New York, March 17  US President Donald Trump ruled out a national lockdown and said COVID-19 could send the economy into a recession while he announced new guidelines to battle the pandemic that has killed more than 65 Americans and pushed residents across 50 states into a near total shutdown.

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Brussels, March 17  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she has proposed a temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the European Union (EU), as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19.

After a teleconference with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, she said on Mo

New York, March 17  US equities plunged on Monday with Dow closing about 3,000 points lower, as panic selling continued over COVID-19 fallout.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2,997.10 points, or 12.93 per cent, to 20,188.52. The S&P 500 lost 324.89 points, or 11.98 per cent, to end at 2,386.13. The

Lucknow, March 17  The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is planning to build three 'green' crematoriums, known as 'greenatoriums' in the state capital.

The 'greenatorium' will be something in between the traditional funeral pyre made of wood and an electric crematorium comprising a

Kanpur, March 17  An inquiry by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur against the recitation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem 'Hum dekhenge' on the campus by a student during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) last December, has been "closed".

Deputy Director Manindr

Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda, here on Monday, suspended all five legislators, who had resigned from the Assembly on Saturday and Sunday.

"All the five legislators are suspended as they ignored party's interest through the resignation," the GPCC chief said in a letter. The suspended MLAs are Praveen Maru (Gadhda

As the Congress faces another political crisis in Gujarat ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections this month after five of its MLAs tendered their resignation, BJP MP Darshana Jardosh on Monday raised questions on the policy of the grand old party, saying it is the result of "resentment" coupled with "the development politics" of

Amid the coronavirus pandemic across the globe, the government on Monday said that four fresh cases of COVID-19 have been detected in India, with one each from Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Odisha and Kerala, taking the total number of affected people to 114.

Addressing a press conference here, Ministry of Health Joint Secretary La

Maharashtra on Monday announced compulsory quarantine for all people arriving to the state from USA, Dubai and Saudi Arabia as an extra precaution against the coronavirus pandemic.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that in addition to the seven nations notified by the Centre last week, Maharashtra has added three more countries

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N.P. Prajapati has engaged senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi to present his case in the Supreme Court on Tuesday when the petition, filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, on Madhya Pradesh floor test will come for hearing.

The BJP moved the Supreme Court seeking an order to the Speak