After curfew, it is lockdown in 75 districts

After curfew, it is lockdown in 75 districts
All passenger trains and inter-State bus services halted as coronavirus cases spike
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All passenger trains and inter-State bus services halted as coronavirus cases spike
A massive shortage of truck drivers is starting to bite India’s trade, forcing port operators to take steps to deal with issues in evacuation of ...
With Covid-19 cases on the rise, leading automobile manufacturers, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Fiat and ...
Will release the predictions on Tuesday
Multi-national tech giants like Alibaba, IBM, Microsoft and NVIDIA have given access to their technologies in an effort to find a solution for the ...
In a falling market, these shares bear the brunt of selling and suffer deeper losses
In Libya, and Syria’s Idlib region -- the object of intense diplomatic attention before the coronavirus stole the spotlight -- fighting continues
Aggressive stimulus policies would be required to help industry and unorganised sector workers
The 108 participants, aged between 18 and 60, will be tested in three groups and given different dosages
The total number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 341
The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 107 on Sunday, with 12 fresh cases in Maharashtra, the Union Health Ministry said. The ...
After a death at Kalaburagi, state health minister Sriramulu camps in city to take stock of situation
Every economic shock leaves a legacy. The deadly coronavirus will be no different.The great depression spurred a waste not want not to attitude that ...
Protective gear substandard due to obsession with price over quality, say industry watchers
Prior to this, foreign investors were net buyers for six consecutive months since September 2019.
The number of coronavirus positive cases in the country has risen to 84 which includes the two deaths in Delhi and Karnataka, the Union Health ...
In the light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Ministry of Home Affairs has said earlier that it will pay a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to ...
Even as IT-BPO firms and several other business entities are allowing their workers to work from home to keep Novel Coronavirus at bay, thousands of ...
With 84 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus and two deaths, a frenzy has broken out across the country for donning face masks to protect oneself from ...
Centre developing a strategy with the help of the‘Ind-CEPI Mission’
Public exams as scheduled
India is safe if it manages to contain the virus at Stage 2, says ICMR Head
The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China has now become a global pandemic impacting over 120 countries worldwide. It has made its way ...
Investors can bargain-hunt for blue-chips and continue with their mutual fund SIPs
All educational institutions in West Bengal will remain shut till March 31 in the wake of coronavirus threat, officials said on Saturday.Board ...
Triggered by the Coronavirus scare, some of Mumbai's most busiest areas are experiencing a certain lull due to the pandemic
Apple on Friday announced that it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which was scheduled to be held in California in June ...
Swedish home furnishing retailer IKEA has closed its Hyderabad store as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus.In a communication to its ...
Netflix Inc and Google’s YouTube agreed to reduce the quality of their video streaming in Europe to relieve networks strained by the coronavirus ...
As people are self-quarantining themselves at home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, online gaming companies in India seeing an uptick ...
Volvo Cars has started a shutdown of its factories in Europe and the United States (US), mirroring similar moves by global carmakers as the ...
The domestic unit had closed at 75.12 against the US currency on Thursday
The India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) believes that the Covid-19 outbreak would intensify the pressure on airline operators’ cash flows over the ...
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended the deadline for applying for post of 147 senior level executives by more than a month ...
The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has reached 52
Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, Google on Friday dedicated its Doodle to Dr Ignaz Semmelweis, the first person to prove that hand washing can be ...
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Centre has postponed the mega summit on the Artificial Intelligence, RAISE 2020- Responsible AI for Social ...
The company lowered its revenue growth expectations for FY20 to 3-6 per cent compared to the earlier guidance of 6-8 per cent
SERB’s special research scheme will clear projects on high-priority basis
Measures taken in the Indo-Pacific region reviewed; weekly con-call meetings to be held on vaccine development
The Indian economy has been experiencing a significant slowdown over the past few quarters. In the third quarter of the current fiscal, the economy ...
NTPC Ltd, India’s largest power producer, is prepared to supply uninterrupted power supply , despite the widespread threat of COVID-19. To deal with ...
Information technology major Infosys has vacated its employees from one of the building in its Electronics City campus.According to media reports, an ...
It’s not business as usual as the virus has changed working style dramatically
The two remaining games of the Chappell-Hadlee ODI series between Australia and New Zealand were on Saturday cancelled as the visiting will have to ...
A curtailed Indian Premier League was one of the options discussed at Saturday’s meeting between BCCI and the eight IPL franchise owners in wake of ...
Four days ago, a Mahan airline plane brought swab samples of 300 Indians from Iran to India
Qatar on Monday suspended entry and stopover flights for travelers from 14 countries including India due to Coronavirus epidemic.Qatar Airways said ...
Drug Control Department of Jammu and Kashmir has ceased "fake" hand sanitizers, which were being supplied to the market in bulk amid coronavirus ...
‘India requires 1,900 new aircraft in next 20 years’
Coachella Valley Music Festival’s organizer Goldenvoice announced on Tuesday that the festival along with Stagecoach, a country music festival, has ...
People who are older or have underlying diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes may be at a higher risk of death from the new coronavirus ...
The coronavirus death toll in the US increased to 31, while the infected cases surged past 1,000 as the country grappled to contain the virus that ...
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36 per cent, the Civil Protection Agency said on ...
The Indian way of greeting ― the Namaste gesture is now catching up, with people politely declining to extend their hand to greet, a practise that has ...
The World Health Organization sees the outbreak of the new coronavirus as a pandemic, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on ...
Move likely to increase the availability of critical protective gear for healthcare professionals dealing with coronavirus
Students of Indian School of Hospitality did not lose a single class due to the coronavirus scare
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, life has become akin to a dystopian movie, with lockdowns and quarantines becoming the norm, wherein even doing a ...
As theatres, cinemas and public places down shutters, how can artists and performers keep their craft alive?
Audible announced on March 19 the launch of Audible Stories, a service to provide audiobooks to small children and teens for free until the ...
Maharashtra’s grape growers are in a tight spot with the export of about 35,000 tonnes stuck due to the coronavirus spread.This month, as of Friday, ...
All four major cities in the State have reported Covid-19 infections
A poultry farmer in Dahanu, Maharashtra has destroyed ₹5.8 crore worth poultry products due to lack of demand as the poultry industry in India has ...
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has confirmed that the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases has now gone up to 60. Among the 10 ...
The Democrats have expressed reluctance about a tax cut to address the economic impact of coronavirus
Taiwan too has begun reporting an uptick in imported cases.
UK’s Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus, stoking fear of the novel virus' potential spread. She ...
South Korea reported a jump in new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as authorities tested hundreds of staff at a call centre where the disease appeared ...
Curbs on public gatherings in Kerala amid the coronavirus outbreak may prove dear for the makers of neera, a non-alcoholic beverage made of palm ...
The coronavirus outbreak will not have much impact on exports of cotton, Cotton Association of India (CAI) said on Friday projecting the overall ...
I bet it’s bad.It is, given that the novel coronavirus is still virulently spreading around the world, and there is no clarity on how long it might ...
The travel industry is likely to take a hit of ₹8,500 crore as the government suspended all existing visas on Wednesday due to the outbreak of ...
Watch out, ready some buffer cash — not all insurers may now cover Covid-19 expenses
No foreign player will be available for this year’s IPL till April 15 due to visa restrictions imposed by the government to contain the deadly novel ...
All incoming will be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days, the statement said.
Never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Indigo has cautioned against a weak quarter due to the impact of coronavirus, and rupee decline. The no-frills carrier has seen a decline of 15-20 ...
Maintains a stable outlook for FY21 on the key rated sector entities
White House orders coronavirus meetings classified
Amid the outspread fear of the coronavirus pandemic, people in the impacted countries have resorted to stealing hand sanitizers and other necessities ...
Blue-chip Nifty 50 stock index is likely to slip below the 10,000 level on Thursday after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic and as the ...
The government is likely to fall short of its revenue collection estimates in the current fiscal and may face challenges meeting the same in the ...
MoS Som Prakash took note of problems raised by various sectors; strategy to be prepared to deal with problem
Kerala has extended a relief rally on the Covid-19 front with no new confirmed cases being reported from Wednesday, though results are awaited from ...
The Centre will expedite the environment clearance process for projects involved in the production of bulk drugs to avoid shortages in light of the ...
The Delhi government on Thursday declared coronavirus an epidemic and announced that all schools, colleges and cinema halls in the national capital ...
The coronavirus is perhaps a greater political challenge than a public health threat
The fifth Coronavirus or Covid-19 positive case has been reported in Karnataka on Thursday.According to the Karnataka Health and Family Welfare ...
The consumer durables players are gearing up for another round of price hikes if supply disruptions persist due to coronavirus. “The coronavirus ...
Nearly 585 international flights have been cancelled to and from India between February 1 and March 6 because of the outbreak of coronavirus. As many ...
Visa-free travel facility granted to Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders is also kept in abeyance till April 15, says the Indian Embassy
Supply chain may be hit though Chinese factories are slowly re-starting
Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for 14 days
But agency ‘deeply concerned’ about lack of political commitment in some nations
The adverse impact of coronavirus and the surge of Saudi Arabian and Russian oil production could lead to a supply overhang
Sensex, Nifty suffer biggest-ever single-day fall; ₹11-lakh cr of investor wealth wiped out
The conference was supposed to have taken place from June 8 to June 11
Qatar Airways operates 102 weekly flights from Doha to 13 Indian cities, including New Delhi.
76-year-old man who travelled from Saudi to Hyderabad dies in Karnataka
Vedantu is a live online tutoring company
As the coronavirus fear grips the world, people are taking various precautionary measures to prevent the disease, including not touching their face.A ...
The recent outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) in China could present an opportunity for India as an alternative supply-chain market, particularly for ...
A three-year old child has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said in Kochi on Monday.The child and its parents who had reached the ...
The comment comes after Elon Musk called the coronavirus panic “dumb”
No passenger vessels allowed to berth at NMPT till March-end
Kerala becomes a dumping ground as other States dump their poultry due to rumours associated with coronavirus
Moody’s Investors Service said G-20 countries, as a group, are expected to grow by 2.1 per cent in 2020, 0.3 percentage points lower than its previous ...
Of 80,000 people infected by COVID-19 in China, more than 56,000 had recovered, according to a Xinhua report.
Flagship carrier Qatar Airways has also stopped flights from India, says sources
No deaths have been reported from anywhere in the country
MICE segment most affected
Analysts say that that global economy could recover in the second half of 2020, but the global GDP growth will decelerate to 2.3 per cent in the first ...
Serie A is now frozen after 26 games out of 38 in the season, with eight-time reigning champions Juventus leading the table one point ahead of Lazio
5 of extended family, infant among new Covid-19 cases
Airports Council International said that the passenger traffic volumes down being down by 24 per cent for the first quarter of 2020, compared to ...
The whole of Italy will be placed under lockdown until next month, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday, in an unprecedented and ...
Chinese authorities reported 19 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 17 fatalities
Coronavirus and the rumours associated with consumption of chicken has dented sales and put the industry in a limbo
Canada has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials in the western most province of British Columbia have announced. The ...
Schools, colleges to close from Wednesday; exams as per schedule
Organisers say that this is the first time in 35 years that the ceremony will be held without an audience
Japanese drug major Takeda is working on a plasma-derived therapy to treat coronavirus (Covid-19). The therapy, which it refers to as TAK-888, is ...
As many as three new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infected people to four, Health Minister B ...
From avoiding handshakes to modifying traditional religious practices, churches in Goa are taking various measures in view of the coronavirus scare, ...
The festival of colours, Holi, was subdued on Tuesday with fears of the coronavirus putting a damper on the usually boisterous celebration marked by ...
A man under observation for suspected coronavirus infection in the isolation ward of the district hospital here fled, but was tracked and brought back ...
Goldman Sachs lowered its Brent price outlook, saying OPEC+ output cuts and interest rate reductions by central banks would not be enough to stem a ...
India, for the first time, used the Lopinavir/ Ritonavir combination, a second line Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) medication, to treat an Italian ...
Italy will become the first country in the world to attempt a nationwide lockdown to try and stop the spread of the highly-infectious coronavirus ...
FMCG companies are either ramping up production or doubling down on distribution efforts to ensure availability of hygiene products such as handwash ...
The viability of ₹50,000 crore capital expenditure planned in the city gas distribution (CGD) space over the next four years has improved with the ...
Business tycoon Anand Mahindra, Chairman Mahindra Group, took to Twitter to show a different side of the deadly coronavirus (COVID19).Sharing an ...
If the cues of the CBOE (Chicago Board of Options Exchange) VIX Index is anything to go by, then the volatility in global stock markets could subside ...
Dr Vijaya Sravanthi, medical officer at MCRHRDI and overseeing the distribution, said that these are preventive pills and not a cure.
The decision was taken due to the COVID-19 outbreak
WeChat, a Chinese multi-purpose messaging app, and Chinese live-streaming platform YY have been censoring keywords related to coronavirus since ...
SBI Cards IPO: The initial public offer of SBI Cards and Payment Services will close on Thursday. The company’s IPO comprises a fresh issue of Rs 500 ...
Coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19 had led to significant travel restrictions for impacted regions. This has resulted in rescheduling and in most cases, ...
The spring gathering of finance ministers and central bankers held in Washington in April will be shifted to a “virtual format” due to the ...
Investment to be made from its India Business Excellence Fund–III
Global air cargo demand has seen a dip of 3.3 per cent in January 2020, compared to the same period in 2019 according to International Air Transport ...
Says no biometrics, cancel gatherings
The coronavirus scare in North India, coupled with the recent riots in Delhi, has slowed down pepper demand in many upcountry markets, dragging ...
The US Federal Reserve has slashed rates to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, but such formulaic responses need not work
The number of confirmed positive coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in India has climbed to 28. This includes one Delhi patient who passed on the virus to ...
Say more virulenttype accounted for 70 per cent of analysed strains
Press Trust of India The government is working intensively to ensure meaningful intervention, if needed, to deal with the impact of unfolding ...
Investors are returning to gold as a store of value after the US Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut sparked a collapse in 10-year Treasury yields.
Airlines, customs officials want them to be tagged as ‘substances affecting humans’
Infosys, Wipro and other IT companies have restricted its employees from travelling to China, Hong Kong and Macau while banning all non-essential ...
India has to work to seize the opportunity thrown up by the virus-induced disruption
Thailand has recorded one new case of coronavirus, bringing the total in the country to 33 since January, a health ministry official said on ...
Amdocs, a software and service provider for communications and media enterprises, became the latest company to withdraw from GSMA’s Mobile World ...
Hyderabad, which reported its first positive Covid-19 case two days ago, has reported its second case. A tech working for DSM has developed symptoms ...
Honda has not decided when the plants would resume
The Huoshenshan Hospital was built in 10 days by a 7,000-member crew
The death toll in China due to the novel coronavirus epidemic has crossed 1,000, while the confirmed cases have gone over 42,000, health officials ...
Government has reached out to over 600 Indians living in China’s Hubei province
Travel restrictions could hurt imports and exports, smartphone and other device launches may be postponed
Instead of culling animals once there is an outbreak, the more civilised thing to do is to examine the trade
The World Health Organization is working with officials in Thailand and China following reports of confirmation of the novel coronavirus in a person ...
Over 17 deaths have been reported in connection with the coronavirus
An Indian nurse working at a hospital in Saudi Arabia has been infected by the coronavirus amid an outbreak that has killed 17 people in China, V ...
United States (US) health authorities on Tuesday announced the first case of a person on American soil sickened by a new virus that emerged in the ...
The food market where China’s deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous ...
An agile public health system is needed to tackle Coronavirus
The deadly Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in China and abroad as the death toll due to it in this Far East country rose to 41 with 1,287 ...
Homoeopathy treatment could offer a solution to the Novel Corona Virus (nCoV) infection, which hits a person's upper respiratory system, leading to ...
Coronavirus has supposedly hit Indian shores. A suspected case of the disease has been reported in Rajasthan, following which the patient has been ...
No noticeable cancellations yet, but bookings have come down, say players
Female student from Wuhan University on enhanced health vigil
China has locked down five cities, including Wuhan
Bulk of drug intermediates used in medicines are sourced from China
The outbreak of coronavirus in China has started impacting live crab shipments from Kerala in the wake of restrictions being imposed on such ...
Confirmed cases climb to over 4,500
Fears of the spreading virus have already pushed airlines around the world to reduce flights to China
IndiGo has announced that it is suspending flights between Delhi and the Chinese city of Chengdu from February 1 to February 20. The airline has also ...
The death toll in China’s novel coronavirus outbreak on Friday climbed to 213
Coronavirus is both a crisis and an opportunity. The government can help India emerge as an alternative sourcing destination
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) believes it is critical to raise the bar for hygiene and food safety practices adopted in meat ...
A total of 124 people have been discharged from hospital after recovery
Supply chain disruptions, delays in new product launches can be expected if current situation in China persists
Over 1.41 lakh people who have come in contact with the people who contracted the virus are still under medical observation
While the novel coronavirus outbreak in China may affect production, it also poses an opportunity for India’s steelmakers, according to Steel ...
The huge vessel moored in Yokohama near Tokyo is easily the biggest coronavirus cluster outside the Chinese epicentre
The world’s pharmacies may face a shortage of antibiotics and other drugs if supply problems from China’s coronavirus outbreak cannot soon be ...
Russia has halted most air traffic to China, suspended trains to China and North Korea, and temporarily stopped issuing work visas to Chinese citizens
India depends on China for 80 per cent of its requirement of APIs
Global supply chain has been badly impacted due to Coronavirus outbreak
Prices of LED bulbs and lights may see a rise of up to 10 per cent from March as the manufacturers face supply shortage of electronic components due ...
China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday although the rise in infections remained at its slowest pace since January, a downward ...
NHC adds that 11,977 patients remained in severe condition
Eyes local manufacturing boost to combat potential supply disruptions
Shouldn’t they be in quarantine?You jest, of course, but in recent days, a number of Cassandra-esque predictions and prophecies that were made years ...
Says all efforts will be taken to ensure safety at expo kicking off on Feb 7
As inventories run down, more sectors will face headwinds: Report
Two Chinese crew members of the cargo ship Magnate were isolated at the Chennai port due to mild fever, on suspicion of the coronavirus infection.
China reported a dramatic drop in coronavirus infections on Thursday. However, scientists warned it might spread even more quickly than previously ...
ICANN attracts thousands of attendees from more than 150 countries which also include countries which have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19
Auto major says Coronavirus could have some impact on JLR’s profitability and cash flow for the fiscal
Governments across the world are starting to use more fiscal fire power to boost economies, though the shift may not be happening fast enough to ...
Another 1,614 new suspected cases were reported
International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew on Sunday with sharp rises in infections in three countries - South Korea, ...
S&P says relaxed standards may drag out repayments for years
State Health Minister Shailaja suggests home quarantine, check-ups at local hospitals
A raft of new coronavirus cases in numerous countries outside China over the weekend has redoubled concern about the ability of the illness to ...
China, the epicentre of the outbreak is one of the world’s largest PC markets.
Ninety-six deaths were reported from Hubei province
South Korean President Moon Jae-in raised the country’s virus alert to the highest “red” level
The death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World ...
Aussie, kiwi slide as outbreak's pace sparks new fears
State Health Minister to hold emergency meeting of Thrissur private hospitals today
The husband of an Illinois woman diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from a trip to China has also become infected, marking the first known ...
In the last five years alone, the world has faced outbreaks of dreaded viruses such as Ebola, Zika, Mers (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), more ...
Aggressive stimulus policies would be required to help industry and ...
In a falling market, these shares bear the brunt of selling and suffer ...
A massive shortage of truck drivers is starting to bite India’s trade, ...
With Covid-19 cases on the rise, leading automobile manufacturers, ...
Will release the predictions on Tuesday
The total number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 341
The 108 participants, aged between 18 and 60, will be tested in three ...
Multi-national tech giants like Alibaba, IBM, Microsoft and NVIDIA have ...
In Libya, and Syria’s Idlib region -- the object of intense diplomatic ...
All passenger trains and inter-State bus services halted as coronavirus ...
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