US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered daily coronavirus testing at the White House after it was reported that one of his personal aides has tested positive for the deadly disease....
Fourteen migrant labourers were crushed to death early on Friday by a goods train in Maharashtra after they fell asleep on the tracks. The home-bound exhausted lot of workers were run over between Jalna and Aurangabad....
New data showed that more than 33 million Americans have filed for jobless claims as COVID-19 continues to ravage economy, indicating the scope of damage to the labour market, while suggesting the historic wave of layoffs seems to be receding....
The UN has launched an updated COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan that requires $6.69 billion to help fragile countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
A senior US Federal Reserve official warned that the country could fall into recession again in 2021 if the economy reopens too quickly with a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic....
The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has estimated that 116 million babies will be born under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic....
A day after Gujarat Congress chief, Amit Chavda, alleged that Covid-19 cases spiked in the state because of the Namaste Trump event held in Ahmedabad, the party alleged that the country was paying the price for the February 24 event. ...
With a surge of 3,390 new cases and 103 new fatalities, the total tally of novel Coronavirus cases in India stood at 56,342 on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said....
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....
The Yogi Adityanath government has finalised an ordinance suspending a majority of labour laws in the state for three years. ...
