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20 Apr 2020
IndiaChina slams India's new 'discriminatory' FDI policy; seeks revision
China on Monday said that India's new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy is violative of international norms of free and fair trade.
20 Apr 2020
United States of AmericaCoronavirus: Thousands in US file class-action lawsuit against China
Amid a global outcry over China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, 10,000 Americans have reportedly signed a class-action lawsuit against the country.
18 Apr 2020
IndiaTargeting China, India revises FDI Policy to curb 'opportunistic acquisitions'
The Center on Saturday revised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy to prevent "opportunistic acquisitions" of vulnerable, coronavirus pandemic-hit Indian companies.
18 Apr 2020
WuhanWuhan lab intern accidentally leaked novel coronavirus, says US media
As the question of the origins of the novel coronavirus remains unanswered, reports claimed that the virus may have leaked from a laboratory in China's Wuhan city.
17 Apr 2020
World Health OrganizationChina adds 1,290 deaths to Wuhan's tally; admits past miscalculations
China, which has faced accusations of under-reporting cases during the coronavirus pandemic, has now admitted to some errors made in the past.
16 Apr 2020
IndiaCoronavirus: Thousands of Chinese PPE kits fail India's safety tests
Facing a dearth of personal protective equipment (PPE), India ordered thousands from China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, but a large chunk of these items didn't pass safety tests, a report in ET said on Thursday.
15 Apr 2020
World Health OrganizationDonald Trump stops WHO funding for 'covering up coronavirus spread'
Not long ago, the United States President Donald Trump said he was upset with how the World Health Organization handled the coronavirus pandemic.
13 Apr 2020
Russia NewsChina fears second coronavirus wave; new cases reach six-week high
Since witnessing a peak of the coronavirus outbreak in February, the daily new infections had dropped to double digits in China.
12 Apr 2020
ResearchDeleted Chinese university notices suggest clampdown on coronavirus research
As China continues to draw backlash over its handling of the coronavirus crisis, a report suggested that the government may be cracking down on academic research related to the origins of the virus.
11 Apr 2020
ItalyCoronavirus kills over 100,000 globally; 50% died in a week
The novel coronavirus is highly contagious and is capable of wiping off cities, the new data about the death toll confirms, yet again.
10 Apr 2020
CoronavirusAfter coronavirus outbreak, China upgrades dogs from 'livestock' to 'pets'
In a recent move, China has decided to classify dogs as 'pets' as opposed to 'livestock'.
09 Apr 2020
JapanJapan is paying manufacturers to move production outside China
As the spread of coronavirus continues to wreck economies, Japan is trying to revive its disrupted manufacturing sector - by encouraging companies to leave China.
08 Apr 2020
Xi JinpingChinese billionaire being investigated after criticizing Xi's response to coronavirus
A Chinese billionaire who criticized President Xi Jinping over the leader's response to the coronavirus crisis has been placed under the scanner.
08 Apr 2020
ItalyChina celebrates re-opening of coronavirus' epicenter Wuhan, while world suffers
An industrial hub of China, Wuhan, where coronavirus originated from in December 2019, re-opened after 76 days on Wednesday, an event that was marked by light shows.
08 Apr 2020
World Health OrganizationAccusing WHO of being China-centric, Trump threatens to cut funding
US President Donald Trump is angry that the World Health Organization (WHO), the health arm of the United Nations, didn't take strong steps to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, which landed the US in the current situation.
04 Apr 2020
XiaomiXiaomi expands its 4K TV range with 70-inch, 65-inch models
As an addition to its range of 4K TVs, Xiaomi has launched two new models in China.
04 Apr 2020
XiaomiXiaomi launches a new fitness band at just Rs. 1,000
As the latest addition to its range of wearables, Xiaomi has launched a new Redmi Band in China.
27 Mar 2020
South AfricaWhile world suffers, China blocks discussion on coronavirus at UNSC
A call by Estonia to discuss coronavirus pandemic at the United Nations Security Council was thwarted by China, with a little help from Russia and South Africa.
27 Mar 2020
Donald TrumpUS tops world in coronavirus cases, surpasses epicenter China
The fears of experts that the United States might become the next hotspot of COVID-19, a disease caused by a novel coronavirus, turned true on Thursday as the country now has the most number of infections, surpassing the epicenter China and European nation Italy, where the most number of people have died of the pandemic.
26 Mar 2020
Donald TrumpCoronavirus kills over 21,000 globally, nearly 3 billion under lockdown
A third of the entire global population is locked down and over 21,000 have died, courtesy the coronavirus pandemic which originated in China last year in December.
25 Mar 2020
World Health OrganizationTrump, Modi, and Conte: How are world leaders tackling coronavirus
The world will be categorized into the pre-coronavirus phase and the one after that.
25 Mar 2020
ItalyCoronavirus positive cases top 400,000 worldwide, pandemic is accelerating
In just three days, the number of coronavirus cases, worldwide, went from 300,000 to over 400,000, giving yet another proof of how contagious the disease is.
20 Mar 2020
WuhanHow China acted against whistleblowers who spoke against coronavirus handling
China, the home to coronavirus, wants to hijack the narrative surrounding the deadly disease, that has killed over 8,000 globally and infected over 2 lakh. President Xi Jinping wants the world to believe his regime had control of the situation.
20 Mar 2020
ItalyCoronavirus: More people have died in Italy than epicenter China
The deadly coronavirus has taken more lives in Italy than it did in China, the country where it originated from in mid-December, 2019.
19 Mar 2020
IndiaCoronavirus crisis: Follow 'janata curfew' on Sunday, urges Narendra Modi
Addressing the nation on the coronavirus pandemic today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the entire world is crippled and Indians should remain alert.
19 Mar 2020
ItalyItaly sees worst-ever day, 475 die of coronavirus in 24-hours
Italy witnessed the biggest rise in death toll due to coronavirus on Wednesday, as 475 people died of the deadly COVID-19 disease. The total number of fatalities stands at 2,978, and 35,713 have been infected.
18 Mar 2020
Box OfficeChina: Theater reopens after two months, but nobody shows up
For the past two months, Chinese cinema halls have remained virtually deserted, with more and more people ditching outings amid the catastrophic coronavirus outbreak.
17 Mar 2020
BrazilAmid coronavirus crisis, hundreds flee from four Brazilian prisons
If dealing with the deadly coronavirus wasn't enough, authorities in Brazil have now a new problem at hand — they have to hunt hundreds of prisoners who escaped from four prison facilities on Monday.
16 Mar 2020
IndiaWhat should India do to fight coronavirus
With the coronavirus cases seeing a surge in India, despite the early measures taken by the government, experts feel a pre-emptive lockdown is the only way to deal with the deadly virus that has taken over 6,000 lives worldwide and infected 169,577.
12 Mar 2020
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)All you need to know about coronavirus tests (not exhaustive)
Coronavirus outbreak has been declared a pandemic and leaders across the globe have made containing the damage, their topmost priority.
12 Mar 2020
ItalyItaly is on knees: Woman's post on coronavirus goes viral
With Italy emerging as the European epicenter of coronavirus, an American named Cristina Higgins, who stays in Bergamo, described on Facebook what the situation looks like on the ground.
12 Mar 2020
World Health OrganizationCoronavirus round-up: WHO calls it pandemic, India suspends visas
Months after it originated in China, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, while asking all countries to take urgent and aggressive action.
12 Mar 2020
ItalyCoronavirus outbreak: Apple shuts down stores in Italy indefinitely
In the wake of skyrocketing deaths due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, Apple has shuttered all its stores in the country.
11 Mar 2020
IndiaAvoid humans: Coronavirus patient talks about disease on Facebook
The coronavirus outbreak has baffled scientists across the globe and they are struggling to come up with a vaccination.
09 Mar 2020
IndiaThree-year-old in Kerala tests positive for coronavirus, tally reaches 41
In Kerala, a three-year-old, who had traveled to Italy recently, tested positive for coronavirus, reports said on Monday. The child has been admitted to the isolation ward of Ernakulam Medical College.
05 Mar 2020
ReutersChina approves use of arthritis drug Actemra against coronavirus infections
China is hoping to put a decade-old drug to use as it grapples with an outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
05 Mar 2020
PaytmPaytm employee tests positive for coronavirus, offices to remain shut
An employee of Paytm tested positive for the coronavirus in Gurugram, making it the 29th case in India.
03 Mar 2020
WhatsAppCoronavirus-scare: One school shut in Noida, another to follow footsteps
A day after two people were tested positive for coronavirus in India, one famous school in Noida shut on Tuesday for the next three days. Another school will shut from tomorrow till March 11, reports TOI.
29 Feb 2020
WhatsAppTikTok beats WhatsApp to become world's most-downloaded app in January
Chinese social media app TikTok has beaten WhatsApp to become the most-downloaded app in the month of January, according to the latest figures from research firm Sensor Tower.
27 Feb 2020
WuhanCoronavirus: 76 Indians, 36 foreigners evacuated from China's Wuhan
An Indian Air Force aircraft on Thursday evacuated 112 people from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
