Washington, March 20  The US has cancelled the Group of Seven (G7) Summit, originally scheduled to take place at Camp David in June, due to the coronavirus pandemic and replaced the in-person meeting of world leaders with video-conference.

"In order for each country to focus all of its resources on respo

Dhaka, March 20  The Bangladesh government has decided to deploy the Army to help combat the novel coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed cases increased to 17 with one death, authorities said.

Health Minister Zahid Malik announced the decision on Thursday, saying the Army will be used to build speci

Islamabad, March 20  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan have increased to 454 after Balochistan, Punjab, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa announced an increase in their provincial tallies.

On Thursday, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan confirmed 60 fresh cases of the c

Islamabad, March 20  The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has deplored the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, the editor-in-chief of Pakistan's Jang Geo Media Group, and asked the incumbent government to release him.

The CJA is a voluntary professional association for working journalists throughout

Islamabad, March 20  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank have committed to providing $588 million to Pakistan for its emergency response to fight the coronavirus in the country and cater to the socio-economic impact of the pandemic.

This was announced by the Planning Commission after a meeting

Beijing, March 20  China reported no new domestically transmitted novel coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Friday, marking a major turning point in the global battle against the COVID-19 outbreak.

China's National Health Commission said it received reports of 39 newly confirmed COVID-19 c

Brussels, March 20  Over 1,00,000 people across Europe have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, prompting European governments to unleash fresh measures.

More than 40 European countries have been hit by COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Italy, Spain, Germany and France were the four hard

Varanasi, March 20  Sanjay Tiwari, a self-proclaimed astrologer who had been distributing pamphlets, carrying a majical verse that would cure one of COVID-19, has been arrested for spreading misinformation about the deadly virus.

Tiwari, a resident of Samneghat under Lanka police station, was arrested on Thur

Bhopal, March 20  As the Kamal Nath-led government in Madhya Pradesh braces for the vote of confidence on the direction of the Supreme Court, the current arithmetic of the Assembly appears to be favouring the BJP. Both the Congress and the BJP have issued the crucial whip for their MLAs.

The Assembly Secretar

Aligarh, March 20  More than 100 cattle egrets (known as Buffalo birds) and nine crows were found dead on Thursday under mysterious circumstances at two different sites in Sasni gate and AMU campus.

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) administration has stopped consumption of chicken on the campus.