About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the country's emergency use programme, its chief executive said on Sunday.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, reversing overnight losses as betterthanexpected U.S. manufacturing activity data spurred hope for a postpandemic economic recovery, and as analysts forecast a sixth weekly drawdown in U.S. crude inventories.

Shops and other business establishments in the areas where restrictions were in place, were shut. While public transport was off the roads, few private vehicles were plying.

Farmers had raised concerns about labour shortage resulting from migrant labourers returning to their homes in view of the Covid-19 crisis.

James Gunn has confirmed "a death" in 'Guardians of The Galaxy 3' and also revealed that he has no plans of making a fourth movie in the franchise.

Pakistan started firing small arms and mortar shells in Qasba and Kirni sectors at 1.40 pm, inviting a retaliation by the Indian Army, a defence spokesman said.

A case has been registered under Section 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official said, adding that more arrests are likely.

Experts said typically the reason for low allocation of funds in Budget is because a lot of money remains unspent, but this narrative needs to change as a number of centrally sponsored social sector schemes have shown satisfactory levels of funds usage.

The NC requested political parties, intellectuals, academicians, civil society, traders and transporters to make a joint request to President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Narendra Modi and Parliament to retain J&K as a state.

The United States House of Representatives, of which Omar is a member, voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recognize the systemic extermination and expulsion of ethnic Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.

With the reduction in their respective benchmark lending rates, home, auto and other loans have become cheaper.

Commuters faced difficulties in reaching their destinations as several private buses, taxis and autorickshaws remained off the roads due to the strike.

Meanwhile, in the international market, spot gold was trading lower at 1,496.60 an ounce in New York and silver was down at USD 16.93 an ounce.

He said the transformation of the Planning Commission to NITI Aayog has adversely affected states like Kerala, which had lost a source of funding for its Five Year Plans.

The archbishop of Colombo said Catholic schools which were due to re-open after an extended Easter vacation on Monday would now remain shut 'until further notice'.