The World Bank on Sunday said the coronavirus outbreak has severely disrupted the Indian economy, magnifying pre-existing risks to its outlook.
The US death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy's for the highest in the world Saturday at about 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smoldering hot spots of contagion before they erupt.
Iran says US-Israeli attacks have killed 555 people so far in Iran
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted drones targeting its Ras Tanura oil refinery
Middle East crisis: Airlines monitor situation, Akasa Air cancels Gulf flights till Mar 3
Efforts on to bring back 109 people from Karnataka stuck in West Asia: Min. Krishna Byre Gowda
Kuwait's Defence Ministry says 'several' US warplanes crashed in country, all crew survived
Centre prepared to bring back Indians stranded in West Asia: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Man dies, pillon rider injured in bike accident in Karnataka
Fire, smoke seen inside US Embassy compound in Kuwait
West Asia conflict: Kerala postpones SSLC, Higher Secondary exams in Gulf region
Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
Stranded Sindhu set to miss All England Championships; Lakshya and others set for stiff fight
Ajit Pawar's son shares video alleging VSR Ventures owner slept in pilot’s seat; demands arrest
Bangladesh has executed a former military captain for his involvement in the 1975 coup in which the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, nearly four-and-a-half decades after the massacre.
London: The UK's Opposition Labour Party on Saturday joined calls alongside Indian-origin doctors for a probe into the disproportionate number of black and minority ethnic (BAME) medics dying from the novel coronavirus in the country.
A hasty lifting of restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a fatal resurgence of the new coronavirus, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday.
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against an Indian man for running a software company that pushed deceptive advertisements and misinformation about coronavirus outbreak on social media platforms by bypassing its advertising review process.
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 16,000 lives and infected over 460,000 people in the US, devastating the country's economy and rendering a record 16 million workers jobless in just three weeks.
In a relief to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the High Court in London has deferred hearings on a plea by the SBI-led consortium of Indian banks, seeking the indebted tycoon to be declared bankrupt to enable them recover a loan of around 1.145 billion pounds from him.
The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 90,000 on Thursday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1630 GMT from official sources.
