Oil falls as geopolitical tensions ease, China COVID concerns return"Crude oil fell after NATO cleared Russia's missile attack on Poland, while demand concerns (are) back to trader's focus amid ongoing China...
17 Nov, 2022, 08.31 AM IST
Oil prices extend gains after news of China stimulusOil prices rose in early Asian trade on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session after China's central bank said it would suppo...
27 Apr, 2022, 07.13 AM IST
Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extendedSydney, which is in its eighth week of lockdown, is the epicentre of Australia's third COVID-19 wave that threatens to push the country's A...
16 Aug, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge, says WHOThe World Health Organization said Friday that it's very concerned as infection rates are rising in all of the world's regions, driven by n...
09 Apr, 2021, 08.53 PM IST
Poland announces nationwide lockdown amid COVID-19 surgeTheatres, shopping malls, hotels and cinemas will be closed starting on Saturday, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski told a news conference.
17 Mar, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Indian tea exports dip 18% in 2020Experts said the primary reason behind India's shortfall in tea exports was the strict lockdown, which led to skiffing of overgrown leaves ...
05 Mar, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
Virus surges anew in central Europe in face of new Covid variantsThe Czech Republic, one of the hardest-hit countries in the 27-member European Union, moved Friday to further tighten restrictive measures ...
20 Feb, 2021, 08.49 AM IST
Books, movies, songs: Suresh Raina, Martin Lindstrom & other leaders share what kept them going in the pandemicBosses share what they tuned into to tune out during the pandemic.
08 Jan, 2021, 05.31 PM IST
Europeans feel the coronavirus pinch, Hungarians the most-pollAccording to the survey, 39% per cent of respondents in the whole EU said the COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted their personal income....
20 Nov, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
Oil gains as vaccine hopes outweigh lockdown impactBoth contracts jumped 8% on Monday, in their biggest daily gains in more than five months, after drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said an exp...
10 Nov, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
What parts of Europe are locked down or under curfew?England's second lockdown starts Thursday for a month following neighbouring Wales and Northern Ireland. Schools and universities stay open...
05 Nov, 2020, 08.26 PM IST
Germany and France Prepare new lockdowns as coronavirus sweeps EuropeGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet state premiers to discuss closing restaurants and bars but keeping schools and nurseries ope...
29 Oct, 2020, 08.09 AM IST
Italy to reopen borders for tourists in early JunePrime Minister Giuseppe Conte enforced an economically crippling shutdown in early March to counter a pandemic that has so far killed more ...
16 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
Emerging market economies diverge as lockdowns persistHere are the latest plans toward ending lockdowns in some of the major emerging markets.
05 May, 2020, 07.10 PM IST
Covid-19 makes a mess of election schedules around the worldWhile India has already deferred Rajya Sabha elections and some bye elections due to the pandemic, the Election Commission of India is clos...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.50 PM IST
European Commission to unveil strategy to exit virus lockdownThe European Commission will on Wednesday unveil a plan for the bloc to ease out of a virus lockdown that has dealt a body blow to the econ...
08 Apr, 2020, 12.02 AM IST
Covid-19: Countries around the world announce more virus restrictionsAuthorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus Sunday, with lockdown...
15 Mar, 2020, 01.04 PM IST