Mumbai: The rupee declined by 14 paise to settle at 76.53 against the dollar on Monday amid strengthening of the US currency overseas and a sharp rise in coronavirus cases...

New Delhi:  A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre, states and Union Territories for taking immediate steps to relax all medical expenses of...

New Delhi: The Department of Biotechnology has so far short-listed three companies for funding the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, besides 13 other proposals it received for diagnostics, therapeutics...

New Delhi: Unemployment rates across Asia-Pacific could rise by well over 3 percentage points as social distancing measures implemented to contain rapid spread of coronavirus hit the engine of job...

Karachi:  A pregnant woman has died of starvation in Pakistan's Sindh province amid the coronavirus lockdown imposed in the country, according to media reports. Sughra Bibi, 30, died in Jhudo...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the AAP government here to hold top-level meeting to deliberate on measures to curb domestic violence and protect the...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday announced the calendar of the meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for the current financial year, and decision of the first...

Jammu: As many as 1,211 people who were quarantined in Punjab's Pathankot district for 21 days were sent home in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a senior...

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Monday urged the central government to take immediate steps for the deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis as they are "most vulnerable" to the...

Berlin: Alcohol-based hand disinfectants recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) are effective against the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19, according to a study. The formulations can be prepared quickly...