World has entered recession due to COVID-19, says IMF
The key to recovery in 2021, the IMF said, is only if the international community succeeds in containing the coronavirus everywhere and prevent liquidity problems from becoming a solvency issue.
Aditi Bhaduri
Modes of transmission of virus causing COVID-19: implications for IPC precaution recommendations
Based on the available evidence WHO continues to recommend droplet and contact precautions for those people caring for COVID-19 patients and contact and airborne precautions for circumstances and settings in which aerosol generating procedures are performed
Prime Minister Modi outlines vision for G20 at virtual summit
The Prime Minister called on the G20 to come out with a concrete action plan to fight the global pandemic.
Saudi King Salman urges G20 nations to forge global response to Covid-19; G20 to inject $5 trillion in global economy, G20 to inject
G20 pledges to fight tCovid-19, safeguard the global economy, address disruptions in global trade
Modi-Putin telecon on Covid-19
Both India and Russia have seen a spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases
25 dead in terrorist attack on Kabul gurudwara
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack; In recent years, large numbers of Sikhs and Hindus have sought asylum in India
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U.S. could be next ‘virus epicentre’, as India locks down, global recession looms
Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world exceeded 377,000 across 194 countries and territories as of early Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, more than 16,500 of them fatal.
PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown, says this is only way to fight coronavirus
A lockdown in most of the country was already in place till March 31, and Modi’s announcement extended it everywhere and for two more weeks after this month.
New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives
As we mark World TB Day 2020, the disease remains the world’s top infectious killer. In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB worldwide and 1.5 million people lost their lives to this disease.
COVID-19: Companies’ recruitment strategy shift to virtual platforms
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has killed over 14,000 and sickened lakhs of people around the globe