MARCH 21, 2020
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of the 'Janta Curfew', the Central government has asked all states to ensure its success to break the chain of transmissions of coronavirus that has killed 4 people so far and infected a record number of people on Saturday to take the total number to 278. All the states have also...
MARCH 21, 2020
More than a fifth of Americans were under orders Saturday to stay home and public gathering places largely remained shuttered as US health officials issued stark warnings about the spread of the coronavirus.
About 75 million residents of Connecticut, Illinois, New York and California have been directed to sequester, with only essential workers allowed away from home. The...
MARCH 20, 2020
Senate Republican and Democratic negotiators are battling over a central component of President Trump's stimulus plan: sending out hundreds of billions of dollars in rebate checks to middle-income Americans.
Senate GOP negotiators argue that $1,200 direct payments to individuals are the best way to get money flowing through the economy quickly, while Democrats say disbursing cash benefits so...
MARCH 20, 2020
NYSE - New York Stock Exchange. - Bloomberg
Stocks gave up earlier gains Friday as traders concluded a week of wild swings. Wall Street has been grappling with fears over the coronavirus’ economic blow, fueling historic market volatility.
The Dow was down more than 400 points after jumping more than 400 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 fell...
MARCH 20, 2020
The IRS moved the national income tax filing day ahead to July 15, three months after the normal deadline for Americans to send in their returns.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the move, the latest emergency measure to deal with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump ordered the extension will give “all...
MARCH 20, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Covid-19 operations center in Washington. The department ran an extensive exercise last year simulating a pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outbreak of the respiratory virus began in China and was quickly spread around the world by air travelers, who ran high fevers. In the United States, it was first detected in...
MARCH 19, 2020
From setting up an economic task force to addressing the recent panic buying of consumers, the Indian Prime Minister listed out a few things that the government was doing to fight the pandemic. He also appealed for a nationwide self-imposed curfew on Sunday and asked citizens not to burden the healthcare system unless absolutely necessary.
Indian Prime...
MARCH 19, 2020
A logo of IndiGo Airlines - REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta has announced pay cut for all employees and will himself take 25 per cent cut in salary. The move comes in light of the unprecedented loss that airlines all over the world are suffering due to the global outbreak of Covid-19.
Most likely to join the same...
MARCH 18, 2020
A closed sign hangs in the door of a Converse shoe store Monday, March 15, 2020, in Phoenix as a maintenance worker passes by. Nike, which owns Converse, is closing all of its stores in the U.S., along with other parts of the world, to try to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. According to the World...
MARCH 18, 2020
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Wednesday described the coronavirus pandemic as an unprecedented threat.
"This coronavirus is presenting us with an unprecedented threat. But it's also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy," Adhanom told reporters.
The WHO chief described the trial for coronavirus...
