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Coronavirus: WhatsApp launches information hub in tie-up with WHO, UNDP

Facebook-owned messaging app donates $1 million to fact-checking group

Covid-19: ICMR to set up 2 rapid testing labs, 49 more testing centres

A rapid testing laboratory will be equipped to test as many as 1,400 samples each day

Nearly 14,000 new coronavirus cases reported globally in 24 hours: WHO

Cases of the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has been reported in over 130 countries, including India, where over 110 people have been infected

Covid-19 pandemic can deal MSMEs a serious blow: CRISIL SME Tracker

The World Health Organisation has declared Covid-19 a pandemic, as more than 114 countries have reported cases of the affliction. This has material implications for the global economy

Busting myths: As Coronavirus spreads, so do fake WhatsApp forwards

Fake information and WhatsApp forwards are adding to coronavirus myths as countries scramble to control panic and knee jerk reaction

LVMH to start manufacturing hand sanitisers amid COVID-19 outbreak

The World Health Organisation has declared that Europe has become the new 'epicentre' of the coronavirus pandemic

World closes borders, restricts travel to contain coronavirus spread

Countries have shuttered museums, tourist attractions and sporting events to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission, with more than 138,000 people worldwide infected and more than 5,000 dead.

Coronavirus can be controlled: Over 68,000 have recovered so far globally

Over 50,000 people have recovered in China's Hubei province, which is the worst-hit; Iran has seen over 2,900 recoveries

Covid19 impact: Australia's Richardson quarantined, to miss 1st ODI vs NZ

With Kane missing the first ODI, pacer Sean Abbott has joined the squad as cover

Nestle, HUL, Asian Paints, Airtel stocks show resilience amid market mayhem

All these stocks' fortunes are linked to domestic consumption, rather than global growth.

Coronavirus: As pandemic worsens, world witnesses more bans, lockdowns

It was an outbreak moving, at once, both glacially and explosively, with a virus first detected three months ago in China creeping across borders and producing eruptive outbreaks that have crippled ar

As WHO declares Coronavirus a pandemic, what's next for people and govts?

The 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak and the 2016 Zika outbreak were not pandemics since they did not impact as many people as Coronavirus despite spreading in more than one country

Rupee can slip 3% more; rate cut, regulatory intervention needed

In the past few sessions, the move in the Rupee has been largely offshore driven, taking precariously close to a new all-time low of 74.48 against the US Dollar

Dow enters bear market territory as WHO declares Coronavirus pandemic

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks plunged on Wednesday, with the Dow <.DJI> confirming a bear market for the first time since the financial crisis after the World Health Organization called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

Coronavirus outbreak: It's safe to travel, SpiceJet, GoAir tell customers

Flight occupancy and fresh bookings have dropped over ten per cent in last few days as individuals and corporates defer trips. International travel is already hit due to a series of visa restrictions

WHO calls Coronavirus a pandemic, UK and Italy announce war chests

A pandemic is an epidemic on a far greater geographic scale that affects a much large number of people

Coronavirus: Ola, Uber, Flipkart, Swiggy, Zomato gear up for the challenge

These people are more vulnerable to such kind of infection and consumer internet companies are providing them with all the support ranging from health information to masks and sanitisers.

Threat of Coronavirus pandemic 'has become very real': WHO Chief

"Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told a news conference.

Over a million screened for Coronavirus at airports, checkposts in UP

Till date, 3,014 travellers from corona-affected countries had been identified and tracked by district surveillance units, all are under watch

'This is not a drill': WHO urges world to take Coronavirus more seriously

The epidemic has wreaked havoc on international business, tourism, sports events and schools, with almost 300 million students sent home worldwide