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Prime minister Narendra Modi interacts with fellow world leaders during the virtual G20 Summit, to advance a coordinate global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (PTI)World
G-20 plans to inject USD 5 trillion into global economy

Leaders of the world's biggest say they'll do what it takes to tackle the coronavirus pandemic

27 March 2020 10:49 AM IST

Medical personnel scan a new coronavirus patient at a hospital in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. AFP photoWorld
The term China virus is absolutely wrong, asserts Beijing

This was Beijing's efforts to combat a perceived global negative fallout on China's image due to the Coronavirus...

25 March 2020 10:05 PM IST

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In Wuhan, people volunteer for coronavirus vaccine's clinical trial

The trial, led by experts from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, gained its approval on March 16

25 March 2020 6:54 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia speaking during a televised speech addressing the nation about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)World
Narendra Modi to participate in G-20 summit by video

The extraordinary virtual summit has been called to coordinate the response to the coronavirus pandemic

25 March 2020 12:46 PM IST

An empty arrival area at Tribhuvan International airpot in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP PhotoWorld
Kathmandu confirms second case of Covid19

On January 24, a Nepali national who returned from China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the virus, was tested positive...

23 March 2020 2:21 PM IST

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Covid19 deaths spike to 13,000 worldwide

More than 300,000 infections have been confirmed worldwide, with the situation increasingly grim in Italy

22 March 2020 3:09 PM IST

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As Covid19 cases climb, Asia steps up efforts to contain outbreak

Malaysia deployed its army to enforce a lockdown as the number of cases in the region soared past 95,000

22 March 2020 1:15 PM IST

A health worker wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, checks the body temperature of passengers. AFP PhotoWorld
China reports first local case of Covid19 in four days

The new domestic infection came about in Guangdong province, and was linked to a previous imported case

22 March 2020 10:50 AM IST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, an artillery firing competition between army units is held in the countrys west in North Korea. AFP PhotoWorld
Amid virus outbreak, North Korea fires ballistic missiles

North Korea has not reported any cases of the coronavirus

21 March 2020 9:34 AM IST

Workers wearing protective gears disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a shopping district in Seoul, South KoreaWorld
South Korea to evacuate citizens stranded in Italy

Over the course of the outbreak South Korea has sent chartered flights to China, Iran and Japan to evacuate its citizens

20 March 2020 3:19 PM IST

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

Men wearing protective masks walk beside rows of taxis that were instructed by police them to stop operations while the government implements the \enhanced community quarantine\ as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in Metro Manila, Philippines. AP PhotoWorld
Covid19 outbreak: Indian students stuck in Philippines seek help

The Indian government banned the entry of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia to India to tackle the...

18 March 2020 1:51 PM IST

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