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Sonia urges state Congress chiefs to work for ramping up coronavirus testi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Noting that coronavirus testing rates in India continue to be among the lowest in the world, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday urged the state party chiefs to ensure that reliable testing mechanisms were ramped up and made available to every single
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Spain's COVID-19 toll reaches 15,238
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], April 9 (ANI): Spanish Health Ministry on Thursday said that coronavirus related deaths in the country have exceeded 15,000, but the authorities have claimed the death rate has again slowed.
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Lockdown : NGOs permitted to buy food grains directly from FCI for providi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Central government has directed Food Corporation of India (FCI) to provide wheat and rice to NGOs and charitable organizations, providing cooked food to poor people amid lockdown, at the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) rates without going through the e-au
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COVID-19 rakes up racism in US, Trump says infections in African-Americans
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 8 (ANI): Infecting nearly four lakh people and killing over 12,000 others, the coronavirus pandemic has brought up the deep-seated issue of racism in the United States, especially with President Donald Trump announcing that African-Americans have higher rates
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Higher rates of depression in obese adults
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 8 (ANI): In a UK based study on adults who were overweight, the incidence of new cases of depression saw a significant increase. The risk of depression also rose with higher weight.
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Maharashtra reduces rate of Shiv Bhojan Thali to Rs 5
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, Maharashtra government has decided to reduce the rate of Shiv Bhojan Thali across all districts from Rs 10 per plate to Rs 5.
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TCL launches wireless earphones with heart-rate monitor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Huizhou [China], April 6 (ANI): TCL has introduced its first wireless earphones with heart rate monitoring for real-time readings, in addition to introducing its 10 Series smartphones.
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Italy, Spain show signs of decline in COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], April 6 (ANI): With 525 deaths in 24 hours, Italy on Sunday recorded its lowest death rate in the last 24 hours, perhaps in an early indication that Europe's worst-hit country may have crossed the peak of the disease.
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Doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India stands at 4.1 days: Health Minist
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): In India, the patient of COVID-19 is doubling in 4.1 days which would have been 7.4 days had Tablighi Jamaat event not taken place, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare here on Sunday.
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Left parties call for stepping up testing for coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Left parties on Friday said that India's testing rate for coronavirus is among the lowest in the world and called for large-scale testing for the global pandemic to contain its spread.
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COVID-19: US loses over 700,000 jobs in March
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 3 (ANI): The United States witnessed the loss of 701,000 jobs in March raising the nation's unemployment rate by almost one per cent to 4.4 per cent due to the coronavirus pandemic, said the Labor Department in its monthly employment report on Friday.
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Indian production growth eases amid export decline in March: IHS Markit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Business conditions in the Indian manufacturing sector improved at the slowest rate for four months in March, hampered by softer rises in both output and new business, according to IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released on
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