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The drug combination has already been used to treat an Italian couple quarantined in a hospital in Jaipur. (AFP)

HIV antiretroviral drugs used to treat British Covid19 patient in...

The drugs, Ritonavir and Lopinavir, are expected to be more effective in treating the deadly virus

19 March 2020 2:39 PM IST

Deaths due to Covid-19 crossed 150 in America, while about 10,000 people have been infected. (AFP)

Two US Congressmen test positive for coronavirus

Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams quarantined

19 March 2020 10:16 AM IST

Wuhan, which bore the brunt of the virus since it broke out in December last year, also reported zero cases on Wednesday. (AFP)

China reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for first time since...

The country, however, saw a spike in imported positive cases

19 March 2020 9:16 AM IST

Brussels warning comes less than a month after US officials said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts had embarked on a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the virus.

Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in...

An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in...

18 March 2020 10:09 PM IST

Pressure has mounted on Silicon Valley to use their expertise to fight the deadly virus, after roughly 50 scientists signed an open letter last week calling on them to act

Privacy concerns raised as Facebook, Google in talks with Washington...

The use of personal data is highly sensitive especially after 2011 when the NSA was found collecting phone records...

18 March 2020 8:44 PM IST

Uber and Ola are reported to have lost as much as 80% of rides but the company has not offered any financial assistance to tide over the crisis. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Alexander Torrenegra)

Uber, Lyft suspend shared rides in US, Canada, but not yet in India

Pooled rides show up on the Uber and Ola apps in India even now

18 March 2020 5:56 PM IST

Most of these new units do not have the know-how in terms of quantity or volume of ingredients to be used in making hand sanitisers. (File Image)

Beware of fake hand sanitisers

With demand in rise, production of unauthorised sanitisers surge

18 March 2020 4:59 PM IST

Functioning of construction sites, small-scale industries, hotel, restaurant and several other sectors to come to a standstill (PTI)

Migrant workers leave in groups from Covid19 hit Kerala

Kerala has more than 25 lakh migrant workers, mostly from states like Assam, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar...

18 March 2020 3:22 PM IST

Mounted Spanish policemen patrol outside the Mestalla stadium in Valencia before the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg football between Valencia and Atalanta on March 10. AFP Photo

Over third of Valencia squad has coronavirus

Virus spread among the squad following last month's trip to Milan for the first leg of their Champions League last-16...

17 March 2020 1:35 PM IST

The Madrid municipal police put out a video on twitter of the drones in action. (Representative image | Flickr - Richard Unten)

Madrid, Dubai deploy drones deployed to get people to stay home during...

Police in Spain's Madrid, UAE's Dubai, as well as locked down Kuwait deploy drones to make repeat announcements

16 March 2020 9:39 PM IST

The UK national was caught trying to escape after testing positive for Covid-19. (AFP)

Total Covid19 cases in Kerala touch 24

One UK national and a doctor from Thiruvananathapuram under treatment

16 March 2020 4:47 PM IST

Edutech apps are also seeing an increase in enrolments.

Extramarks, Byju's, Toppr, Unacademy step up to fill education gap as...

Some edutech apps offer free access to courses till April end, others provide access to training for JEE, NEET

16 March 2020 4:43 PM IST