World’s third-busiest port remains partially shut in ChinaShipping firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. warned clients of potential “port congestion” due to the partial closure in an advisory, whi...
17 Aug, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
Facebook reverses course, won't ban lab virus theoryThe latest move by Facebook, announced late Wednesday on its website, highlights the challenge of policing misinformation and disinformatio...
27 May, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
WHO delegation visits Wuhan market in hunt for coronavirus originAccording to The Hill, Peter Daszak, president of a US-based group EcoHealth Alliance and a member of the delegation, confirmed the visit i...
01 Feb, 2021, 04.52 AM IST
World Covid-19 caseload breaches 68 million markThe global caseload stands at 68,161,156 while the number of fatalities stands at 1,555,138, as reported by the COVID-19 Dashboard by the C...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.24 AM IST
No Chinese supply threat for drug companies, but scaling Great Wall is tough“The concerns over supply of Chinese raw material proved to be ill-founded,” Nilesh Gupta, managing director of Lupin, told ET.
03 Jun, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
Lockdown, Day 56: 100 to 1 lakh in 64 daysIn some good news, a vaccine test in the US has everyone excited, after Moderna's experimental vaccine produced protective antibodies in a ...
19 May, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 49: Cost of a week spent homeIn April alone, the lockdown cost 27 million youth their jobs. However, things are slowly beginning to look up, as more and more industries...
12 May, 2020, 08.03 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 48: Of(f) the railsTrains will start running tomorrow, on select routes. All you need - a valid ticket and no symptoms.
11 May, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
China's Wuhan city discharges last COVID-19 patient from hospitalThe last COVID-19 patient in Wuhan has been discharged and the hospitals in the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic in the central...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
China's Wuhan lockdown ends, but another begins as local coronavirus cases riseThe Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, but a northern town starte...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.27 AM IST
Mass exodus, rising count: In first weekend under lockdown, India adjusts to new normalIndia's most vulnerable, who fear dying not of the disease but rather of starvation, have decided not to wait. Unable to afford food and re...
29 Mar, 2020, 08.12 PM IST
PM Modi proposes emergency covid-19 fund for Saarc nationsPM Modi proposed an emergency fund based on voluntary contributions from all SAARC members.
16 Mar, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
China's coronavirus death toll touches 3,042; confirmed cases rise to 80,552The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has touched 3,042 with 30 new fatalities while the confirmed cases have risen to 80,55...
06 Mar, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Tokyo stocks close lower on renewed virus jitters; Nissan divesThe broader Topix shed 0.6 per cent to 1,702.87.
14 Feb, 2020, 01.00 PM IST
Yen rises, yuan falls after China's Hubei reports sharp rise in virus casesIn the offshore market, the yuan fell 0.16 per cent to 6.9840 yuan.
13 Feb, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
nCoV outbreak: Govt directs ports to put screening system; regular monitoring of situation by PMO, othersA detailed statement regarding the situation and measures taken to check the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (nCoV) was made by Unio...
07 Feb, 2020, 09.29 PM IST
2,782 from Delhi who visited China after Jan 15 identifiedIndia has so far reported only three cases, all in Kerala. As per the latest medical update, they are stable. The Centre confirmed all 645 ...
07 Feb, 2020, 12.13 PM IST