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A pupil at the City Kidz Pre & Primary School in the Inner City district in Johannesburg has his temperature measured as he enters the school premises on June 1, 2020. (AFP)

South Africa postpones reopening of schools over safety concerns

The plan for reopening on Monday backfired after teachers' unions and governing associations urged school staff to defy...

1 Jun 2020 2:39 PM IST

Maruti Suzuki India records 86% slump in May sales. (PTI Photo)

Maruti Suzuki India records 86% slump in May sales

Domestic sales declined by 88.93 percent to 13,888 units last month

1 Jun 2020 2:13 PM IST

Armenias Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. (AFP)

Armenian PM Pashinyan tests positive for coronavirus

Armenia has registered 9,402 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Monday and 139 deaths

1 Jun 2020 2:09 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Delhi borders sealed for a week, says Kejriwal, announces relaxations

There will also be no restrictions on the number of persons travelling in four wheelers and two wheelers, Kejriwal said

1 Jun 2020 1:36 PM IST

India registers biggest single-day spike of 8,392 COVID-19 cases; total rises to 1,90,535. (PTI Photo)

With 1,90,791 cases, India at 7th spot on coronavirus worst-hit list

The death toll due to Covid-19 registered the biggest single-day spikes of 230 till Monday 8 am, total deaths at 5408

1 Jun 2020 11:14 AM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. (AFP)

US sends 2 million doses of malaria drug to Brazil for COVID-19...

No large, rigorous scientific studies have found the drug, hydroxychloroquine, safe or effective for preventing or...

1 Jun 2020 9:54 AM IST

A picture shows pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca. (AFP)

Hajj 2020: Masked pilgrims throw sanitised pebbles at Satan

Only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part in the Hajj after millions of international pilgrims were barred due to...

31 July 2020 2:50 PM IST

A mural in Mumbai depicting Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in the 1983 movie Coolie. The coronavirus pandemic has brought Indias prolific Hindi film industry to a standstill. (AFP Photo)

Bollywood's daily wage workers battle for survival in coronavirus days

Despite generating billions of dollars, world's most prolific film industry has no established scheme to protect its...

31 July 2020 10:28 AM IST

A Muslim pilgrim prays inside the Namira Mosque in Arafat as he wears a mask to protect himself against coronavirus during the annual hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

Families join Hajj pilgrims virtually in this year's downsized event

In the first days of the pilgrimage, many were seen holding their phones aloft to livestream their progress to friends...

31 July 2020 10:43 AM IST

The woman, who is a Singapore citizen, had arrived in Singapore from India on July 17. (Representational Image: AFP)

India-returned woman tests positive for coronavirus in Singapore

Including four imported cases reported today, Singapore has a total of 51,809 coronavirus recorded till date

30 July 2020 4:23 PM IST

Indias economic outlook has worsened again as business activity slows and COVID-19 infections soar. (PTI Photo)

India's economic recovery at risk as COVID-19 surges, dull outlook...

In the quarter just gone by, the Indian economy is forecast to have shrunk 20.0%, the first double-digit contraction

30 July 2020 1:28 PM IST

Health workers share a note at a restaurant where a worker is suspected to have COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Vietnam intensifies protective measures as the number of locally transmissions, starting at a hospital in the popular beach city of Da Nang, keeps increasing since the weekend. (AP)

Once a success story, Vietnam is now widely reporting new clusters

Vietnam is the most populous country in the world to have recorded no deaths from the virus

29 July 2020 4:53 PM IST