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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

The United States added, FRI will signal new investment opportunities for a broad range of flexible resources in India such as natural gas and batteries .

US okays sale of missile, torpedoes worth $155 million to India

Pentagon said that the proposed sale of these equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the...

14 April 2020 11:01 AM IST