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Global Coronavirus Cases Cross 700,000 Mark; Death Toll Over 33,500
The number of coronavirus cases around the world crossed the 700,000 mark near midnight on Monday, with the US comprising over a seventh of them, while the death toll crossed the 33,500 mark, with Italy (10,779) and Spain (6,606) accounting for over half of them, as the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre.....
Coronavirus Pandemic: Wimbledon 2020 To Be 'cancelled'
After the postponement of this years Roland Garros, the Wimbledon championships, scheduled to be played between June 29 to July 12, is set to be cancelled amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ....
Coronavirus: New Delhi's JLN Stadium To Be Used For Quarantine
New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will be used as a quarantine facility to house patients infected by the coronavirus pandemic. The District Magistrate in its order to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday morning had requisited the complex for quarantine purposes as the country grapples with the pandemic that has infected more than 1000 people in India.....
1,600 Foreigners Stranded In Goa, Many To Depart By April 3, 4: CM
Nearly 1,600 foreigner nationals are stuck in Goa, due to the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown in place in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.....
NTA Postpones JEE (Main) Exams To Last Week Of May
The National Testing Agency on Tuesday said that it was postponing the JEE (Main) April 2020 examinations scheduled on April 5, 7 to 9 and April 11. The testing agency has now proposed to conduct these exams in the last week of May 2020.....
Pietersen Roasts Ahmed Shehzad In Hilarious Instagram Banter
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has been interviewing cricketers through Instagram live ever since the cricket calendar grinded to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic.....
24 Test Covid-19 Positive In Nizamuddin, Area Sanitised
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has deployed 40 Dengue Breeding Checking (DBC) and 50 sanitation workers for mass disinfection in the Nizamuddin area, here on Tuesday.....
Karnataka CM Donates A Year's Salary To Coronavirus Relief Fund
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday announced donating his one-year salary to the relief fund set up to fight coronavirus.....
Wrong Time To Reduce Interest Rates On Small Savings: Chidambaram
Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has slammed the government for reducing the interest rates on small savings and PPF and said it may be "technically correct but it's wrong time" as the country is amid lockdown due to fear of coronavirus and people have no way of income. ....
Kejriwal Announces Rs 1 Crore Ex-gratia For Medical Staff If They Die Treating Corona Patient
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that Rs 1 crore will be given to the family of a health care professional if he or she died treating coronavirus patients. ....
