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Topic: COVID-19

Zomato to lay off 13% workforce, will support them ‘financially & emotionally’ for 6 months

In an email addressed to Zomato employees, company founder Deepinder Goyal said the firm's business has been ‘severely’ affected by the coronavirus-led lockdown.

9-month pregnant woman travels 900 km from UP to Bihar, then made to wait hours for delivery

Rekha Devi reached a transit centre in Bihar's Gopalganj Thursday morning after travelling from Greater Noida with family. She delivered a girl child at district hospital in the evening.

Govt lockdown package frees farmers from mandi monopoly, strips essentials of stock limits

The Modi govt’s third press conference with respect to its Rs 20 lakh crore lockdown package was all about the agriculture sector. 

Fan cutouts, app for applause — Germany is ready for return of Bundesliga matches

The German Football League has said that 1,724 tests have been conducted on players and staff, of which 10 people tested positive for Covid-19.

After 54 days, will Indians in Covid hotspots like Delhi and Mumbai be ready to step out?

Delhi reported its biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 positive cases Thursday while Mumbai, which has reported 16,500 cases, has decided to extend the lockdown beyond 17 May.

China denies claims of cover up, says it wasn’t aware how infectious new Coronavirus was

Officials said that on 19 January, Chinese scientists concluded that virus spreads easily among people and released that information to the world the next day.

These mathematical models are running our Covid world

From decisions on hospitals to restricting the movements of millions of people, predictions from these models are a matter of life and death amid the crisis.

Part of Sena Bhawan sealed after a soldier tests positive for coronavirus

The headquarters of the Indian Army has been closed for sanitation and disinfection. Officials say contact tracing and quarantine are in progress.

Delhi has registered 443 ‘Covid funerals’ since 14 March, four times the govt death figures

Data from Covid-19 cremation and burial grounds in Delhi is for confirmed and suspected cases, corroborated by the North and South Delhi municipal bodies.

Bangladesh reports first Covid-19 case at Rohingya refugee camps

Bangladesh's health authorities initially said two refugees have tested positive, but WHO later confirmed that one was a Rohingya and another a local person who lived near a camp.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.