World Health Organization

General

12 November, 2020

Why Pfizer vaccine brings little cheer to coronavirus-hit India

Despite hopes raised by Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, it will take huge efforts for India to defeat the coronavirus, with its ......

General

19 October, 2020

Global coronavirus cases surpass the 40 mn milestone

Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as the onset of winter in the ......

Economy

06 October, 2020

India's services sector slump eased in Sept, but job losses balloon

The plunge in India's services sector activity eased considerably in September after the government lifted some coronavirus restrictions, but demand ......

General

29 September, 2020

Global coronavirus deaths pass ‘agonizing milestone' of 1 mn

The global death toll from COVID-19 rose past 1 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, a bleak milestone ......

General

11 August, 2020

Global coronavirus cases double in just 43 days to hit 20 mn

Global coronavirus cases pushed past 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and ......

Finance

30 July, 2020

IFC launches $4 bn medical supply financing platform for developing countries

The World Bank Group's private sector arm said on Wednesday it was launching a $4 billion financing platform aimed at ......

Markets

14 May, 2020

Sensex, Nifty hammered as stimulus details fail to excite

Indian shares tumbled on Thursday after a poorly received initial stimulus from the government to aid coronavirus-hit businesses, while a ......

TMT

07 April, 2020

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to check coronavirus ‘infodemic'

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time ......

Markets

12 March, 2020

Stocks crash to worst day since 2008 as pandemic fuels growth fears

The Indian stock markets plunged into bear territory on Thursday after the coronavirus outbreak was described a pandemic and the ......