WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said he may get tested for coronavirus but clarified that he is not taking the test because he has recently been in contact with people who have contracted the virus. Trump, during a press conference on coronavirus, said that he would “most likely” get tested but…

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Friday he is stepping down from the company’s board to focus on philanthropy. Gates was Microsoft’s CEO until 2000 and since then has gradually scaled back his involvement in the company he started with Paul Allen in 1975. He transitioned out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft in 2008 and…

New Delhi: The United States released USD 50 billion in federal funds for the battle against the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump announced a national state of emergency. ‘We’ll remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver our people the care that they need and that they’re entitled to,’ the President said in his message….

The Robert Koch Institute has added Madrid and South Tirol to its list of areas where the risk of contracting coronavirus is high, while the US has declared a state of emergency. Follow DW for the latest. The US has declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 Spain,…

Guatemala is blocking arrivals from the US and Canada after the country confirmed its first case of coronavirus. Until now, Latin America and Africa had been largely untouched by the virus. Follow DW for the latest. The US has declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 Spain, the…

India reported its second death from COVID-19, a 68-year-old woman who died in Delhi. 7.36 am: Pakistan has said that it will participate in a teleconference between heads of the members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, on ways to combat the coronavirus pandemic, ANI reports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Friday…

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Friday he is stepping down from the company’s board to focus on philanthropy. Gates was Microsoft’s CEO until 2000 and since then has gradually scaled back his involvement in the company he started with Paul Allen in 1975. He transitioned out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft in 2008 and…

BJP nominees Ram Chander Jangra, Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Congress’ Deepender Singh Hooda, all candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Haryana, filed their nominations here on Friday. All three Rajya Sabha seat aspirants submitted their nomination papers for the elections on Friday — the last day fixed for the purpose. They are set to…

In yet another jolt to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), former minister Jagdish Singh Garcha quit the party along with his brother Maan Singh Garcha and nephew Harpreet Singh Garcha Thursday and joined expelled party leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. While Jagdish Singh Garcha remained a MLA from Kila Raipur, Harpreet is a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak…

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh evokes extreme reactions, through his speeches and actions. His nomination for a second term in the Rajya Sabha, amid controversy over Jyotiraditya Scindia joining the BJP, has also raised conflicting voices. While a section of the party feels that his re-nomination is a sign of deterioration of the Congress, others feel…

New Delhi: Days after Jyotiraditya Scindia’s shocking move to the BJP, the Congress on Friday asserted that no “brain drain” was happening in the party and said young leaders would be attended to and given responsible positions going forward. Dismissing suggestions that there could be more leaders who may quit the party after Scindia, the…

The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for Rajya Sabha elections . There were no major surprises, but some omissions were glaring and veterans like Ashok Gehlot, Digvijaya Singh and Bhupinder Singh Hooda had their way. Given the lobbying by several top leaders, party leaders said there is heartburn and predicted that the rumblings may come out…