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Global cases of coronavirus exceed 1.76 million: India cases at 8,446; US death toll overtakes Italy’s

Global cases of coronavirus exceed 1.76 million: India cases at 8,446; US death toll overtakes Italy’s Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have exceeded 1.76 million globally, with the death toll surpassing 108,000, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Here is what we know so far: The total number of cases on the Chinese mainland has reached […]
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah directs BSF to ensure that no cross border movement is allowed

Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah reviewed border guarding arrangements, at India – Pakistan and India – Bangladesh borders, with BSF Command and Sector Headquarters through video-conferencing on Thursday. Shah directed that vigil on border may be intensified, especially along the unfenced area, to ensure that no cross border movement is allowed. The
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Need to work shoulder-to-shoulder to counter COVID-19 pandemic, PM interacts with CM’s to take a call on extension of Lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held video conferencing meet with the Chief Ministers of all the states, wearing a “cloth mask” on his face, to discuss the novel coronavirus situation in the country. Prime Minister Modi told the Chief Ministers that he is available round the clock. This is the third time that Modi […]
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Naveen Patnaik extends Covid-19 lockdown till April 30, Odisha becomes first state to do so,the state is proposing to conduct one lakh rapid tests in the state as soon as possible

Amid unconfirmed speculation about the nationwide lockdown due to end on April 14, Odisha has become the first Indian state to extend the ongoing lockdown. In a video statement on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that his government has decided to extend the lockdown period in Odisha till April 30. “During ongoing lockdown period […]
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COVID-19 impact on world economy. Global trade will plunge by up to a third in 2020 amid pandemic: WTO

Global trade could plummet by a third this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Wednesday, warning the deepest recession “of our lifetimes” could be on the horizon. “COVID-19 has completely upended the global economy and with it international trade,” WTO chief Roberto Azevedo told reporters in a virtual