National Shutdown

An industry group for tech and telco giants has urged the central government to control internet shutdowns in the country to help avoid uncertainties stemming from states giving these orders, according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters.

The National Hockey League on Sunday suspended all games involving cross border travel between Canada and the United States, putting in doubt the players ability to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

National Hockey League postponed another round of games on Saturday as Covid-19 cases among teams grow as two teams were shut down through Boxing Day.

The substantial drop in monthly sales in attributed to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as the nation is grappling with the second wave of COVID-19 crisis which is claiming more lives than before.

Brokers had criticised the NSE over the lack of information after the four-hour shutdown on Wednesday.

An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. After five rounds of negotiations failed, the government on Sunday asked the protesting farmers to choose a date for the next round of talks. The relay hunger strike is th...

Farmers protesting the centre's new farm laws have agreed to a sixth round of talks - scheduled for Wednesday - after Saturday's meeting yielded no breakthrough on the core issue - the repeal of the three laws. After the meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said a new proposal would be placed before the farmers after discussions ...

US biotech giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech sought approval Friday to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early, a first step towards relief as surging infections prompt a return to shutdowns that traumatized nations and the global economy earlier this year.

US President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday he would not order a nationwide shutdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite a surge in cases.

Assam's iconic Kaziranga National Park reopened today for tourists with all COVID-19 safety norms in place. The almost seven-month-long closure since March because of coronavirus lockdown and then the monsoon has been the longest in its 112-year history.

JEE Main 2020 And NEET 2020: The Odisha government has lifted shutdown in seven cities where the JEE and NEET examination will be held in the state, an official said on Saturday.

If Kevin Roberts, 47, loses his job he will join Rugby Australia and National Rugby League counterparts Raelene Castle and Todd Greenberg as casualties of the COVID-19 crisis.

The nationwide tally of coronavirus cases has crossed 1.9 lakh after a record single-day jump of 8,392 people testing positive for the highly contagious virus infection in the last 24 hours. The total cases in the country stood at 1,90,535 including 5,394 deaths, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. India has climbed to seventh from th...

Rajasthan will allow industries located in the countryside to reopen next week, as well as resuming activities under the national employment guarantee scheme to reduce the pain for crores of people hit by the nationwide COVID-19 shutdown, the government said on Wednesday.

The three-week shutdown due to end on April 14 has brought non-essential consumption in the nation of 1.3 billion people to a standstill, which has severely impacted cash flows of the so-called micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises.

An industry group for tech and telco giants has urged the central government to control internet shutdowns in the country to help avoid uncertainties stemming from states giving these orders, according to sources and a letter seen by Reuters.

The National Hockey League on Sunday suspended all games involving cross border travel between Canada and the United States, putting in doubt the players ability to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

National Hockey League postponed another round of games on Saturday as Covid-19 cases among teams grow as two teams were shut down through Boxing Day.

The substantial drop in monthly sales in attributed to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as the nation is grappling with the second wave of COVID-19 crisis which is claiming more lives than before.

Brokers had criticised the NSE over the lack of information after the four-hour shutdown on Wednesday.

An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. After five rounds of negotiations failed, the government on Sunday asked the protesting farmers to choose a date for the next round of talks. The relay hunger strike is th...

Farmers protesting the centre's new farm laws have agreed to a sixth round of talks - scheduled for Wednesday - after Saturday's meeting yielded no breakthrough on the core issue - the repeal of the three laws. After the meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said a new proposal would be placed before the farmers after discussions ...

US biotech giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech sought approval Friday to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early, a first step towards relief as surging infections prompt a return to shutdowns that traumatized nations and the global economy earlier this year.

US President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday he would not order a nationwide shutdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite a surge in cases.

Assam's iconic Kaziranga National Park reopened today for tourists with all COVID-19 safety norms in place. The almost seven-month-long closure since March because of coronavirus lockdown and then the monsoon has been the longest in its 112-year history.

JEE Main 2020 And NEET 2020: The Odisha government has lifted shutdown in seven cities where the JEE and NEET examination will be held in the state, an official said on Saturday.

If Kevin Roberts, 47, loses his job he will join Rugby Australia and National Rugby League counterparts Raelene Castle and Todd Greenberg as casualties of the COVID-19 crisis.

The nationwide tally of coronavirus cases has crossed 1.9 lakh after a record single-day jump of 8,392 people testing positive for the highly contagious virus infection in the last 24 hours. The total cases in the country stood at 1,90,535 including 5,394 deaths, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. India has climbed to seventh from th...

Rajasthan will allow industries located in the countryside to reopen next week, as well as resuming activities under the national employment guarantee scheme to reduce the pain for crores of people hit by the nationwide COVID-19 shutdown, the government said on Wednesday.

The three-week shutdown due to end on April 14 has brought non-essential consumption in the nation of 1.3 billion people to a standstill, which has severely impacted cash flows of the so-called micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises.