U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 68 cents, or 1.9%, at $37.49 a barrel. It rose to as much as $37.88, also the highest since March 6

On the equities front, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex was quoting 361.71 points higher at 34,187.24 and broader Nifty rose 107.80 points to 10,086.90.

Penumbral lunar eclipse 2020: This will be the second penumbral lunar eclipse of 2020. The first one occurred from January 10 to January 11. There will be a total of four penumbral lunar eclipses this year

Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 11 per cent, followed by Titan, Tata Steel, SBI, M&M, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Reliance Industries

More than 48,000 people have died with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, making it one of the worst hit countries in the world

India has the capacity to export 4,000 metric tonnes of paracetamol APIs every month

Industry observers say that Wipro has been 'sheer lucky' to get him onboard given the tepid performance of the company for over last three-four years

American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is conducting clinical trials with German firm BioNTech on several probable vaccines in Europe and the United States

Three clinical trials are undergoing to test Nafamostat in Covid-19 patients; these trials are being led by the University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan; Gyeongsang National University Hospital (South Korea); and a collaborative trial by University Hospital, Italy, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Yokohoma City University, Japan

Retail sales plunged 13.7% in April from a year earlier, heavily weighed by slumping demand for general merchandise, clothing and vehicles

On March 3, the government had put export restrictions on 26 pharma ingredients and medicines, including paracetamol, a common pain reliever also sold as acetaminophen, amid coronavirus outbreak

The company's operations in the ASEAN region will see substantial changes as part of the plan. Nissan would shut down its factory in Indonesia and rely on Thailand as its sole production base while it will also exit the South Korean market

\"While the immediate economic impact may slow us down, we are presented with an opportunity to pause, rethink, and design a new and faster transition to a low-carbon future,\" Billionaire Gautam Adani said

GSK is working on its own COVID vaccine with French drugmaker Sanofi, one of the many projects to counter the respiratory illness that currently that has no treatment and has killed about 350,000 people

The Japanese company said its new four-year plan aims to ensure steady growth as opposed to the excessive expansion of the past

Coronavirus (COVID-19) tracker live updates, corona vaccine latest news: Rajasthan recorded 131 fresh coronavirus cases, 6 deaths, and 4 recoveries on Thursday, said the state health department. India's total coronavirus cases have surged past 1.58 lakh

Tracing and tracking of persons become all the more important as more people start moving out now. It should be quite important for the next two years, till such time a vaccine is developed and deployed across the world

Analysts say that the idea behind Bharti Telecom's deleveraging is to fortify the promoter firm when financial conditions are deteriorating for companies across the board

The price of Indian basket, which went down to $16.92 a barrel on April 27, surged by 93 per cent since then to $32.63

Former chief scientist at ECDC, Professor Johan Giesecke pointed out that none of the countries had an exit strategy in mind when they announced the lockdown to fight the spread and pace of COVID-19