COVID-19

MP records 1,357 new coronavirus cases, ten deaths

US marks record over 2,100 coronavirus deaths in one day: Johns Hopkins data

3:51 pm April 11, 2020

Washington: The US has become the world’s first country to have registered more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day with 2,108 fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, while the number of infections in America has crossed 500,000, the highest in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data. China, where the deadly […]

Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, three deaths: NHC

3:07 pm April 11, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 46 new coronavirus cases, including four local and 34 asymptomatic infections, while three more people have died due to the global pandemic, taking the death toll in the country to 3,339, health officials said here on Saturday. According to China’s National Health Commission, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 1,183 […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump announces visa sanctions on countries refusing to repatriate their nationals

8:04 am April 11, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a new visa sanction norm, providing for visa denial to citizens of countries which either deny or dilly-dally in repatriating their citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump issued the memorandum for visa sanctions, which would be effective immediately and valid till December 31, this year, saying the […]

Uttarakhand govt to seek lockdown extension till Apr 30

10:50 pm April 10, 2020

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday prepared a detailed action plan to be submitted to the Centre seeking extension of the coronavirus lockdown till April 30, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets chief ministers to take stock of the situation. The proposed action plan was worked out at a meeting […]

Nepal, India agree to enhance cooperation in fight against coronavirus

7:52 pm April 10, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday agreed to enhance cooperation to further intensify the fight against the coronavirus and underlined the need of taking care of the citizens left stranded in each other’s country due to the lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic. Oli and […]