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Things to know about Hydroxychloroquine, the 'unproven' coronavirus drug?

Hydroxychloroquine is an inexpensive and easily available drug. However, its demand has risen dramatically ever since it was named as a possible treatment for Covid-19

Covid-19 not to be called 'Wuhan virus': US and China finally agree

From China's standpoint, the friction also has limited benefits, especially when Beijing is seeking to cast itself around the world as a pandemic benefactor.

Covid-19 crisis may drag 400 mn Indian workers further into poverty: ILO

In India, with a share of almost 90% of people working in the informal economy, about 400 million workers in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the crisis

Covid-19: Trump accuses WHO of being 'China-centric', puts hold on funding

"We're going to put a hold on money spent on WHO. It's a great organisation, if it works. But when they call every shot wrong, that's not good," Trump said.

Coronavirus spread: PM Modi calls up his Swedish counterpart, Oman sultan

Modi and Lofven also discussed over telephone the novel coronavirus pandemic and the steps being taken in their respective countries for controlling its health and economic impacts.

Boris Johnson stable in ICU with Covid-19, remains in 'good spirits'

Johnson, 55, was tested positive for coronavirus more than 10 days ago and was admitted to the hospital a day earlier

Wipro to hold Board meeting on April 15, to announce Q4 and FY20 results

Markets regulator Sebi has also given relaxation of 45 days to companies for filing fourth-quarter results and one-month extension to file results for 2019-20

Cash-starved small businesses defer wages amid coronavirus lockdown

India's nationwide lockdown, set to end April 14, has left millions of migrant workers stranded without any other source of income

No decision on extending national lockdown, don't speculate: Govt

Earlier in the day, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu gave a statement supporting calls for extending the lockdown

CBI alerts all state police about cyber criminals targeting hospitals

The Interpol has issued a purple notice alerting all its 194 member countries about such activities

Covid-19 impact: Indian economy likely to grow 2% in FY21, says Icra

The rating agency said nationwide lockdown announced to contain the coronavirus outbreak has impacted industries

SBI reduces MCLR by 35 bps, cuts savings rate by 25 bps on all deposits

SBI rate cut: The savings rate has been reduced to 2.75 per cent from 3 per cent

Ensure safety of nurses, Kerala CM writes letters to Thackeray, Kejriwal

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said 46 nurses from Kerala have been infected by Covid-19 in Mumbai and 5 nurses have been infected in Delhi

Govt may need Rs 5 trn more to boost economy hit by Covid-19: Subhash Garg

He also suggested that the government should directly borrow it from the RBI instead of borrowing from the market

Sonia Gandhi writes to PM, suggests measures to fight Covid-19 outbreak

Suspend Central Vista project, stop media advertisements to save money to fight Covid-19, Sonia Gandhi wrote in her letter to PM Modi

Police at Uddhav Thackeray residence to be tested for coronavirus infection

The home minister also asked people living in containment zones not to panic and cooperate with the state government by not stepping out of their homes

Britain may see 66,000 deaths due to Covid-19; highest in Europe: Study

More than 5,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Britain; death toll trajectory already steeper than other nations

From India's lockdown to Boris Johnson's ICU: Coronavirus news in pictures

The number of Covid-19 cases has reached 1,352,173 worldwide, and 75,294 people have died so far

Around 80,000 jobs expected to be cut due to coronavirus lockdown: Report

The expectation of retrenchment of 20 per cent of employees by those featured in the survey amounts to 78,592 people.

72-year-old man is the first to die of coronavirus in Odisha

The number of coronavirus cases in Odisha has gone up to 42; state govt makes face masks mandatory