New Delhi, January 31 (IANS): As the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the economy and people's livelihood, a IANS-CVoter survey has shown that nearly 50 per cent Indians feel that the quality of li
WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON, October 30 (Reuters): President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will barnstorm across battleground states in the American Midwest where the coronavirus pandemi
BERLIN, October 29 (Reuters): Populists who argue the coronavirus is harmless are dangerous and irresponsible, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, defending a circuit break lockdown aimed at
KUALA LUMPUR, October 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): A Singapore-based website tapping into the growing demand for environmentally careers in Asia is hoping it would be the link to "meaningful"
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 28 (IANS): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India's economic growth in the current financial year may be in the negative zone or near zero amid the ongoing co
TOKYO, October 4 (Reuters): Tumbling numbers of pregnancies and marriages in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic are likely to intensify a demographic crisis in the rapidly ageing nation.
Japan has th
LONDON, October 23 (Reuters): More than a half million people in the United States could die from COVID-19 by the end of February next year, but around 130,000 of those lives could be saved if everybody we
VATICAN CITY, October 11 (Reuters): Pope Francis on Saturday urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment, adding his voice to calls for the economic
BUENOS AIRES/SANTIAGO/LIMA/MEXICO CITY, October 7 (Reuters): When the coronavirus hit Chile and abruptly cost Lorena Rodriguez her job, the 47-year-old nanny took a painful decision to pawn her jewelry - gifts
ROME, October 7 (Reuters): Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a "santino," the traditional laminated card with a picture of the deceased on the front and a prayer on the b
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 7 (IANS): The early morning hustle and bustle of customers, once the hallmark of the Ghazipur wholesale flower market in Delhi, too has been swept away by the coronavirus pandemic. Resultantl
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The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic.
From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping has surged. Since mos
MOSCOW, October 5 (Reuters): Schools in Moscow and the regions of Ulyanovsk and Sakhalin will switch to online remote learning soon due to a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, the Interfax news agency cited
New Delhi, October 4 (PTI): For the first time in its history, the annual conference of the country's top police brass will be held virtually next month amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said o
DHAKA, October 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to find work and are at risk of destitution w
NEW DELHI, October 1 (Reuters): Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been
JOHANNESBURG, September 29 (Reuters): Africa's overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent i
MUMBAI, September 25 (Reuters): India announced local elections involving millions of voters in a densely packed state even as it reported 86,052 new infections of coronavirus on Friday and remained set to over
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 23 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised a red flag about 60 districts of the country spread across seven states, as far as their handling of the current pandemic is conc
OTTAWA, September 23 (Reuters): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Wednesday what he says is a far-reaching plan to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic while ensuring