India retains its position as the second-largest arms importer in the world followed by Saudi Arabia, says a new report. ‘India was the second-largest arms importer in the world over the past five years, while its neighbour Pakistan ranked 11th,’ notes the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute that tracks arms deals…

Mumbai: India’s Yes Bank will not be merged with State Bank of India, which is set to infuse funds in the beleaguered lender, the newly appointed administrator leading the rescue plan said in a television interview on Monday. ‘There is absolutely no question of a merger,’ Prashant Kumar, the administrator, told the CNBC TV18 channel. The…

With the coronavirus scare looming and the season of flu at its peak, doctors and medical professionals across the nation are witnessing a surge in the number of flu patients. The doctors in the national capital alone have reported a rise in the number of patients coming in with symptoms of fever, cold and flu. Medical experts…

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to restrict withdrawals to up to Rs 50,000 until 3 April from Yes Bank came as a shock for depositors, borrowers and investors alike. The decision has also left at least 40,000 Yes Bank debit and forex card holders travelling overseas in the lurch. The helpless customers are now…

The BSE benchmark Sensex nose-dived over 2,300 points, while Nifty tanked over 5% to below 10,400 on Monday amid global sell-off as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world.  The 30-share Sensex plunged 2,326.35 or 6.19% at 35,250.27 while NSE Nifty crashed 646.95 or 5.89% at 10,342.50 in the afternoon trade. In the last two…

Coronavirus suspect, kept under observation, goes missing from Mangaluru hospital A person who arrived at the airport here from Dubai and was admitted to the isolation ward of a hospital with symptoms of coronavirus has gone missing, sources said. The patient, who arrived on Sunday, was shifted to the district Wenlock hospital with a high…

The first death in the country due to the suspected coronavirus was on Sunday reported from a hospital in Leh in the union territory of Ladakh. This could be the first death case of India ever since the outbreak of the virus. A total number of four positive virus patients have been detected in the…

Man infected with coronavirus in Japan goes to bars to ‘spread the virus’ A Japanese man in his 50s who tested positive for coronavirus intentionally visited two bars “to spread the disease”, before Hazmat-clad police took him to hospital. The patient, who showed no symptoms of the virus, tested positive for the disease on Wednesday…

The world is witnessing a rapid spread of a novel coronavirus that has infected 1,10,041 people and caused over 3,800 deaths, mostly in mainland China. In India, with three new cases confirmed on Monday in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala the number of coronavirus cases have risen up to 43. The new virus has been…

North Korea fired three short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Monday in what was believed to be part of a joint strike exercise, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The projectiles were fired north-eastward from areas near its eastern town of Sondok in South Hamgyong province at 7.36 a.m, Yonhap News Agency…

Among all the calamities caused by climate change, an increase in the salinity of the soil is one. It is projected that, by 2050, about half of today’s arable land across the world will be affected by salinity. This increase would also hit India’s rice bowl, the Indo-Gangetic plains, which is projected to lose about…

BENGALURU: With IT/BT companies in the city asking their employees to work from home for the next 14 days or so, also people cutting down on travel in the light of the coronavirus outbreak, cab bookings have dropped significantly. Cab drivers say they have seen a drop in rides, especially to and from the tech…