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Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess (ANI photo)

Ship with coronavirus on board has turned into a floating prison

There are more than 3,700 people on the ship, a thousand of them crew members working hard below decks and the passenger...

14 Feb 2020 2:30 AM IST

Tanla Solutions CMD Uday Reddy.

Tanla Solutions pulls out of Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus...

CMD Uday Reddy says the company had geared up to showcase its next-gen solutions at MWC

13 Feb 2020 8:56 PM IST

The app has been developed by the General Office of the State Council, the National Health Commission and China Electronics Technology Group Corporations (CETC). (Photo: ANI)

China rolls out 'close contact' app for coronavirus

The close contact detector app allows users to scan a QR code via mobile apps like Alipay, WeChat or QQ to make an...

13 Feb 2020 7:18 AM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

Modiji, please save us': Indian crew from ship

This takes the total number of coronavirus positives on the ship to nearly 140.

11 Feb 2020 1:45 AM IST

Workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai on February 9, 2020 with workers returning to work on Monday after the extended holiday due to the virus scare and the Lunar New Year. (AFP)

China stutters back to work as virus deaths soar

With toll topping 900, world health agency says there is concern about overseas cases

10 Feb 2020 8:31 AM IST

Apple remains heavily reliant on China both for smartphone sales as well as for its supply chain and manufacturing.

Apple to delay reopening of retail stores in China

Earlier, Apple said it would shut all of its official stores and corporate offices in mainland China until Feb.9 due to...

10 Feb 2020 7:44 AM IST

Tesla has been burning through cash to produce the Model 3.

Shanghai to help Tesla resume production amid coronavirus spread

Tesla warned it would see a 1-1.5-week delay in the ramp-up of Shanghai-built Model 3 cars as a result of the epidemic

10 Feb 2020 7:38 AM IST

Foxconn looking into the complaint made by China Labor Watch.

Shenzhen denies blocking Apple supplier Foxconn from resuming...

Tens of thousands of workers had already returned from an extended new year holiday and were waiting to start work on...

10 Feb 2020 7:26 AM IST

Earlier, an Indian student at Wuhan University in China tested positive in Kerala, which was the first case of coronavirus in India

A natural mutant or a manmade bioweapon?

Coronavirus is so-named because the spikes that protrude from its cell membranes "resemble the sun's corona.

10 Feb 2020 1:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Modi offers Xi India's help in battling corona

He also thanked Mr Xi for facilitating the evacuation of around 650 Indian citizens from China's Hubei province.

10 Feb 2020 12:57 AM IST

A final decision on a name for virus is expected within days. (AFP)

No, you can't call it the Wuhan virus

The World Health Organisation does not use place names to identify viruses to avoid stigma

8 Feb 2020 10:56 AM IST

The impact of coronavirus is still uncertain, but Japanese brokerage Nomura expects Chinas GDP growth to slow from 6 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2019 to 3.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 (previously 5.8 per cent), before rebounding to 6.4 per cent in the second quarter.

Coronavirus to slow China GDP growth to 3.8 per cent in Q1

According to Nomura, the first quarter growth rate in China may dip to 3.8 per cent before a bounce back in Q2 on...

8 Feb 2020 1:57 AM IST