The increasing fear of coronavirus pandemic makes the world follow the traditional Indian way of greeting called ‘namaste’. The customary form of exchanging pleasantry comprises a slight bow and hands joined together, pointing upwards. It is followed mostly in the Indian subcontinent but now all across the world. Several world leaders, including US President Donald ...

The novel coronavirus, Covid-19, has taken the world by storm, which hit medical, economic and political institutions across the globe. Till date the deadly virus has infected 109,900 persons in at least 97 countries and taken away more than 3800 lives, according to the data cited in the The New York Times. Who knew the ...

Banking stocks took a beating on Friday following developments around YES Bank. The private lender’s board was superseded by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Mirroring global peers, the Indian stock market, too, crashed on Friday as a double whammy of Coronavirus jitters and a sharp sell-off in banking space owing to developments around State ...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the coronavirus will turn into a “national crisis” and its impact will be “huge”. His warning came after the first case of the coronavirus was detected in South Africa. The patient is a 38-year-old man who visited Italy with his wife. This brings to 27 the number ...

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External affairs minister will communicate with administrators of Indian mission over the world to have them posted regarding the actions India is practising on the spread of Sars-Cov-2 virus and to gain the confidence of the representatives on the frontline. The communication, being carried through video conference, will start at 4.45 pm (IST), ...

While India shows a hopeful picture with robust manufacturing cycle reported, the coming months might be a trying time for the exports, industry experts say. The onslaught of the coronavirus across the globe has shaken up the trade equations everywhere. February has seen a strong manufacturing streak that started at the beginning of the year. ...

India’s growth picture is looking very promising as the Assocham Secretary General Deepak Sood confidently declared that China’s loss will be sure shot gain for India. Sood is confident that India can tap an opportunity in areas of agriculture and carpets. “Barring a few segments, a large number of engineering exports from India can fill ...