With 376 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry on Wednesday said the spike does not represent a "national trend" and was primarily due to travel by those who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the national capital.

376 new COVID-19 positive cases in last 24 hours happened due to Nizamuddin congregation: Government

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, seeking financial assistance of Rs 25,000 crore to fulfil the state government’s commitments of providing free ration to the people and continuing other welfare schemes amid a dip in the revenue at a time when all businesses are shut due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

Mamata writes to Modi, seeks Rs 25,000 cr financial assistance

Lockdowns alone cannot defeat the Wuhan coronavirus. They may prove effective in slowing the virus from spreading. But they cannot stop the disease from making a comeback.

Coronavirus outbreak: Will China share novel way to combat Covid-19 with the world?

The coronavirus outbreak has remained one step ahead of world governments but a new study from the Netherlands could very well tilt the scales in our favour. Also read: Spain death toll hits 9,053 as virus cases pass 100,000 On March 5, scientists found traces of the novel coronavirus at a wastewater facility in the city of Amersfoort.

Sewage water may give an early warning signal about Covid-19 circulation: Study

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II and it could trigger conflicts around the world.

UN warns of global instability and conflict as death toll rises to 43,291

The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged over 9,000 on Wednesday after a record 864 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 100,000 marks, the government said.

Spain death toll hits 9,053 as virus cases pass 100,000

The government authorities in Turkmenistan have banned the use of the word "coronavirus" and have excluded it from being used by media or medical bulletins while denying the presence of coronavirus in the country.

This Central Asian country banned the word 'coronavirus' to suppress information about the pandemic

Cases of infections of the deadly coronavirus surpassed 8 lacs worldwide on Tuesday as COVID-19 spreads across Europe, North America and South Asia. Also read: Worldwide lockdown hardens as Spain sees deadliest day According to Johns Hopkins University, COVID-19 has now infected 823,479 people worldwide and 40,636 people have been killed due to this pandemic.

Coronavirus outbreak: Global cases cross 800000; death toll rises to 40,636

As India proactively battles coronavirus, flattening the curve of cases seems to be getting difficult with each passing day. The total number of cases in India has climbed up to 1397 with 35 people reported dead due to COVID-19.

Confirmed coronavirus cases growing faster in the United States than India

The Wuhan coronavirus has exposed a leadership crisis in many parts of the world. Nowhere is this crisis more apparent than Pakistan. The country has 1900 active cases and has recorded 25 deaths — it is among the worst-affected nations in South Asia.

Coronavirus outbreak exposes leadership crisis in Pakistan

In a bid to automate the drive to disinfect the city, Bengaluru has deployed 6 hexacopter drones to do the job. The hexacopters, developed by city start-ups Alpha drones and Multiplex drones are equipped with the 15-litre capacity and are manoeuvred through the city localities to disinfect it.

Bengaluru uses drones to disinfect the city

The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday tweeted that people using hashtags like 'Tablighi virus' after the Tablighi Jammat organisation which hosted a congregation in Delhi's Nizammudin, was "more dangerous than any virus that nature could ever conjure".

People trolling Tabligh-e-Jamaat more dangerous than virus: Omar Abdullah

A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package for the poor of the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said that Indian banking sector is safe and deposit of bank customers is safe.

No need to panic, Indian banks are safe and stable, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Cases of infections of the deadly coronavirus surpassed 530,000 worldwide on Friday and global deaths rose past 24,000, as COVID-19 spreads across Europe and North America.

Coronavirus outbreak: Global cases cross 530,000; death toll rises to 24,070

Anyone caught breaking Singapore’s social distancing rules can land themselves in prison from Friday after the city-state made it an offence for a person to intentionally stand close to another person as part of its coronavirus defence.

Fighting coronavirus: Singapore's social distancing rules could lead to prison

India has asked its citizens to stay put in Iran wherever they are as the situation remains precarious in the west Asian country. Iran along with Spain and Italy remains the epicentre of the corona crisis, which began in China.

Situation in Iran remains precarious, India asks citizens to stay put

Speaking at the virtual G20 summit on Thursday, Indian PM Modi has said that the world has taken time to respond to the Coronavirus crisis even as he has called on a new concept of globalisation in which collective well-being of humankind is the focus.

World took time to respond to corona crisis, says PM Modi

China's role, when it comes Coronavirus crisis was not discussed at the G20 virtual summit that took place on Thursday evening. Also read: G20 nations to inject $5 trillion into global economy as they pledge 'united front' against coronavirus threat A source who was present at the meet, when asked if G20 countries, questioned China said, "spirit of the meet was cooperative, did not see reference to origin or crisis and who was responsible, but on mitigating the hardship due to crisis.

Coronavirus crisis: China's role at G20 emergency summit not raised

Speaking about Delhi State's preparation to fight the coronavirus outbreak, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the government will test all medical officials and health workers involved in the treatment of coronavirus patients.

Delhi government to test all medic for coronavirus: Arvind Kejriwal

A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package for the poor of the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday asked all lending institutions to allow a three-month moratorium on EMI payments to infuse liquidity into the system as the economy grapples with COVID-19 challenges.

Reserve Bank of India asks lending firms to allow 3-month moratorium on EMI payments to offset coronavirus impact

Indian army's field hospitals have been instructed by the Army Chief to be ready to set up a 45-bed isolation facility and create 10 bed ICU facility exclusively forCOVID patients at six hours notice.

Field hospitals can create 10 bed ICU facility in 6-hour notice: Indian Army chief

The coronavirus pandemic killed over 21,000 people worldwide with most of the deaths reported from Europe with early a third of the world’s population living under coronavirus-related movement restrictions.

Coronavirus death toll tops 21,000 globally

The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus rose to 1,031 in the United States on Wednesday, with 68,572 confirmed cases nationwide, a tracker run by the Johns Hopkins University showed.

US coronavirus cases near 70,000, more than 1,000 dead

Pakistan establishment, in a mala fide move, is establishing facilities in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) to quarantine and treat suspected COVID-19 cases. Also read: Global death toll tops 20,000; more than 3 billion people under lockdown Covid-19 patients from other areas of Pakistan are being moved to POK despite unrest in this region due to this move.

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir turning into Pak's quarantine centre: Intel inputs