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44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

10 coronavirus positive cases in Maha: Uddhav Thackeray

11:31 pm March 11, 2020

Mumbai: Two persons from Mumbai on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of such cases in Maharashtra to 10, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said. There are eight coronavirus positive cases in Pune, the chief minister told reporters at Vidhan Bhawan. Thackeray also indicated that the ongoing budget session of state legislature, scheduled till […]

Coronavirus cases to single-digit in Wuhan, China reports rise in 'imported cases'

China to ease travel curbs within locked-down province

7:26 pm March 10, 2020

Wuhan: Hard-hit Hubei, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China, will relax travel restrictions to allow healthy people to move within the province, officials said on Tuesday. Hubei has been under lockdown since January with some 56 million people under quarantine, but the number of cases has declined in recent weeks. According to the […]

Pune start-up develops eco-friendly hand sanitiser

Coronavirus: New York launches its own hand sanitizer

11:53 pm March 9, 2020

New York: New York — under a state of emergency following a coronavirus outbreak — on Monday launched its own brand of hand sanitizer, made by jail inmates. Governor Andrew Cuomo said 100,000 gallons of “NYS Clean” would be produced a week by prisoners, who already manufacture soap, to meet shortages. “This is a superior […]

Two men arrested for smuggling gold worth Rs 26 lakh at Delhi airport

Coronavirus: Passengers from US, France, Spain to be segregated at airports

10:25 pm March 9, 2020

New Delhi: Passengers from 15 countries, including the US, France and Spain, will also be segregated from other passengers till the conveyor belt areas at airports, according to the AAI. Passengers from arriving from China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hongkong, Vietnam, Nepal and Indonesia are already being segregated from other arriving […]

IndiGo cancels flights to Doha till March 17

7:24 pm March 9, 2020

Mumbai: Budget carrier IndiGo on Monday said it is cancelling flights to Doha till March 17, following travel ban imposed by Qatar on Indian nationals due to coronavirus scare. Qatar has temporarily banned entry of people coming from India and 13 other countries in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, which has infected thousands of people. […]