India has reported 2,753 deaths and 85,940 cases from coronavirus till Saturday, according to latest data from worldometer. A total of 30,258 Covid-patients have recovered from the disease. With India crossing the coronavirus tally of China, signs of a second wave have cropped up in

Life and work are gradually returning to normal in Shanghai. My colleagues and I are back in the office. Restaurants and bars have reopened—with a temperature check at the door. Hellobike, China’s largest bike-sharing company (of which I am an investor), is reporting that ridership is

At least 24 migrant workers were killed and many were injured after a truck rammed into a DCM lorry they were travelling in, on Saturday morning. The incident took place in Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh of India at around 3:30 am when the migrant workers were on their way to their

Italy's government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. It will also allow travel between the regions - which has so far been tightly restricted - from the same day. The move marks

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on Tuesday for the fifth time since the nationwide lockdown due to deadly coronavirus has been imposed. His address comes after a six-hour-long meeting with the state Chief Ministers regarding the fate of the lockdown 3.0 which

Russia has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus infections after reporting another 10,899 new cases on Tuesday (May 12). The new cases brought Russia's total to 232,243, surpassing the number of infections in Britain and Spain and now behind only the United States

India's CO2 emissions have fallen for the first time in four decades - and not just as a result of the country's coronavirus lockdown. Falling electricity use and competition from renewables had weakened the demand for fossil fuels even before the coronavirus hit, according to

India has recorded the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases with 4,213 new patients in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 67,152 cases so far, reports Indian news broadcaster NDTV. The death toll from the disease in India has soared to 2,206, with 97 people dying in the

The PM also said people who could not work from home - including those in the manufacturing and construction industries - should return to the workplace from Monday but avoid public transport. Mr Johnson said the government would "modify" lockdown measures over three "careful" steps

Indian former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is stable and under observation at the AIIMS after suffering reaction to a new medication and developing fever, hospital sources said on Monday. The 87-year-old Congress leader was admitted to the hospital on Sunday evening after he

Former US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised his successor Donald Trump over his response to the coronavirus crisis. In a private conference call, he called the US handling of the pandemic "an absolute chaotic disaster". His remarks were made while encouraging former

India has reported 1,986 deaths and 59,765 cases from coronavirus till Saturday, according to latest data from worldometer. A total of 17,897 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the country. The total number of cases also include 111 foreign nationals. According to the

A top aide to US Vice-President Mike Pence has tested positive for Covid-19 one day after another White House staff member was diagnosed with the virus. Mr Pence's press secretary Katie Miller tested positive on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump's valet. The White

India has confirmed 1,787 deaths and  53,045 cases from coronavirus till Thursday, according to latest data from worldometer. However, a total of 15,331 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the country. According to the health ministry data updated in the morning, the highest

At least eight people have been killed and several hundred hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant on the east coast of India, police said Thursday. They said that the gas had leaked out of two 5,000-tonne tanks that had been unattended due to India's coronavirus

Israeli scientists have a “significant breakthrough” in developing an antibody to the novel coronavirus that can attack the virus and neutralise it within the bodies of infected persons. Defence Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed the invention saying Israel’s main biological

The US coronavirus death toll climbed by 2,333 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Tuesday, more than twice as many as the day before. The Baltimore-based university said as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday) that the country had suffered a total of 71,022

US President Donald Trump has confirmed the White House coronavirus task force will be winding down, with Vice-President Mike Pence suggesting it could be disbanded within weeks. "We are bringing our country back," Trump said during a visit to a mask-manufacturing factory in Arizona.

India has reported 1,694 deaths and 49,400 cases from coronavirus till Wednesday. However, a total of 14,183 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the country. Starting Thursday, India will operate 64 flights until May 13 and use three Navy ships, as part of first phase of an

Novel coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by 1,015 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Monday — the lowest one-day figure in a month. The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.17 million cases in the country as of 8:30 pm Monday