The World Bank has announced that India is to receive $1 billion in emergency financing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
The global coronavirus toll crossed 51,000 late on Thursday with Italy (13,915) and Spain (10,096) accounting for nearly half the fatalities, while the number of cases were fast approaching a million, with the US having over a fifth of them, as per the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre....
While India is fighting to stop the spread of Covid-19, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michele Bachelet, on Thursday criticised the quarantine measures put in place in the country, saying they stigmatise people....
According to Department of Labour data, the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefit has surged to 6.65 million, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend the country's economy....
If you are waiting to watch a movie, the day this shutdown ends, think again. Government sources indicate that the shutdown may not just end on April 14 itself, as initially planned. PM Narendra Modi is believed to have told Chief Ministers that it is a long drawn battle....
Tamil Nadu on Thursday announced 75 new coronavirus cases, taking the infected count to 309....
The Indian government has unveiled an app called Aarogya Setu designed to alert users if they have come in close proximity with any COVID-19 positive patient. ...
With new coronavirus cases set to breach the 1-million mark, the world is witnessing an "exponential growth" which is a bad sign as the number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Thursday. ...
The number of coronavirus cases in the national capital reached 293 on Thursday with 141 new patients testing positive, and two more deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest recorded spike in patient count in a day in the city. The two new deaths reported were of the persons evacuated from Nizamuddin's Markaz Tablighi Jamaat headquarters....
With Tamil Nadu entering the deep dark 'coronavirus tunnel' with no light at the end, the knitwear town Tiruppur has got a different kind of a tunnel that tries to keep the people safe....
