New Delhi,  With the country under a 21-day nationwide lockdown till April 14 due to coronavirus crisis, procurement of wheat in the new Rabi season will start only after the middle of next month.

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has till now not issued any new order on the procurement and storage of wheat

New Delhi,  To support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, India's leading digital payments and financial services platform Paytm on Sunday said it is aiming to contribute Rs 500 crore to the PM CARES Fund.

Urging users to do their bit in the fight against Covid-19, the company said that for every contri

New Delhi, Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Congress has decided to do the daily press briefing via video conferencing and journalists, who want to join, can do it via a video link provided by the party.

The statement issued by Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said, "From 29th March onwards AICC will be ho

Kabul, The Taliban has said that it had some reservations about the peace negotiating team formed by the Afghan government, saying it violated the deal the militant group signed with the US last month, a media report said.

"The team announced by the (Afghan governmnt) is...against the peace agreement between

Wuhan, China's Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Sunday reopened more bus routes, as the city gets its public transportation system back on track after almost two month of lockdown.

The Hubei provincial capital with a population of some 11 million has added 36 bus routes in the

Kabul, Many residents of Kabul paid little attention to the coronavirus lockdown imposed by the Afghan government due to the coronavirus pandemic and treated the day more like a holiday, a media report said.

The lockdown that came into effect from Saturday for at least a period of three weeks as the country report

New Delhi, India will emerge as the fastest growing economy among the G20 countries even as Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has slashed Indias GDP growth forecast to 2.1 per cent from 6 per cent in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.

India's growth at just 2.1 per cent may be a huge downgrade but given th

Panama City, Panama's health authorities announced that they had authorized the Zaandam cruise liner, which reported four coronavirus deaths and two positive cases amonf the people on aboard, to pass through the Panama Canal.

On Friday, Panama's health ministry had denied the ship, which was sailing in the

Madrid, All non-essential workers in Spain must stay home for the next two weeks, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, as the government extended measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus throughout the country.

At a cabinet meeting on Sunday, the government will approve the "exceptional" measures ahead

Beirut, Lebanese security forces have dismantled the remains of protest camps set up in Beirut's Martyrs Square by demonstrators who poured into the streets of the capital city last October, the government said.

The tents were removed "within the framework of the protection of peaceful protesters against