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A health worker collects a swab sample from a member of parliament a day before budget session at parliament in Kathmandu. (AP)

Nepal reports first coronavirus death

Nepal, which has a population of 28 million, has conducted only fewer than 100,000 tests so far

17 May 2020 8:48 AM IST

Technology will play a stronger role than ever before - enabling economic recovery and helping each one of us achieve more, , Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari says.

Investments in cloud, AI and cybersecurity being accelerated by the...

Technology is playing a key role in education, health and public distribution as movement restrictions become the norm.

16 May 2020 4:29 PM IST

A medic uses a thermal screening device on a boy during a door-to-door survey to detect COVID-19 cases in Nagaon district in Assam. (PTI)

Medics around the world face hostility over virus stigma

In countries like India, Egypt, Mexico and elsewhere, doctors and nurses are intimidated and treated like pariahs...

16 May 2020 3:56 PM IST

A Yemeni doctor talks to a patient receiving treatment and lying on a bed at a hospital in Aden, Yemen. (AP)

Yemen's fragile health sector struggles to keep virus spread in check

WHO says its models suggest that half of Yemen's population of 30 million could be infected and more than 40,000 could...

16 May 2020 12:31 PM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump administration to restore partial funding to WHO

US will agree to pay up to what China pays in assessed contributions to the WHO, as said in the letter

16 May 2020 10:16 AM IST

Brazils outgoing Health Minister Nelson Teich gives a thumbs up before a news conference at the Health Ministry headquarters in Brasilia. (AP)

Brazil's health minister resigns after one month on the job

Bolsonaro had earlier fired Teich's predecessor, Mandetta, on April 16, after disagreements over efforts to contain the...

16 May 2020 9:09 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

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 5:42 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wearing a mask is seen in her car during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata. (PTI)

Mamata government discloses letters proving readiness to receive Vande...

The move came a day after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reacted to Bengal education minister's tweet.

15 May 2020 5:33 PM IST

SEBI extends deadline for stock brokers to submit reports till 30 June. (PTIPhoto)

SEBI extends deadline for stock brokers to submit reports till 30 June

This is the second instance when the regulator has extended the deadline for compliance

15 May 2020 3:59 PM IST

Medical workers in protective suits carry the body of Ibrahim Hassan, 56, before he is buried in Mogadishu, Somalia.(AP)

Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight the virus

The official count of cases is now above 1,200, but no one really knows how many cases of COVID-19 it has so far

15 May 2020 1:57 PM IST

People have lunch at a restaurant along the shoreline as stage 1 of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions begin in Sydney. (AP)

Australians emerge from coronavirus lockdown to beers and lattes

Country's second most populous state reported a total of 29 new cases on Friday, a bump up from the recent daily average...

15 May 2020 1:38 PM IST

Coronavirus could inflict up to $8.8 trillion losses in global economy, says ADB. (PTI Photo)

Coronavirus could inflict up to $8.8 trillion losses in global...

The impact on south Asian gross domestic product (GDP) will be to the tune of $142-218 billion

15 May 2020 12:55 PM IST