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101-year old rewrites the coronavirus spectre in Italy by surviving the contagion

Contradicting the threatening menace of the pandemic comes the news of a 101-year-old man in the coastal Italian city of Rimini recovering from the novel coronavirus.

Mar 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Karnataka reports third death, positive cases at 62

As many as seven people tested positive for Covid-19 in Karnataka on Friday -- taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 62, the Karnataka Health Department confirmed.

Mar 27, 2020

Sushmita Sen has found the ultimate COVID-19 cure, warns against self-medication

Sushmita Sen has put all the scientists out of their jobs with her latest Instagram post. Here's her cure for coronavirus, and it's a winner.

Mar 27, 2020

Singer Shweta Pandit's video message from Italy: 'I don't want to carry coronavirus infection to India'

Singer Shweta Pandit, who has crooned songs for Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and Telugu movies, says that she is not returning from Italy because she fears carrying coronavirus infection to India.

Mar 27, 2020

Rajasthani doctors sing 'Hum Hindustaani', boost up public morale amid coronavirus fury

The video that features the group of doctors in Rajasthan singing the song 'Chhodon Kal Ki Baatein' to cheer themselves up during the pandemic fury has been doing great rounds in the social media.

Mar 27, 2020

India battles COVID-19: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Rajya Sabha MP CM Ramesh donate to PM Relief Fund

Besides Gadkari, Rajya Sabha MP CM Ramesh has also pledged to contribute to the PM's relief fund as well as to the relief funds of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana chief ministers to combat the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Mar 27, 2020

Coronavirus lockdown: Kerala man commits suicide as booze outlets remain closed

Family members of the deceased man revealed that he has been showing withdrawal symptoms since the closure of liquor stores in the Kerala amid coronavirus lockdown.

Mar 27, 2020

US records highest number of coronavirus cases in world, surpasses China, Italy

At 82,000, America has the highest number of known coronavirus cases in the world. With medical facilities running low on ventilators and protective masks and hampered by limited diagnostic testing capacity, the US death toll from Covid-19 rose beyond 1,200.

Mar 27, 2020

'Coronavirus lingers on human excreta much longer than in respiratory samples': Amitabh Bachchan spreads fake news again

Amitabh Bachchan has been sharing information on social media to raise awareness of the public during the global crisis of Coronavirus. Despite the good intentions, he has now been a middleman in spreading fake news twice.

Mar 27, 2020

Group tasked to revive Lashkar in Kashmir calls for attack on security forces, politicians in Valley amid Covid-19 lockdown

Last week, the securty forces had arrested six members of the Resistance Front from north Kashmir's Baramulla district. They were part of a 10-member module tasked with reviving Lashkar in the Valley.

Mar 27, 2020

Satish Gujral, acclaimed painter and sculptor, passes away at 94

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled 'versatile and multifaceted' artist's demise who designed the alphabet mural of the Delhi High Court. Some of his most famous paintings include Days of Glory and Mourning en mass.

Mar 27, 2020

COVID-19: Govt to restrict the sale of wonder drug 'hydroxychloroquine'

The centre imposes restrictions declaring it as an essential drug to treat the COVID-19 patients and meet the requirements of emergency arising due to the pandemic.

Mar 27, 2020

Forget Trump, now Mexicans don't want Americans crossing borders

Amid drastic increase in the novel coronavirus pandemic cases, the border protesters in Mexico have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread the virus.

Mar 27, 2020

G20 summit: Countries to inject $5 trillion into global economy in fight against coronavirus

The goal was set by this year's chair King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to which all the members at the G20 virtual summit were cooperative and focused on the resolution of the crisis.

Mar 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Panic looms as Kerala IAS officer breaks quarantine, flees to Kanpur

Amid Covid-19 scare, a senior Kerala government spokesperson confirmed that strict actions will be taken against the runaway IAS officer who was in isolation after he returned from Singapore last week.

Mar 27, 2020