Bhubaneswar,  Biju Janata Dal MP from Odisha's Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency, Manjulata Mandal has tested positive for Covid-19.

She said that her health condition was stable and she was under home quarantine.

"After developing symptoms of Covid-19, I got the test done and the re

New Delhi  The suspected ISIS operative arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell was guided and trained by a Pakistani handler Abu Huzaifa on social media.

The suspected ISIS operative was arrested with two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) after an exchange of fire with policemen in central Delhi'

Chennai,  The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chaturthi as it is called was celebrated across Tamil Nadu on Saturday with people performing puja before the idol of the elephant-headed Hindu God in the morning.

Special prayers were conducted to the grandly decorated Lord in temples by the priests

New Delhi,  As the pandemic brings the real estate demand to a grinding halt, Anarock Property Consultants has suggested that reduction in stamp duty can boost festive demand in the residential segment.

"With states like Maharashtra and Karnataka mulling a reduction in stamp duty and registration ch

New Delhi,  Smaller cities and towns have been in the forefront of the recovery in digital payments and transactions amid the pandemic, according to Manish Patel, Founder & CEO, Mswipe.

He is of the view that the speedy adoption of digital payments, especially QR payments, is on the back of the incre

New Delhi, India's exports growth appears to be inversely related to the rise in Covid-19 cases in the export destinations, Crisil Research said in a statement on Friday.

"Put in another way, exports are flowing back to economies that have checked the affliction," the statement said.

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Washington, The number of initial jobless claims in the US topped the 1 million mark last week, casting shadow on the recovery of the labour market ravaged by the Covid-19 crisis.

In the week ending August 15, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 135,000 to reach 1.1 million, Xinhu

Ottawa, The Canadian government has announced a new financial assistance plan for the recovery of the country's coronavirus-hit economy.

At a news conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, along with Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, announced the new p

London, The UK government debt has increased above 2 trillion pounds ($2.6 trillion) for the first time amid heavy spending to support the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Friday.

Spending on measures such as the furlough scheme means the debt figure now e

Hyderabad, Telangana's Industries and Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Friday said that post-Covid-19, there is an immense opportunity for the state to attract investments from other parts of the world, and the infrastructure development and construction sector would play a major role in it.