The ongoing health crisis in the country, owing to the onslaught of Covid-19 pandemic, has spiked unemployment rate to a staggering 27.11%. The corona-driven lockdown, which was imposed on 24 March, brought India’s business activity in a halt, leaving 121.5 millions Indians jobless. As per the recent data published by the Centre for Monitoring of ...

From storing portable air filters to realigning hospital beds as per the Nightingale ward system and actualizing epidemic SOPs surveyed by a microbiologist, Goa became a part of a process to breathing life into a COVID-19 medical hospital. On April 19, when the last patient was discharged from the ESI facilities, surprise drills and careful ...

While Superstar Salman Khan is away from the city at his farmhouse in Panvel, he has been sharing videos and photographs with his fans via social media amid lockdown. Recently, Salman asked people to take up the ‘Anna Daan’ challenge, during which he contributed his bit primarily to the people who need ration supply and ...

Amid the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic from China’s Wuhan city to countries across the world, it appears that the Mainland is facing global scrutiny in the global market. Due to the increasing disruption in the global supply chain, multinational corporations are strategizing to diversify and move their manufacturing structures away from China. Experts are contemplating ...

On 1 May, The number of coronavirus patients in the national capital taking the total number to 35,043 cases and the death toll to 1,147. Delhi’s fight against Covid-19 has seen many highs and lows. Recently Delhi has upped its surveillance measures in containment zones, and screening of all people in these areas will be ...

The Narendra Modi government has put the country of 1.3 billion people into a strict lockdown in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the Coronavirus is not only a challenging test for humanity, but for the political system of India as well. In his six years to the office, Prime Minister ...

In mid-April, India imported around one million rapid test kits from China to increase tests since the Covid-19 surge. The initial set of orders arrived a week ago, and after use, there were reports about the malfunction of kits. After ICMR inspected the units, India decided to withdraw the defective kits and cancel the remainder ...

At a video conference of the BRICS foreign ministers, a bloc of five leading countries, Foreign Minister C Jaishankar announced the need to take measures to support business in the context of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister noted that the BRICS countries (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) have a great influence on the ...

According to a report by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, the UAE’s aid planes have delivered approximately 260 tonnes of medical and food aid to 24 countries since the COVID-19 outbreak, and up to 260,000 healthcare professionals have been assisted by aid flights. Due to travel restrictions, the UAE has ...

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet on Sunday appointed Ravi Mittal as the Union Sports Secretary. He has replaced incumbent Sports Secretary Radhey Shyam Julaniya and will be working under the Ministry of Youth Affairs. Julaniya was appointed as the Sports Secretary in February 2019. Prior to this appointment, Ravi Mittal was the Secretary of the ...