Twenty-two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections in the state to 557, the Health department said on Thursday.

The Indian missions in the UAE have opened online registration for the expatriates who wish to fly back home after getting stuck in the country amidst the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A 35-year old Indian woman, who was five months pregnant, was founded murdered in her apartment and her husband was found dead in an apparent suicide in the Hudson River near here, authorities said.

The White House Wednesday explained that its Twitter handle typically 'follows' the accounts of officials from host countries for a brief period during a presidential trip to retweet their messages in support of the visit.

Almost 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, nearly half of the global workforce, face an immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the continued sharp decline in working hours because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Labour Organization has said.

 After a television journalist in Kerala's Kasaragod tested positive for coronavirus, the health authorities here advised the district Collector, his driver and gunman to go into self-quarantine. The district Collector had given an interview to the journalist a few days ago.