Terming the rise in petrol and diesel prices as "unfair", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said when the fight against COVID-19 is causing economic hardship to all, the government instead of reducing prices has raised them. He demanded immediate roll back of the increased prices...

India needs a bigger stimulus package and money should be put in the hands of people to revive demand, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee said in a video interaction with Rahul Gandhi on the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis. This is the second instalment of the Congress leader's...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that there was "enormous evidence" that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. But while highly critical of China's handling of the matter, Pompeo declined to say whether he thought the virus had been intentionally...

Any hopes of some easing of curbs for Mumbaikars during the nationwide lockdown that has been extended by two weeks were dashed. As the state government issued revised guidelines to be applicable post-May 3, giving little leeway in the continuing Covid-19 crisis to the city’s residents...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a series of meetings with key ministers, including Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and officials of economic ministries. In the meeting they discussed about firming up the second stimulus package for sectors impacted...