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Airbnb CEO confirms layoff of 25% workforce, allocates $250 million to help offset losses

With millions of tourists canceling plans for vacations, work trips and family visits, Airbnb earlier this year said it was allocating $250 million to help offset losses incurred by hosts.

May 6, 2020

No salary or food: Over 900 Namma Metro workers stage protest in Bengaluru to return home amid lockdown

The workers complained that their company and employers had stopped providing salaries and ration kits since the commencement of the national lockdown in March.

May 4, 2020

'Helpless' woman with her husband's body stranded at Bengal-J'khand border for six hours

Wife coming with the dead body of her husband from Delhi was stranded for over six hours at the Bengal-Jharkhand border on Saturday.

May 2, 2020

Bengaluru simplified area-wise list of red, orange, yellow and green zones

According to BBMP's revised list, two wards are identified as Red zones in Bengaluru. These include Hongasandra and Padarayanapura were over 25 confirmed cases are reported. Scroll down to read the full list.

May 2, 2020

Kim Jong-Un makes first 'public appearance' in weeks, attends ribbon-cutting ceremony

After weeks of intense speculation about the health of Kim Jong Un, state news agency KCNA said on Saturday, May 2, the North Korean leader attended the completion of a fertilizer plant north of Pyongyang, the first report of his appearance since April 11.

May 2, 2020

Centre identifies 130 districts as coronavirus red zones: Check out the state-wise list of hotspots

All the 733 districts of the country have been categorised under red, orange and green zones by the Union Health Ministry as part of a lockdown exit strategy.

May 1, 2020

WHO is China's PR agency: Trump lambasts WHO, says it should be ashamed of itself

The Trump Administration has launched an investigation into the role of the WHO on the Covid-19 pandemic, and has temporarily suspended the US' financial assistance to it.

May 1, 2020

Good news for stranded Indians in the US, Indian embassy releases registration form

To ascertain the exact number of stranded Indians in the US looking at ways to come back home, the Indian embassy website has released a registration form to help them and the Indian government get a clearer picture of the biggest repatriation operation to be undertaken soon, amid the raging coronavirus crisis.

Apr 30, 2020

Coronavirus hotspots in India: Know how your state is doing

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has identified 'hotspots' on the basis of areas where large Covid-19 outbreaks have been reported or in clusters with a significant spread of the disease.

Apr 29, 2020

The owner of a tea house pours a cup of tea in this picture illustration taken April 25, 2020.

Coronavirus brews trouble for tea, disrupts supply as demand spikes

The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown drive up demand for the beverage known for its immunity-boosting properties.

Apr 29, 2020

Are aliens 'real'? Pentagon formally confirms and releases 3 UFO videos [Watch]

According to Sue Gough, a Defense Department spokeswoman, while one of the videos was shot in 2004, two of them were taken in January 2015. The Pentagon had kept them hidden as classified content but a couple of years ago, they were leaked online.

Apr 28, 2020

North Korea says it has developed 'advanced hydrogen bomb'

Missile test gone wrong? Kim Jong Un critically injured during military drill

In the latest development in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health status, a North Korean defector has claimed that the supreme leader might be critically injured during missile testing.

Apr 28, 2020

Partha Saha on Covid-19 bike Indian Express

Tripura man converts bike to Covid-19 bike to spread awareness on social distancing, wins praise

A distance of one-meter is ensured on this bike's front and back seat and is seemingly safer than any other vehicle on road today! The bike takes three hours to get charged and runs around 80 kilometres in a single charge.

Apr 27, 2020

Bengaluru police extends support to the needy

Lockdown tales: How this 'angel' Bengaluru cop procured a vital drug for a 2-year-old kid in Chennai

The Bengaluru Police force yet again wins the hearts of the public by delivering urgent medicines to a two-year-old boy in Chennai, all the way from Bengaluru.

Apr 27, 2020

Oil falls as crude in US storage nears all-time high amid coronavirus pandemic

Oil prices fell on Monday, April 27, on signs that worldwide oil storage is filling rapidly, raising concerns that production cuts will not be fast enough to catch up with the collapse in demand from the coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 27, 2020

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Search Results for: Act East

Airbnb CEO confirms layoff of 25% workforce, allocates $250 million to help offset losses

No salary or food: Over 900 Namma Metro workers stage protest in Bengaluru to return home amid lockdown

'Helpless' woman with her husband's body stranded at Bengal-J'khand border for six hours

Bengaluru simplified area-wise list of red, orange, yellow and green zones

Kim Jong-Un makes first 'public appearance' in weeks, attends ribbon-cutting ceremony

Centre identifies 130 districts as coronavirus red zones: Check out the state-wise list of hotspots

WHO is China's PR agency: Trump lambasts WHO, says it should be ashamed of itself

Good news for stranded Indians in the US, Indian embassy releases registration form

Coronavirus hotspots in India: Know how your state is doing

Coronavirus brews trouble for tea, disrupts supply as demand spikes

Are aliens 'real'? Pentagon formally confirms and releases 3 UFO videos [Watch]

Missile test gone wrong? Kim Jong Un critically injured during military drill

Tripura man converts bike to Covid-19 bike to spread awareness on social distancing, wins praise

Lockdown tales: How this 'angel' Bengaluru cop procured a vital drug for a 2-year-old kid in Chennai

Oil falls as crude in US storage nears all-time high amid coronavirus pandemic

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]