With 243 people losing their lives to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, France saw its pandemic toll rise to 26,230, while the numbers of people hospitalized and admitted into intensive care continued to decline....
The global COVID-19 death toll has surpassed the 270,000 mark, while the number of cases from across the world was nearing 4 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University....
The US unemployment rate has risen to 14.7 per cent, with 20.5 million jobs lost in April, as the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy....
Maharashtra reported 37 more Covid-19 deaths on Friday, taking the total toll beyond 700, even as the number of cases continued to march upwards, crossing 19,000....
The first evacuation flight from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia carring 153 passengers landed here at 8.05 pm on Friday....
The Finance Ministry on Friday announced relief to those who have been facing difficulty with the status of their residency in India under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, due to lockdown and suspension of international flights....
Two Indian-origin doctors, a father and daughter, who died of COVID-19 after contracting the deadly disease while treating infected patients, have been hailed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for their selfless dedication to caring for others....
Indian-American Manka Dhingra has been appointed to a newly formed bipartisan Special Committee on Economic Recovery in the Washington state Senate to address the its long-term economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic....
On May 4, India entered its third but more relaxed phase of lockdown till May 17. However, the number of COVID-19 cases in 24 hours time has increased threefold in the last few days with a few states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi seeing an extra requirement of ventilators, in comparison with the national percentage. But why i...
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday blamed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for opening liquor stores without realising the real picture of the city and also held the Aam Aadmi Party government responsible for red-zoning of all districts in the national capital....