New Delhi, In a significant move, India has banned export of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-Malaria drug which is believed to work as a medicine for treating Coronavirus infected patients as well.

According to a late night notification by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the export of medication and the co

Bengaluru,  Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 2-day lockdown across the country, India's tech hub witnessed cautious buying of essential goods by the denizens on Tuesday night.

Though Karnataka and Bengaluru have been under partial-to-complete shutdown since March 14 to contain the spread

New Delhi,  While India seems to have done well in controlling the number of confirmed cases compared to other countries in the early phase of the pandemic, the country may see up to 13 lakh cases by mid-May if the numbers keep growing like this, a group of scientists has warned.

According to researchers with

New York,  The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 400,000 as of 1.52 p.m., US Eastern Time on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The fresh figure reached 407,485 cases with 18,227 deaths, the CSSE said, Xinhua reported.

Rome,  The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 6,820 lives in locked down Italy as of Tuesday with the cumulative total number reaching 69,176, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department.

Speaking at a televised press conference, Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli said Italy

New Delhi,  The nationwide three-week lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday incited panic among the citizens but experts feel that there might be behavioural changes in the people.

Speaking to IANS, Dr Nimesh G Desai, Psychiatrist & Director, Institute of Human Behaviour & Alli

New Delhi,  After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a three week nationwide lockdown, the Supreme Court too declared an indefinite complete lockdown, also cancelling hearing of urgent matters even through video conferencing.

In notice issued late in the night, the apex court said: "T

New Delhi, As novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on the world and its economy, China is apparently witnessing resurgence of another virus -� this time from rodents that reside in the dark underbelly of our world.

Global Times tweeted on Tuesday that a person from "Yunnan Province died while o

In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 21 day nationwide lockdown that will bring everything except essential services to a halt in India. From the corridors of power in New Delhi to the bylanes of Hyderabad to a village in Nagaland, the entire country shuts down starting 12 a.m. on the intervening night of