The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how quickly zoonotic diseases can spread globally. As a result, scientists worldwide have increased efforts to study viruses circulating in wildlife and improve early detection systems.

Gold Price Today: At 4:36 pm, the gold futures contract (delivery on April 3) was up 0.57 per cent (Rs 245 per 10 grams) at Rs 43,500 per 10 grams.

Gold Rate: MCX gold futures rose by as much as Rs 195 per 10 grams - or 0.43 per cent - to Rs 45,566 per 10 grams in the first half of Thursday's session.

A near two-month nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of COVID-19 has clobbered the country's retail financial segment. The provisions for the bad loans are set to significantly shrink profits of privately owned lenders this financial year, while state-owned banks will need yet more government funds to survive, analysts say.

The squiggly line that joins the cost of money at different maturities - the yield curve - deserves just as much attention.

Domestic stock markets soared more than 3 per cent on Monday as the country geared up to further open its economy after a months-long lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P BSE Sensex surged to as high as 33,673.83, up 1,249.73 points from its previous close, having started the session at 32,906.05. The broader NSE Nifty 50 benchmark climbed ...

Gold is considered an attractive investment during times of political or economic uncertainty. It is highly sensitive to interest rates, as lower rates reduce the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding bullion.

The rupee started the session at 76.79 in the interbank forex market, and declined to as low as 76.83.

The country's exports contracted by a record 60.28 per cent to $10.36 billion in April amid the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, according to official data.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures rose as much as 54.8 points to touch 10,069.80 ahead of the Indian markets.

Asset quality improved as gross non-performing assets as a percentage of total loans came in at6.15 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019-20.

Seventeen of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE ended higher led by the S&P BSE Bankex index's nearly 3 per cent gain.

India logged 10,256 new coroanvirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,89,176, while the active cases declined to 90,707, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today.

India logged 10,725 new coroanvirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 4,43,78,920, while the active cases declined to 94,047, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated today.

India recorded 11,793 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 4,34,18,839. According to the Union Health Ministry data updated today, the active cases rose to 96,700.

Delhi reported 1,204 fresh COVID-19 cases and one fatality, while the positivity rate stood at 4.64 percent, according to data shared by the health department here on Tuesday.

Neil Young’s protest over coronavirus-related content on Rogan's popular Spotify podcast has ignited a hot debate over misinformation and free speech.

India's daily Covid graph showed a marginal increase as the country recorded 2.86 lakh cases today. This is the third consecutive day that the country has reported below three lakh cases.

Tamil Nadu is ramping up its inoculation programme with a different approach: vaccination centres in colleges. With institutions reopening after months, Tamil Nadu faces the enormous challenge of vaccinating its young population.

Tokyo Olympics fans may have to be vaccinated or test negative for the coronavirus before being allowed into venues, a Japanese newspaper report said Monday.

German firm BioNTech said Monday that the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer does not require any modifications at the moment to protect against variants of the virus.

The police in Haryana's Ambala city had to resort to punishing people after they continued to step outside their homes without valid reasons.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was stepping up efforts to help India as hospitals there struggled to cope with a huge surge in coronavirus cases, including bringing in oxygen and other essential supplies.