One of the biggest e-commerce company, Amazon India, has announced that it will be generating 50,000 seasonal roles. The news has come at a point when thousands of people are losing their jobs due to the nationwide lockdown which has been in place for the past three months.

Amazon to generate 50,000 jobs in India amid coronavirus

As the world battles coronavirus, a lot of countries have been having a hard time saving their economy. Pakistan, a country that has already been struggling economically, has seen a steep decline in the economy.

World Bank approves USD 500 million loan for Pakistan

As the aviation industry gears up to get back in air from Monday, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have issued guidelines for international and domestic travel.

New guidelines issued for domestic travel; Aarogya Setu app compulsory

Sri Lanka will ease the coronavirus lockdown restrictions from May 26, limiting the curfew hours from 10.00 pm to 4.00 am among other relaxations. The curfew will be lifted during the day across the country, including hot-spot districts of Colombo and Gampaha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's said in a statement.

Sri Lanka to ease coronavirus restrictions from May 26

The railways on Saturday said 50 per cent of its 5,213 isolation coaches meant for coronavirus patients will now be used to run Shramik Special trains. PTI had on Friday reported that the railway board in an order dated May 21 allowed 60 per cent of these modified coaches to operate the special trains to ferry migrants.

Railways to use 50% of converted isolation coaches to operate Shramik Special trains

As the aviation industry gets ready to start services from Monday, state governments are implementing all possible precautions for the incoming passengers. Keeping the same in mind, Karnataka and Punjab governments have announced that the incoming passengers will have to go through a quarantine period.

COVID 19: Karnataka and Punjab to quarantine incoming passengers

More than 28,000 Indians have registered for repatriation in western Saudi Arabia while in that part of the country 43 Indians have been confirmed dead due to COVID.

COVID 19: On Saudi Arabia's advice, Haj arrangements are on hold

Honking cars and motorbikes take over Spanish streets protesting against the government

In a very interesting and proactive development, 25 stranded Indians were brought back from Tunisia in a military plane, which was en route Thailand and Vietnam.

Tunisian military plane enroute to East Asia brings back 25 stranded Indians; Indian envoy Kundal thanks the govt

Australia has been one of those few countries which has been able to contain the spread of coronavirus. The number of active cases has seen a significant decline in Australia, and the Australian government is planning to let people return back to their day-to-day life soon.

Australia urges UK to exempt Australians from 14-day quarantine

Pakistan's coronavirus cases on Friday crossed the 50,000-mark after a record 2,603 more patients were diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease, the health ministry said.

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases go past 50,000 with record 2,603 new patients

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that developing countries like Pakistan face the dilemma of whether to protect their people from COVID-19 or hunger as he defended his decision to ease the nationwide lockdown to save millions of people who would have starved to death due to the coronavirus-related restrictions.

Millions would have starved if COVID-19 lockdown was not eased: Pak PM

Around 500 personnel of the Kolkata Police Combat Force staged a protest in the city, alleging that they were being deployed in areas where chances of contracting COVID-19 are high, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Unhappy over deployment in COVID-19 containment zones, 500 police personnel stage protest in Kolkata

A sad incident took place in Canada on Sunday, as a plane from Canada's Snowbirds, an elite air force aerobatics team, crashed in British Columbia during a performance to salute the COVID-19 warriors.

Canadian Air Force plane crashes paying tribute to COVID-19 warriors

Sri Lanka will mark the 11th anniversary of its victory over the LTTE with a low key state ceremony on Tuesday, amidst the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Tamil separatist group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which led an armed rebellion for over three decades against the Sri Lankan government to set up a separate Tamil homeland in the northern and eastern province of the island nation was defeated by the Army in May 2009.

Sri Lanka to keep 11th anniversary of victory over LTTE low key amidst COVID-19

Restaurants come up with creative ways of coping with COVID-19

As the country continues to be under lockdown, a lot of migrant workers have been walking or hitching rides back home. A group of such migrant workers were travelling back to their hometown in a bus when their bus met with an accident.

West Bengal: 32 migrant workers injured in a bus accident

Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) will partially reopen its Disney Springs entertainment and shopping complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on May 20, it said late on Saturday.

Disney says it will reopen shopping area at Florida resort on Wednesday

Sri Lanka has ended the isolation of several villages which were kept under a close watch to prevent the COVID-19 clusters from being formed, a senior official said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka reopens all isolated villages suspected of being COVID-19 clusters

Pakistan's coronavirus cases crossed 40,000 on Sunday after 1,352 new infections were detected, while the death toll in the country has gone up to 873 with nearly 40 more people succumbing to COVID-19, health authorities said on Sunday.

COVID 19: Pakistan's coronavirus cases cross 40,000 mark

New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has been applauded for the way she handled the coronavirus pandemic in the country. As the country was was able to flatten the curve, the government eased down the lockdown and allowed people to step out and continue with their day-to-day lives, but with social distancing rules applied.

New Zealand: PM Jacinda Ardern denied table in cafe due to social distancing

Authorities in Maharashtra have released over 7,200 prisoners so far to check overcrowding in jails amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Sunday. Around 10,000 more will be released shortly, they said.

COVID-19: Maha releases 7,200 prisoners to curb overcrowding

Dogs' ability to sniff out whether people are infected with COVID-19 will be put to the test by British researchers, in a bid to develop a fast, non-invasive means of detecting the disease.

UK researchers test dogs' ability to sniff out COVID-19

As the nation starts lockdown 4.0 from Monday, announcements on resuming of domestic air travel are still awaited. Keeping that possibility in mind, Airport Authority of India (AAI) has issued a brief guideline on Friday for passengers who will be travelling once the flights resume.

Masks, sanitizers and Aarogya Setu app compulsory: Airport Authority of India

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