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As Humans Stay Indoors, One-Month-Old African Lions Have 'First Crawl' in Hyderabad Zoo

The animal keepers and veterinary staff were alerted to monitor the animals, particularly tiger and primates for checking any symptoms of cold, nasal discharge or any symptoms of flu.




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'Stay Home to Win': Mumbai Police Use 'Ludo' Meme to Spread Awareness about Coronavirus

As usual, the Mumbai Police was appreciated for the creativity, calling it the “best meme page on Instagram”.




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'May the Fours Be With You': ICC Commemorate Star Wars Day

Few other batters like Jos Buttler, Chris Gayle, Fakhar Zaman, Nattakan Chantam and Laura Wolvaardt also feature in the video.




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No Social Distancing, More Domestic Abuse: Alcohol Shops May Save Economy but Put Many at Risk

The government needs to find more permanent solutions that not only ensure social distancing but also take into account the human cost that women must pay to help the economy get back on track.




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Shashi Tharoor is Geared up to Celebrate Onam With the Most Malayali Mask Ever

Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor has decided to go festive and fashionable while ensuring he has kept coronavirus at bay this Onam.




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Working From Home May Not Be as Good for the Planet as We Thought

The authors added that modern-day work patterns are becoming increasingly complex, diversified and personalised, making it harder to track whether teleworking is definitively contributing energy savings.




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Lion Strays into Gujarat Village in Search of Food, Escapes into School Building as Locals Raise Alarm

According to reports, the lion had been attempting to prey on cattle, which were held fast to a shed right next to the school.




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Shoaib Akhar Wants This Bollywood Actor To Play His Role in Biopic

Biopic of a cricketer has the potential to attract many eyeballs as was the case when a movie on former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made few years ago.




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Toxic Algae in Oceans Triggered by Melting Snowcaps in Himalayas are Visible from Space

NASA has also shared images, showing the presence of Noctiluca on the coast of the Arabian Sea.




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Watch: MS Dhoni's Busy Playing Catch With Ziva and His Dog During Lockdown

CSK, on Tuesday, shared a video where Dhoni is seen spending time with daughter Ziva and his dog at his lawn in Ranchi with his back towards the camera.




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Dhawan Puts on His Dancing Shoes to Wish Daughter Aliyah Birthday With Adorable Video

In the video, Dhawan and Aliyah can be seen syncing steps before Aliyah gets shy and breaks off the routine. Dhawan’s youngest child Zoravar can be also seen peeking in the frame.




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Assam Police Surprise Elderly Man Living Alone in Lockdown on His Birthday

The one-minute- forty-seven-second long footage showed the team of police officers holding placards reading, 'I am Your Son' and 'I am Your Daughter'.




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FedEx Driver's Kind Gesture Makes Child's Lockdown Birthday Viral and Memorable

According to Liz, Jodan simply wanted to make up for the birthday celebrations Emma might've lost while staying at home due to the lockdown.




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Watch: Table Tennis Champion Omotayo Swaps Paddle for Medal During Lockdown

Omotayo, who is the latest product from Nigeria's conveyer belt of table tennis talent, started off as a teenage sensation.




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'Day Before Debut': Sourav Ganguly Shares Photo from Training Session in 1996

After calling curtains on his cricket career, Ganguly has donned many hats that has seen him not only do commentary, but also take over administration at the Cricket Association of Bengal and the latest being in the hot seat of the BCCI.




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Prisoners in City They Built: Twitter Wants #TrainsForMigrants after Karnataka Forces Workers to Stay

Opposition and Karnataka residents slammed the state government for treating migrant workers as "bonded labour" and holding them against their will.




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This TikTok Video Showing DIY Hack to Fix Receding Hairline is One we Just Can't Brush Away

The clip has been shared on video-sharing portal TikTok in which one can see a woman fix her hairline step by step with makeup items.




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Gujarat Govt Claims Drinking 'Ayurvedic Kadha' Helped Prevent Covid-19, Twitter Can't Swallow

After her address went viral on social media, netizens pointed out the fallacy of such statements and questioned its 'authenticity'.




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Did You Know? Selfie Obsession on Social Media May Increase Risk of Eating Disorder

The researchers from Florida State University revealed a consistent and direct link between posting edited photos on Instagram and risk factors for eating disorders.




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Watch: Migrant Workers Throw Away Stale Food Served on Special Train at Asansol Station

The migrant workers were on their way from Ernakulam in Kerala to Bihar's Danapur when about a thousand of them were served the cooked meal along with water at Asansol station.




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Tiger Sightings in Sunderbans Go Up as Tourists Stay Home Due to Lockdown

Officials counted as many as 43 female tigers and 11 cubs using over 700 pairs of all-weather night-vision camera traps.




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WATCH: Praying Mantis Demolishing the Brain of a Murder Hornet Has Got Twitter Cheering

The video, shared on the microblogging site, shows a praying mantis catching and feeding on a murder hornet. It hunts down its food, holding the deadly stinger at bay and chew it starting from the massive brain.




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This is What Indians Have Googled the Most Since the First Day of Coronavirus Lockdown

Citizens of India haven't turned a blind eye to important personnel during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Elderly Couple Separated by Covid-19 Reunites after 56 Days in a Heartwarming Tale

Lois, whose illness has taken away her ability to speak, smiled several times and made faint noises. It is her way of communicating joy, Howard said.




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Human Urine Could Be Used to Make 'Lunar Concrete' to Lay Foundations on the Moon

The main ingredient in “lunar concrete” would be a powdery soil found on the moon’s surface known as lunar regolith.




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Mumbai Police's Lockdown Meme on Chemistry Will Take You Back to Your School Days

Adopting a rather creative way to urge people to stay home, Mumbai’s Commissioner of Police took to Twitter to share the periodic table and asked netizens to solve it.




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'Rowdy' is Loved, Hated, But not Ignored: Fans Celebrate Vijay Deverakonda's Birthday on Twitter

The Tollywood star, who has been a part of the industry for almost a decade now, is known for playing versatile roles.




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Watch: Hundreds of Baby Olive Ridley Turtles Make Their Way to Sea in Odisha amid Lockdown

Videos of a huge number of baby Olive Ridley turtles moving towards the sea after a few days of hatching has taken the internet by a storm.




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Punjab Lost Rs 1,200-1,700 Crore of GDP Due to Covid-19 Lockdown, Says State Task force

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh set up the task force to find ways for the state to gradually get out of the unprecedented lockdown that is still in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic.




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RBI Writes off Nearly Rs 69,000 Cr Loans, Including Those of Top Defaulters Mehul Choksi & Vijay Mallya

Absconding dimantaire Choksi's company Gitanjali Gems tops the list of these defaulters with a whopping amount of Rs 5,492 crore, according to the list.




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Salary Cuts Imminent: Deloitte Says 27 of the Top 100 Firms on NSE Can't Sustain Wage Bill

A study by Deloitte found that 27 companies of the 100 listed on the NSE, won't be able to sustain current wage bill from cash profits, if their revenue dips by 30 per cent or more.




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Realty Check: Work-from-home Might Not Result in Shrinking of Office Spaces, Say Experts

The need for more space due to potential social distancing norms in the near and distant future, expert say, is likely to offset the space gained by people working from home.




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Government Looking into Possibility of Building Smart Cities along Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Nitin Gadkari

The Rs 1 lakh crore flagship Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is scheduled to be completed within three years and and expected to cut down the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to just 12 hours.




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India's Scrap Gold Supplies Seen at Record High on Price Rally, Coronavirus, Says WGC

Rising scrap supplies amid a fall in demand could dent the world's second-biggest bullion consumer's imports and cap a rally in global prices, which hit a more than seven-year high earlier this month.




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Mukesh Ambani to Forego Salary, RIL Board Members to Take Pay Cut amid Coronavirus Pandemic

In a letter to employees dated April 29, Reliance Industries' executive director Hital R. Meswani stated that Ambani will forego his entire compensation.




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Hotel Industry Mulls Pay Cuts, Reducing Manpower to Tide over Lockdown Woes

Industry representatives said while some hotels have chosen not to entertain new guests, some have stepped up hygiene and sanitisation measures.




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Investor Wealth Jumps Rs 7.68 Lakh Crore in Four Days of Market Rally

Rising for the fourth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled 997.46 points, or 3.05 per cent, higher at 33,717.62.




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NIP Task Force Calls for Boosting Private Investment in Highways at Rs 20.33 Lakh Crore by 2025

The ministry constructed 10,855 km of national highways against the targeted 16,420 km in fiscal 2019, with an average daily construction rate of about 30 km.




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EPFO Allows Firms to File PF Returns Without Simultaneous Payment of Dues

The PF returns have details about employees' and employers' contributions towards the social security scheme run by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).




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Financial Markets to Remain Shut for Maharashtra Day

All major financial markets in India will remain closed on Friday on account of Maharashtra Day.




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Bank Holidays in May 2020: Check Full List Here

With the lockdown in place, many banks have limited their working hours. Every second and fourth Saturday is also a bank holiday.




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​​​Graded Exit From Lockdown Would Be Good For Businesses, Say 86% of CEOs in CNBC-CII Poll

On the effectiveness of India's COVID-19 strategy, 73% of the respondents said it has been successful so far.




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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Posts Nearly $50 Billion Loss as Coronavirus Hits Hard

A year earlier, the conglomerate reported profits of $15.5 billion.




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Covid-19 Not an End to Coworking Culture, Says Industry

Reeling under pressure due to sharp drop in footfalls following the COVID-19 pandemic, operators in the country's coworking industry believe the blip could be temporary and demand for flexible space would go up again as some key factors are going for them.




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There Will be Flight of Capital From China Post Coronavirus Phase, Says BJP's Ram Madhav

Madhav said Asian democracies like Singapore and South Korea along with India have set a "new example that you don't need to be authoritarian to handle such a big crisis".




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Days After Facebook Deal, Jio Platforms Gets Rs 5,655.75 Crore Investment from Silver Lake

The deal comes less than two weeks after Facebook spent $5.7 billion to buy a 9.99 percent stake in Jio. The Facebook-Jio deal was the social media network’s biggest since its $22 billion buyout of WhatsApp in 2014.




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Saudi Arabia Says Investment Plans in India 'On Track' Even as Aramco's Net Profit Falls 21%

On being asked about the effect of the decline in Aramco’s profits on its plans to invest in India, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to India reiterated that investment plans were on track.




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Goldman Sachs Says it Remains Bullish on Oil Prices in 2021

Lower crude production due to reduced activity and OPEC+ cuts, coupled with a partial recovery in oil demand, should drive prices higher next year, Goldman Sachs Equity Research said in a note.




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Abbott's Covid-19 Lab-based Antibody Tests to be Available in India by End of May

Antibody testing is an important step to tell if someone has been previously infected. It will provide more understanding of the virus.




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Bharat Petroleum Seeks LNG Cargo for May 25 Delivery, Says Report

Bharat Petroleum was seeking to buy a May 25 delivery cargo two weeks ago, but the tender was not awarded then, market sources said previously.