The recent data from the UK and South Africa suggest that such infections are 66 to 80 per cent less severe, with a lower need for hospital...

Welcome to the Beijing Olympics, where strict containment measures will aim to create a virus-proof "bubble" for thousands of international...

Oil prices slipped on Thursday, trimming big gains from the previous two sessions, amid uncertainty over near-term demand as cases of the h...

According to Union health ministry data updated at 8 am on Sunday, a total of 1,59,632 new coronavirus infections were reported, the highes...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting on Sunday to review the COVID-19 situation in the country as the Omicron variant of the v...

The new rules don't apply to the other parts of the U.K. - Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales - which formulate their own health regulati...

Brent crude was up $1.50, or almost 2 per cent, at $80.48 a barrel by 1450 GMT and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose by $1.48, ...

The 23-member OPEC+ alliance led by oil cartel member Saudi Arabia and non-member Russia said it would add 400,000 barrels per day in Febru...

Movement of diesel-consuming trucks in India picked up in December as more fruits and vegetables were transported across the country than u...

Governments are walking a tightrope between anti-virus restrictions and the need to keep societies and economies open, as the highly transm...

All but one major Asian country registered a rise in mobility on-month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg using Apple Inc. mobility s...

Oil prices fell on Friday in thin, holiday trade after a three-day rally, with investors trying to gauge the Omicron coronavirus variant's ...

For 2022, crude consumption is expected to reach 99.53 million barrels per day (bpd), up from 96.2 million bpd this year, according to the ...

After beginning the year at $52 a barrel, Brent crude rose as high as about $86 per barrel before tailing off at the end of the year. Forec...

While the new research is heartening, experts warn that the surge coming to many countries still may flood hospitals with omicron cases, si...

Oil prices rose on Thursday for a third straight day, underpinned by a weaker dollar on optimism about global growth, even as governments f...

Oil prices dipped on Friday, putting the market on track to end the week roughly unchanged, as surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus var...