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  Singapore reports fourth death day after confirming 74 COVID-19 cases

  World | April 02, 2020 9:41 IST

  Seven Indian nationals were among 74 new coronavirus cases reported in Singapore on Wednesday, the highest daily increase in COVID-19 positive patients in the country. The total number of infections is 1,000. Twenty of the new cases are imported, with a travel history to Australia, Europe, South America, Africa, ASEAN and other parts of Asia, said the Ministry.

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  COVID-19: After pay cut, GoAir tells staff that portion of March salary has been deferred to April

  India | April 01, 2020 16:12 IST

  After introducing a pay cut for all employees on March 25 as the coronavirus pandemic drastically impacted the aviation sector, GoAir CEO Vinay Dube told the employees on Wednesday that a portion of their March's salary has been deferred to April.

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  COVID-19: Scientists identify 8 strains of coronavirus

  Science | April 01, 2020 15:35 IST

  Even as researchers across the world work overtime to understand the evolution of the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, scientists have identified at least eight strains of coronavirus doing the rounds globally. 

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  Punjab: 3 more test positive for coronavirus; tally rises to 44

  India | April 01, 2020 15:24 IST

  Three more tested positive in Punjab on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 44, officials said.

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  6 new COVID-19 positive cases reported from Noida, taking total to 45

  India | April 01, 2020 15:07 IST

  As many as six new cases of novel coronavirus have been reported from Noida area of Uttar Pradesh. According to the details, the new cases have been reported from Gautam Budh Nagar, taking the total in Noida to 45. 

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  China lockdown may have prevented 7 lakh COVID-19 cases, claim researchers

  World | April 01, 2020 14:53 IST

  For the findings, the researchers used a unique combination of case reports, human movement data and public health intervention information to investigate the spread and control of COVID-19. They examined the movements of 4.3 million people out of Wuhan before the travel ban, the types and timing of control measures implemented across the cities of China and the numbers of COVID-19 cases reported each day in every city.

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  As COVID-19 death toll in NYC rises, 85 trucks converted into make-shift morgues

  World | April 01, 2020 12:07 IST

  It has become a grim ritual outside New York City’s hospitals: workers in protective gear loading the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated trailers.

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  Coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet, claims MIT scientist

  Science | April 01, 2020 11:57 IST

  According to the MIT researcher, "owing to the forward momentum of the cloud, pathogen-bearing droplets are propelled much farther than if they were emitted in isolation without a turbulent puff cloud trapping and carrying them forward". She explained that that the range of the droplets, both large and small, is extended through their interaction with and trapping within the turbulent gas cloud.

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  UP reports first COVID-19 death after 25-year-old dies in Gorakhpur

  India | April 01, 2020 13:11 IST

  Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh: A 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh has died due to coronavirus in Gorakhpur. With this, the state reported its first fatality, where the tally has reached 100. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is taking strict actions to ensure lockdown orders are being followed in the state.

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  Coronavirus death toll in West Bengal rises to 5, 37 COVID-19 positive in state so far

  India | April 01, 2020 9:34 IST

  The death count from coronavirus rose to five in West Bengal. On tuesday the death of COVID-19 infected women triggered demonstrations by nurses of a state-run hospital who alleged that the authorities had refused to keep her in isolation.

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  COVID-19 Crisis Updates: April 1, 2020

  World | April 01, 2020 23:26 IST

  Coronavirus Live Updates: The global death toll due to novel coronavirus has crossed the 45 thousand-mark, while the total confirmed cases stand at 9,12,098. 

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  No shortage of medicines to combat coronavirus outbreak: Govt

  Business | March 31, 2020 19:46 IST

  The Centre on Tuesday asserted that there is no shortage of medicines to combat the coronavirus outbreak and the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) is regularly monitoring the distribution and addressing issues with the help of other departments, states and Union Territories.

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  SpiceJet to cut up to 30 per cent salary of employees in March

  Business | March 31, 2020 18:02 IST

  Budget carrier SpiceJet has decided to cut up to 30 per cent salary of its employees in March with Chairman Ajay Singh opting for highest 30 per cent trimming in compensation, the airline said in an e-mail communication to the staff on Tuesday.

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  COVID-19: Pay-and-use quarantine units at 50 hotels in Odisha

  India | March 31, 2020 17:04 IST

  At least a dozen hotels have been roped in by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to offer quarantine facilities to people at a price in the state capital, while similar arrangements have been made in around 26 hotels in neighbouring Cuttack as part of measures taken by the state government to contain the spread of COVID-19, they said.

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  Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants: SC to Centre

  India | March 31, 2020 16:38 IST

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct 'bhajan-kirtan' and 'namaz' to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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  Dalai Lama donates to PM-CARES Fund, extends support to govt efforts to combat coronavirus

  India | March 31, 2020 15:43 IST

  The Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his support to the measures being taken by India, within the country, and among SAARC nations, to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

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  20,000 houses marked home quarantine in Delhi as COVID-19 cases surge

  India | March 31, 2020 13:07 IST

  Amid the rising graph of coronavirus cases in the country, over 20,000 houses have been marked as ''home quarantine'' by the Delhi government in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal said on Tuesday.

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  230 COVID-19 positive cases in Maharashtra so far; check district-wise list

  India | March 31, 2020 11:14 IST

  Maharashtra has reported a total of 225 coronavirus confirmed cases after 5 new cases emerged in the state on Monday. The state death toll stands at 8 while 25 people have recovered from COVID-19. Out of 225 cases in Maharashtra, Mumbai has the highest number of cases at 81 after one more case was reported on Monday.

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  5 of a family in Lucknow contract coronavirus from infected member; UP toll at 82

  India | March 31, 2020 12:28 IST

  Five members of a family have contracted COVID-19 from another member who was already infected with coronavirus in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

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  24 Nizamuddin congregation attendees found coronavirus positive; Telangana, Andhra, TN on high alert

  India | March 31, 2020 16:16 IST

  Nizamuddin Religious Congregation amid Coronavirus Pandemic: 24 people who attended the Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin from March 1-15 have been found coronavirus positive, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said.