Image copyright EPA Image caption The lockdown has hit poorer Indians and migrant workers hard India has announced a 20 trillion rupee ($264bn; £216bn) economic package to help the country cope with its prolonged coronavirus lockdown. In a televised address Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the measures would support farmers and small businesses. Finance Minister […] More
The European Union economy will shrink by a record 7.5% this year, the European Commission warned Wednesday, and the drop could be even more precipitous across the 19 countries that use the euro. It’s a much steeper decline than the region suffered following the 2008 global financial crisis, and a more pessimistic outlook than forecast […] More
Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, the commanding officer of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles, and the joint security team that he was leading had waited patiently for an hour after the last bullet was fired by the terrorists on Saturday evening. Then he decided to go in. The encounter had started a couple of hours earlier at 3.30 […] More