Coronavirus outbreak: Sample of Karnataka man who died on Tuesday tests positive

Govt: Don’t panic, no community transmission of coronavirus yet

A 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who died on March 10 is the country's first Covid-19 fatality, with test results on Thursday confirming that he was infected. The man with a travel history to Saudi Arabia and died when he was being brought from a Hyderabad hospital to Kalaburagi on March 10.

Uttarakhand schools to remain closed till March 31

The remaining two One-day Internationals (ODIs) of the three-match series of South Africa tour of India, will be played without any public gathering, including spectators: BCCI

Trump suggests Olympics could 'postpone' for a year

PM Modi, Netanyahu discuss coronavirus pandemic over phone, says MEA

Air India cancels flights to Kuwait; curtails services to France, Spain, Italy

Air India has decided to cancel all flights to Kuwait till April 30 and curtail services to various countries, including Spain, France and Sri Lanka. The move comes a day after the national carrier announced temporary suspension of its services to Rome, Milan and Seoul, amid the coronavirus pandemic that has triggered imposition of travel restrictions by various countries.

Brazil official, who met Trump, tests positive for coronavirus, reports Reuters

Justin Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation after she came down with flu-like symptoms and was tested for the new coronavirus, according to an official statement on Thursday.

Travellers scramble for US-bound flights ahead of coronavirus travel ban

US-bound travellers caught in Europe after the announcement of President Donald Trump's coronavirus travel ban scrambled Thursday to change tickets or catch planes ahead a weekend cutoff, anxious, confused and annoyed by the extraordinary move.

Sand art by Sudarsan Pattnaik

SC to decide on Friday whether to extend Holi break to next week or have limited functioning of courts to hear urgent matters only to limit possible exposure of Judges, lawyers and litigants to Covid-19, says SCBA secretary Ashok Arora

Coronavirus helpline numbers

Iran has announced that another 75 people had died of the new coronavirus, bringing the overall number of deaths to 429 out of more than 10,000 infections

The National tennis federation (AITA) cancels all domestic events due to coronavirus outbreak

China suspends foreign expeditions on its side of Mount Everest

China suspended foreign expeditions on the north side of Mount Everest in Tibet during the spring climbing season of 2020 due to the coronavirus that has spread to more than 100 countries and region.

To effectively fight the spread of coronavirus, Command Hospital (NC), Udhampur, J&K under the aegis of HQ Northern Command has set up 4 isolation wards with a 100-bed capacity and a team of specialist doctors to manage the suspected coronavirus patients: Govt