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Many countries 'unprepared' to face Coronavirus: Global health monitor

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent body created by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, hailed 'the speed of response so far' by China

Bank of England holds interest rate at 0.75% after slowdown fears allay

Most economists think the economy will have done well to eke out growth any higher than 1 per cent last year

MEPs demand universal mobile phone charger setting up clash with Apple

The US company insists that its Lightning cable that charges its iPhones is part of a stand for "innovation"

China orders farmers to ramp up food production amid coronavirus outbreak

The government in Beijing has taken extraordinary steps to combat the spread of the new coronavirus

US hits Russia railroad co with sanctions over passenger services to Crimea

The Treasury Department handed down the new sanctions on Wednesday two days before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due in Kyiv to meet with the Ukrainian president and other officials

White House bars Bolton from releasing book, cites 'top secret' material

The National Security Council said after preliminary review of the manuscript that it contained "significant amounts of classified information."

Microsoft says improving sales led to 38% rise in profits in Dec quarter

The earnings highlighted Microsoft's successful transition from a pure consumer software firm to a diversified tech giant focused heavily on business services.

Germany's Bosch warns 'peak car production' may already lie in the past

Bosch is pumping massive investments into electric mobility and autonomous and connected driving

DCB Bank posts PBT of Rs 131 crore in Q3; net profit improves to Rs 97 cr

DCB Bank's total income was up 13.66 per cent at Rs 990.89 crore during the quarter under review as against Rs 871.78 crore in the corresponding period a year ago

Xi warns Coronavirus 'accelerating', China facing 'grave situation'

A new SARS-like virus that has infected nearly 1,300 people across the country, state media reported Saturday

'Nobody can leave': Wuhan residents stock up post Coronavirus outbreak

The barricade, at one of the tolls for highways exiting the city, was blocked with red and yellow plastic barriers and cones

China enforces vast quarantine to contain virus, case emerges in Nepal

Nepal confirms one case and Europe two in France as virus spreads quickly across countries.

Death toll in China virus jumps to 41, cases rise to nearly 1,300

Fifteen new deaths all took place in Wuhan, the city of 11 million where the deadly respiratory contagion first emerged.

ITI's follow-on offering sees 6% subscription at end of first day

Shares closed at Rs 91 on Friday, down 2 per cent. They have declined 10 per cent since the announcement of the FPO price

PM Boris Johnson signs agreement for Britain to leave European Union

'Today I have signed the Withdrawal Agreement for the UK to leave the EU on January 31st, honouring the democratic mandate of the British people,' Johnson said

Greta Thunberg says climate demands 'completely ignored' at Davos

Her demand for an immediate halt to investment in fossil fuels also prompted a stingingly personal aside from US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Companies announce clinical trials for vaccine against China virus

At least four companies say they are working 'very rapidly' to find a vaccine.

Huawei exec's fate in limbo as Canada court adjourns extradition hearing

US seeks extradition of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in December 2018 during a flight stopover in Vancouver.

China quarantines cities to curb virus, but WHO says no global emergency

The respiratory virus has claimed 18 lives since emerging from a seafood and animal market in the central city of Wuhan.

'No more birth tourism': US to impose visa restrictions for pregnant women

"Visa applicants deemed by consular officers to be coming to the US primarily to give birth will now be treated like other foreigners coming to the US for medical treatment"