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A man gets his bottle filled with a herbal extract believed to protect from COVID-19, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (AP)World
Madagascar ships anti-virus herbal tea to Guinea-Bissau president

WHO has clarified that the herbal tea's effects had not been tested, and there are no published scientific studies of...

3 May 2020 9:49 AM IST

Worshippers wearing face masks attend a prayer ceremony entitled overcoming and healing the COVID-19 coronavirus, while marking Buhhas birthday at the Jogye buddhist temple in Seoul. (AFP)World
Indian-American physician launches study to find if prayers could heal...

Randomly chosen patients will receive a "universal" prayer offered following rituals of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam,...

3 May 2020 9:23 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. (PTI Photo)Business
RBI reviews measures to ease financial stress

The governor appreciated the efforts of banks in ensuring normal to near normal operations during the lockdown period

3 May 2020 9:16 AM IST

Governing body of motor sportSports
Avoid turf wars during post-pandemic rescheduling: FIA

Let's not get involved in disputes about who has got which slot: FIA deputy president for sport Graham Stoker

2 May 2020 2:06 PM IST

Medical staff from Britains NHS (National Health Service) in scrubs walk outside the ExCeL London exhibition centre, which has been transformed into the \NHS Nightingale\ field hospital in London. (AFP)World
Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again

Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in...

2 May 2020 1:36 PM IST

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP)World
'So what?' says Bolsonaro on 5000 corona deaths in Brazil

The far-right leader's off-the-cuff comment has been sparking anger among the public

2 May 2020 12:28 PM IST

A medic wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 testing. (PTI)World
Indian origin doctors in UK at greater risk of virus infection

While 37 per cent of the UK's doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India, all currently on the frontline...

2 May 2020 12:09 PM IST

Amy Senter, owner of Jakes on Main, folds T-shirts in preparation for reopening her shop after being forced to close due to the coronavirus in St. Charles, Mo. (AP)World
Businesses reopen in a few US states

Enterpraises are asked to make sure the coronavirus doesn't come storming back by employing their own restrictions...

2 May 2020 11:41 AM IST

One vial of the drug Remdesivir. (AFP)World
US allows use of remdesivir to help virus recovery

No drugs are currently FDA-approved for treating the coronavirus, and remdesivir will still need formal approval

2 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

A medical worker wearing protective equipment looks through the window at arriving ambulances at the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)World
Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection

The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at...

2 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

A Health Care Worker walks across the parking lot at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York. (AFP)World
Countries must prepare for virus resurgence after easing lockdown: WHO

WHO director-general defended of his and the WHO's timely actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international...

2 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

HANDS IN GLOVES: Ball-boys and girls do stretching exercises at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. AP PhotoSports
Covid-19 effect: No shaking, no sharing, no showering in tennis

ITF issued a set of guidelines which include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after the...

2 May 2020 9:31 AM IST

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