United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that overcoming the coronavirus pandemic will require the most massive public health effort in history since it is an interconnected world where...

New Delhi:  India has so far been able to stave off community transmission of COVID-19, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, expressing the hope that “behavioural changes" brought about by...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction for withdrawal of orders by some states which proposed salary cut of police personnel during the Covid-19...

London: Britain reported the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe on Tuesday and infections rose sharply again in Russia, even as other nations made great strides in taming the...

New Delhi: There is a "glaring" need to bridge the digital divide, both within and across countries, as the digital economy has played a key role during the current COVID-19...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 curve has remained relatively flat so far but the continued rise of cases at a steady rate is a cause of concern, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria...

Canberra: As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic....

Mumbai:  Non-performing loans of state-owned banks are expected to rise by 2-4 percentage points resulting in an up to USD 15 billion of recapitalisation burden on the government in 2020-21,...

Islamabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 21,501 after 1,315 new infections were recorded, while 24 people died due to the disease, taking the death toll in the...

New Delhi: As many as 3,900 new COVID-19 cases and 195 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the biggest spike in a single day, the health ministry said...