COVID-19 pandemic

New York: US President Donald Trump has lashed out at the World Health Organisation for not giving sound advice and favouring China over the US as he hinted at taking a relook at the WHO funding from his country. "The W.H.O. really blew…
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Geneva: The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to wipe out 6.7 per cent of working hours globally in the second quarter of 2020 - equivalent to 195 million full-time workers, which far exceeds the effects of the 2008-09 financial crisis, the…
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Geneva: About 40 crore workers in India working in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a report today that the COVID-19…
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London: Coronavirus-positive UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was admitted to a hospital here after his symptoms became "persistent", was shifted the intensive care unit on Monday after his condition "worsened". Johnson, who had gone…
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New Delhi: In a bid to help fight against the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), health experts have shared some tips for disinfecting your office to stop the spread of the virus. According to the experts, office spaces, including…
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New York: US equities pulled back in the week when various data showed the coronavirus already hurt the economy and the country continued to see a hefty number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. For the week ending April 3, the Dow lost 2.7…
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Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri have offered their four-storied personal office space to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), to be utilised as quarantine facility for women, children and the elderly. This…
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New Delhi: India reported six fresh deaths in the last 24 hours due to novel coronavirus (Covid-19) taking the total death toll to 68 and the total number of confirmed cases to 2,902, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on…
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New York: The US dollar climbed in late trading on Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic restrained market participants' appetite for risk. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.39 per cent at…
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San Francisco: Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has announced to donate $100 million to US food banks to help them feed a growing number of out-of-job Americans during the ongoing new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In an Instagram…
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