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India to join hands with WHO for developing coronavirus drugs: Govt

At a press briefing on coronavirus at 4 pm, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said 75 new cases of coronavirus and four deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.

Letter to BS: Lockdown historic but not enough, we have a messy war ahead

The next logical step would be to trace, identify, monitor and subject every incoming traveller - who entered after a specific date - to a diagnostic test

Enough of chest-thumping

Lockdown can't be a substitute for quick action in other areas

After Covid-19

Digital public goods can backstop the Indian economy

Need for non-economic globalisation: Lessons from the Coronavirus pandemic

While the post World War II global order has successfully promoted trade openness and free markets, it has failed on non-economic metrics such as climate change and health

Lockdowns alone not enough, warns WHO as Coronavirus toll mounts to 13K

Cases ballooned in Europe, prompting more lockdown measures. New Jersey's governor followed four other US states that have imposed unprecedented restrictions

Burnout isn't just in employees' head; it's in their circumstances

The heart of burnout is emotional exhaustion - feeling so depleted and drained by your job that you have nothing left to give

WHO message to youth on coronavirus outbreak: 'You are not invincible'

The WHO has distributed 1.5 million lab tests worldwide and it may need potentially 80 times that for the pandemic, he said

Tokyo 2020: Olympic cauldron ignited in Japan with flame from Greece

2020 Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August, 2020, in Japan.

Coronavirus: WhatsApp launches information hub in tie-up with WHO, UNDP

Facebook-owned messaging app donates $1 million to fact-checking group

Covid-19: ICMR to set up 2 rapid testing labs, 49 more testing centres

A rapid testing laboratory will be equipped to test as many as 1,400 samples each day

Nearly 14,000 new coronavirus cases reported globally in 24 hours: WHO

Cases of the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has been reported in over 130 countries, including India, where over 110 people have been infected

Covid-19 pandemic can deal MSMEs a serious blow: CRISIL SME Tracker

The World Health Organisation has declared Covid-19 a pandemic, as more than 114 countries have reported cases of the affliction. This has material implications for the global economy

Busting myths: As Coronavirus spreads, so do fake WhatsApp forwards

Fake information and WhatsApp forwards are adding to coronavirus myths as countries scramble to control panic and knee jerk reaction

LVMH to start manufacturing hand sanitisers amid COVID-19 outbreak

The World Health Organisation has declared that Europe has become the new 'epicentre' of the coronavirus pandemic

World closes borders, restricts travel to contain coronavirus spread

Countries have shuttered museums, tourist attractions and sporting events to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission, with more than 138,000 people worldwide infected and more than 5,000 dead.

Coronavirus can be controlled: Over 68,000 have recovered so far globally

Over 50,000 people have recovered in China's Hubei province, which is the worst-hit; Iran has seen over 2,900 recoveries

Covid19 impact: Australia's Richardson quarantined, to miss 1st ODI vs NZ

With Kane missing the first ODI, pacer Sean Abbott has joined the squad as cover

Nestle, HUL, Asian Paints, Airtel stocks show resilience amid market mayhem

All these stocks' fortunes are linked to domestic consumption, rather than global growth.

Coronavirus: As pandemic worsens, world witnesses more bans, lockdowns

It was an outbreak moving, at once, both glacially and explosively, with a virus first detected three months ago in China creeping across borders and producing eruptive outbreaks that have crippled ar