PM Johnson says medics saved his life as UK deaths pass 10,000 mark

By Administrator_India Capital Sands British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left the hospital on Sunday and thanked the staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10,000. The somber milestone came after Britain reported two days in a […]

Asian stocks gain on hopes pandemic is approaching peak

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian shares rose on Thursday on hopes the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing a peak and that governments would roll out more stimulus measures, while expectations of an oil production cut agreement bolstered crude prices. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.6%, following a strong Wall Street close. […]

Dollar creeps higher as virus worries return

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar found a footing on Wednesday as investors returned to safe-havens, unwinding some risk currency gains made on hopes the coronavirus crisis in Europe and New York was slowing. The greenback rose on most majors besides the safe-haven Japanese yen, a day after suffering its worst drop against a basket […]

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to slow spread of coronavirus misinformation

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to slow spread of coronavirus misinformation

By Ritu, Capital Sands Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time after a jump in messages touting bogus medical advice since the start of the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic, which has killed more than 70,000 people worldwide, has been accompanied by what […]

India lifts restrictions on 24 drug exports amid coronavirus

By Administraor_India Capital Sands India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines made from them, the government said in a statement. It had imposed the restrictions last month as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted global supply chains. Paracetamol, a common pain reliever, and its […]

UK PM Johnson hospitalised for tests after persistent coronavirus symptoms

By Administrator_India Capital Sands British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, though Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government. Johnson, who was isolating in Downing Street after testing positive last month, still had […]

Sterling to regain some lost ground but forecasts slashed

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Britain’s pound will have regained some of its lost ground against the dollar in a year but forecast was slashed from a month ago as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally. Sterling has been hammered in recent weeks as fears about the economic impact of the pandemic sent investors […]

India’s March factory activity growth at four-month low amid coronavirus spread

India's March factory activity growth at four-month low amid coronavirus spread

By Ritu, Capital Sands India’s manufacturing activity expanded at its slowest pace in four months in March and is likely to get worse as demand and output take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak, putting a severe dent in business optimism, a private survey found. A 21-day nationwide lockdown, which started on March 25 in […]

“Some of us will die”: India’s homeless stranded by coronavirus lockdown

By Administrator_India Capital Sands In a densely packed neighborhood of Delhi, hundreds of homeless people queued up this week as volunteers doled out rice and peas from a vat in the back of a van. Only a handful of the people in the crowd wore masks. There were no hand sanitizers or washbasins in sight […]