coronavirus pandemic

35 children's books in Parag Honour List for 2021

New book documents pandemic through poetry

2:50 pm July 17, 2020

New Delhi: The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives like never before. Here, giving some solace to isolated souls and a reality check in verses is a soon-to-come book of poetry. The book, titled “Singing in the Dark”, is an international anthology of poems which include works by over a hundred poets from across […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

COVID-19 to hurt life insurance industry’s new biz premium in FY21: IDBI Federal

10:55 pm July 12, 2020

New Delhi: IDBI Federal Life Insurance expects significant impact of coronavirus pandemic on life insurance industry in the current fiscal, as erosion in disposable income and possible delay in people’s financial decisions will hurt the new business premium. The life insurance industry had a growth in most part of 2019-20 till the COVID-19 pandemic struck […]

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Medical group cited by Trump denounces school funding threat

11:47 pm July 10, 2020

Washington: A medical association that the White House has cited in its press to reopen schools is pushing back against President Donald Trump‘s repeated threats to cut federal funding if schools don’t open this fall. In a joint statement with national education unions and a superintendents group, the American Academy of Pediatrics on Friday said […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US trade deficit rises 9.7% in May to $54.6 billion

8:00 pm July 2, 2020

Washington DC: The US trade deficit rose for the third straight month in May. Both exports and imports fell as the coronavirus outbreak continued to take a toll on world commerce. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap between the goods and services the United States buys and what it sells abroad rose 9.7% in May […]

Worldwide slowdown in fishing unlikely to save rare species

11:55 pm June 29, 2020

Portland: Commercial fishing taking place worldwide has dipped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but scientists and conservation experts say it’s unclear if the slowdown will help endangered species of marine life recover. Hours logged by fishermen at sea fell by nearly 10 per cent around the world after the March 11 declaration of […]