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Antonio Guterress statement came ahead of the UN General Assembly session where Pakistan has said that it would raise the issue of Kashmir. The country is rattled by the Indian governments move to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

UN chief urges Africa to take urgent steps to stem coronavirus growth

Guterres said the UN and African countries are working together in fight against the pandemic.

16 April 2020 12:02 PM IST

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 photo provided by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research, a pharmacy technologist using a biosafety level 2 hood prepares a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate for testing in Kansas City, Mo. This early safety study, called a Phase 1 trial, is using a vaccine candidate developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (Photo | AP)

China dispatches 650,000 medical kits to India; more procurement in...

Earlier, 2 major consignments of medical kits have been sent to India from China.

16 April 2020 11:19 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo)

Coronavirus: Trump says US has 'passed the peak', vows to reopen...

A bullish Trump told reporters his "aggressive strategy" against the virus was working.

16 April 2020 10:37 AM IST

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Coronavirus: India ships paracetamol to UK

The shipment followed India's decision to lift export restrictions on essential drugs

15 April 2020 5:16 PM IST

A medical official checks a patient to ensure the possibilities of COVID-19 disease during a nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. PTI Photo

Covid-19 cases crosses 2 million mark worldwide

Europe is the hardest hit continent, with 1,010,858 cases and 85,271 fatalities.

15 April 2020 4:55 PM IST

Indias IT professionals have had a good run in regularly getting about 70 per cent of 85,000 H-1B visas each year.

Extension of non-immigrant visa holders in US on case-by-case basis:...

According to the USCIS, Indians are the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa programme.

15 April 2020 1:15 PM IST

A Montefiore Medical Center employee walks past signs thanking the medical staff in New York. AFP photo

Covid-19 pandemic: New York's death toll crosses 10,000 mark

The New York governor also slams Trump for claiming he has total authority to reopen economy.

15 April 2020 11:34 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo- AP)

US freezes funding for WHO over alleged mismangement of coronavirus...

Funding to be frozen pending a review into the WHO's mismanagement of crisis

15 April 2020 11:16 AM IST

TV grab taken from the World Health Organization website shows WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he delivers a news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 30, 2020. (AFP)

Coronavirus 10 times deadlier than Swine Flu, says WHO

WHO chief lamented that some countries are seeing a doubling of cases every three to four days

14 April 2020 6:29 PM IST

An empty arrival area at Tribhuvan International airpot in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP Photo

Nepal: Government extends lockdown period till April 27

The country has been under lockdown since March 24.

14 April 2020 4:42 PM IST

Vietnams Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) addresses a live video conference on the special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Hanoi on Tuesday. (AFP)

Vietnam urges Asean to set up Covid-19 emergency fund

Hanoi is chairing an Asean meeting on Covid-19, with the country touting its success so far.

14 April 2020 2:50 PM IST

The United Nations Headquarters in New York will remain closed in the forthcoming weekend due to the ongoing cash crisis. (Photo: ANI)

Over 180 deaths, 3 deaths across United Nations system worldwide

However, the spokesman did not provide further details or a country-wise break-up of the cases.

14 April 2020 12:47 PM IST