Central government has advised to keep multiplexes shut till the end of the month New Delhi: Amid growing concerns with respect to Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, multiplex chain PVR cinemas on Thursday announced that all their cinema halls in Kerala, New Delhi and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will remain shut till 31st March. This…

In a drastic step to curb the spread of coronavirus, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced Covid19 as an epidemic in some parts of the state and ordered the closure of auditoriums, cinema halls, gardens, swimming pools and gyms in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Nagpur from Friday midnight, till further orders. Uddhav…

An Indian was among 13 new persons identified with coronavirus in Singapore on Friday taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the island-nation to 200. The 36-year old Indian, listed as case number 189, is a likely imported case as he was in India from February 21 to March 1, reported the Channel News…

The central government approached Rajasthan to gain information about the line of treatment followed to cure a Coronavirys patient in the state. Doctors in Rajasthan had, in consultation with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), for the first time in India, followed a unique line of treatment, combining Lopinavir/Ritonavir, drugs usually given as a…

New Delhi: Hours after the Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested ‘Salman’ alias ‘Nanhe’ in the murder case Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the northeast Delhi violence, the accused has revealed some chilling new details about the crime. Sources in the special cell told ZEE News that the killers knew that Sharma was…

Even as governments around the world struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, many officials are themselves falling victim to the pathogen, undermining global efforts to address the crisis. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada put himself in isolation after his wife tested positive, and a number of other senior officials from Britain to Iran to Australia were…

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…