Asia
As US pulls back, China builds influence at UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States: As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organizati..
ICMR to study if BCG vaccine helps prevent coronavirus
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will start a new trial next week to study t..
Virus jabs, detention camps: Rumours lead to attacks on medicos
NEW DELHI: A mix of rumours on social media and misinformation about quarantine centres could be pro..
Wildly varying data across states makes comparisons difficult
NEW DELHI: In states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and a few others, roughly 80% of the active Covid..
Putin, Xi slam attempts to blame China for late coronavirus response
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday (Apr 16) rejected..
Top India personalities send COVID-19 messages to Singapore’s foreign workers
SINGAPORE: Famed Indian film star Rajinikanth and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar have sent COVID-19..
Ensure migrants, poor dont go hungry, Centre tells states, UTs
NEW DELHI: The Centre has written to chief secretaries and NGOs to ensure that elderly widows, divya..
Coronavirus: Govt lab claims to have identified novel mutations
AHMEDABAD: Claiming a breakthrough in studying the mysterious ways in which Covid-19 works, scientis..
Amid corona fears, govt eyes record grain output
NEW DELHI: Backed by the forecast of a normal monsoon this year, the Centre on Thursday set Indias f..
China’s Wuhan city revises up total COVID-19 death toll by 1,290
WUHAN: China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan on Friday (Apr 17) abruptly raised its dea..