buckingham Palace in central London on May 16, 2020, following an easing of lockdown rules in England during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. AP Photo

Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy: In UK, it is rich who exit cities as Covid blurs...

In Britain the only movements one can compare to the exodus from Indian cities is the movement of rich from, London, to...

16 May 2020 1:29 PM GMT

Daily absence from home including going to work, visiting friends and relatives, working out at the gym, and other activities, help people with poor personal boundaries to get along together.

In Focus

How to survive self-isolation and not get divorced

We are all going through a difficult period now, feeling a lot of stress, pressure, and fear, but how to overcome it?

15 May 2020 1:26 PM GMT

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

Business

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's third tranche covers agriculture and allied...

Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate...

15 May 2020 12:12 PM GMT

In this March 30, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump opens a box containing a 5-minute test for COVID-19 from Abbott Laboratories as Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. AP Photo

Opinion

Saeed Naqvi: Fair is foul & foul is fair in Trump's world

As the world focuses on fighting coronavirus, US claws are out, groping the Venezuelan coastline, using Colombian...

15 May 2020 12:04 PM GMT

The government has not heeded the cash-strapped states demand for raising their borrowing limits but announced a massive hike of more than 50 per cent in its own numbers. AP Photo

Opinion

AA Edit: Concerted efforts needed to tackle lockdown blues

The Central notification in force now mandates that all inter-state passengers undergo a 14-day quarantine

12 May 2020 11:44 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. AFP Photo

Opinion

AA Edit: Strong men no more

The chutzpah of Donald Trump boasting of having fared better might have Republican admirer, but everyone else is quite...

12 May 2020 11:23 AM GMT

Employees of German car manufacturer Porsche wear face masks as they work on power trains for the Taycan full-electric sportscar at the production site in Stuttgart, southern Germany. AFP Photo

Opinion

Aakar Patel: Job security is a distant dream in lockdown times

The meaning of job security becomes especially clear in a time like this. For crores of us around the globe, that...

12 May 2020 11:06 AM GMT

Indias automakers have warned that total automobile sales could fall as much as 45% in the current fiscal year. (PTI Photo)

Business

India's automakers warn of up to 45% sales drop as economy slumps amid...

India's auto industry is already reeling, with sales of cars, trucks and motorbikes falling 18% last fiscal year to 21.5...

12 May 2020 5:12 AM GMT

An Indonesian medical staff takes a blood sample from a woman during a rapid test in Surabaya on May 11, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. AFP Photo

Life

Covid19 and the heart

Though it is mainly a disease of the respiratory system, COVID-19 affects the heart too

11 May 2020 2:17 PM GMT

$NHS staff members take part in a national \clap for carers\ to show thanks for the work of Britains National Health Service (NHS) workers and frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic, at Leeds General hospital in Leeds. AFP Photo$ Opinion

Kishwar Desai: So many Indians found calling in NHS, so many devoted...

Many of those who died Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis were usually working beyond retirement age

11 May 2020 11:38 AM GMT