18 Mar, 23:32 (IST)

Embassy of India in United States of America (USA) releases updated advisory for Indian students in USA in view of COVID19 pandemic.

18 Mar, 23:32 (IST)

Embassy of India in United States of America (USA) releases updated advisory for Indian students in USA in view of COVID19 pandemic.

18 Mar, 22:34 (IST)

PM Narendra Modi to address the nation Thursday evening on coronavirus outbreak and ways to contain it

18 Mar, 22:08 (IST)

All ongoing examinations, including that of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) & university exams, may be rescheduled after March 31: Ministry of Human Resource Development

18 Mar, 22:04 (IST)

Police Commissionerate, Noida: In view of emergency situation arising out of threat of Coronavirus & following section 144 of CrPC, it is announced that no social, political, cultural, religious, sports and business gatherings shall be allowed in Gautam Buddh Nagar district till April 5 

18 Mar, 22:04 (IST)

Police Commissionerate, Noida: In view of emergency situation arising out of threat of Coronavirus & following section 144 of CrPC, it is announced that no social, political, cultural, religious, sports and business gatherings shall be allowed in Gautam Buddh Nagar district till April 5 

18 Mar, 21:06 (IST)

Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad will remain closed for visitors from March 19 to March 29 in order to control the spread of #coronavirus: Sabarmati Ashram Preservation & Memorial Trust

18 Mar, 20:08 (IST)

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi likely to take oath as Rajya Sabha MP at 11am tomorrow. President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated him to the Rajya Sabha.

18 Mar, 19:43 (IST)

National Investigation Agency files chargesheet against 9 suspected Khalistan Zindabad Force terrorists in Punjab drone arms drop case.Further investigation against absconding accused Gurmeet Singh and Ranjit Singh continues

18 Mar, 19:41 (IST)

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2020.

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Mumbai, March 18: On Tuesday, several new cases of COVID-19 were reported from across the country. While the number of infected people in Maharashtra and Karnataka shot up,  West Bengal confirmed the first coronavirus case in the state, days after several other provinces began reporting COVID-19 infections. The first coronavirus victim in the northeastern state - an 18-year-old male - has a travel history to the United Kingdom.

China has given the go-ahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the COVID19 epidemic that has killed more than 7,000 people worldwide.

The situation in the US is extremely worrisome as the cases of novel coronavirus are rising exponentially in the country. The number of COVID-19 positive cases rose fivefold in the US compared to last week, when around 1,000 cases were reported in the nation. The number of deaths due to coronavirus has surged to 91 in the nation, making it the worst affected among the group of nations in South America and North America combined.

On Wednesday, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was placed under preventive arrest. He was sitting on dharna near Ramada hotel in Bengaluru, allegedly after he was not allowed by Police to visit it.

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