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With free premium access granted, India witnesses spike in watching porn sites

Most of the adult websites, which were not accessible earlier, have offered free premium access to promote home isolation amid coronavirus lockdown.

Apr 6, 2020

Planes stranded, travels banned: Delhi Airport still remains highly active

Delhi Airport has the highest social media engagement in the world with Singapore's Changi Airport coming at a distant second during coronavirus lockdown.

Apr 6, 2020

Singapore announces third stimulus package worth $3.6 bn to fight the impact of Covid-19

The stimulus plan, named as the Resilience Budget, is estimated to be worth $48 billion (US$33.7 billion) drawing on national reserves for the first time since the global financial crisis in 2009.

Apr 6, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak and more

Reported cases have surpassed 1.03 million globally and nearly 54,500 people have died.

Apr 6, 2020

Gujarat shocker: Man assaults female doctor amid coronavirus scare, people remain mute spectators

In yet another incident of misconduct with healthcare professionals amid coronavirus pandemic, a female doctor in Surat was physically assaulted by her neighbour.

Apr 6, 2020

People in Bihar are being declared 'corona free' even without conducting test [Video]

A video is going viral where staff at a health facility in Bihar are stamping people "corona free" even without conducting the test.

Apr 6, 2020

United States faces the most critical week as COVID-19 deaths reaches its peak

President Donald Trump expressed hope on Sunday the United States was seeing a "leveling-off" of the coronavirus crisis in some hot spots, citing the drop in deaths from Saturday in New York.

Apr 6, 2020

Marriage in the time of Covid-19: How distance and lockdown are no more a snag for this couple

29-year-old Mumbai-based merchant navy officer, Preet Singh, and Delhi girl Neet Kaur have proved that distance and the strict lockdown rules are no bar for them to cancel their wedding dreams.

Apr 6, 2020

UFO hunter discovers pyramid-like structure on Mars, claims it a proof of alien technology

Conspiracy theorists strongly believe that these pyramid-like structures on Mars are proof of alien existence.

Apr 6, 2020

Watch: Nine times people defeated the purpose of PM Modi's 9 pm 9 minutes show

Narendra Modi had urged people to switch off the lights at their homes and light up earthen lamps, candles or mobile phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 to display the country's "collective resolve" to defeat the coronavirus.

Apr 6, 2020

Statue of Unity for 'sale': FIR lodged against Gujarat man trying to sell statue on OLX at Rs 30,000 cr

The memorial to Sardar Patel, at 182 metres, is the world's tallest such structure and has attracted several lakh people since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.

Apr 6, 2020

Forest fires near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in Ukraine cause radiation levels 16 times above normal

Ukrainian officials confirmed that the blaze started two days back close to the site of the world's worst-ever nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant.

Apr 6, 2020

Now, disinfection tunnel installed in Karnataka's Hubli to sanitise farmers, vegetable vendors

A one-of-its-kind disinfection tunnel has been installed at the entrance of the agriculture market in Karnataka's Hubli that sprays a small percentage of Sodium hypochlorite solution on the visitors to sanitise them.

Apr 6, 2020

Internet has a new dish - Makki ki roti with Maggi. Will you try it?

After idli chai, sweetened Maggi in condensed milk, the Makki roti with Maggi is yet another bizarre food combination that has hit the netizens and Twitterati.

Apr 6, 2020

'We're not hungry, we need masks', says Australian doctor on coronavirus frontline

While doctors and nurses in some hospitals struggle to obtain respiratory N95 face masks, Australians walking the streets can be seen wearing them.

Apr 6, 2020