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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared coronavirus disease as a pandemic, with its chief expressed his "deep concern" over "alarming levels of inaction" in combating the virus spread.   WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press conference at...

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ARUL LOUIS  and   NIKHILA NATARAJAN 12 March 2020
In an unprecedented move, US President Donald Trump has announced he is shutting down travel from Europe to the US as the coronavirus grew into a pandemic that he said called for an "unprecedented response".   Speaking to the nation from the White House Oval Office on Wednesday night,...

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Marshall Allen  and   Lisa Song (ProPublica) 11 March 2020
Sanitizers that don’t contain the CDC’s recommended minimum of 60% alcohol are flying off store shelves and listed by sellers on Amazon for outrageous prices.   Here is what you need to know. It’s tempting, especially now, to buy one of the many hand sanitizers whose label says it...

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Freak accidents on film sets have been sparsely reported in the Indian media. The recent accident that took place on the sets of director Shankar’s Tamil film Indian-2 led to the loss of lives of three technicians in a jiffy. Lead actors Kamal Haasan and Kajal Agarwal had a narrow escape when...

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With number of coronavirus cases rising in the country, the Delhi government on Thursday suspended biometric attendance in its offices.   Through a circular, Deputy Secretary of the Delhi government Promila Mitra has asked all Deputy Secretaries and Section Officers to "Kindly get...

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The overall death toll in China due to the novel coronavirus increased to 3,012 with a total of 80,409 confirmed cases on Thursday, even as the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak in the mainland, has continued strict measures in an effort to curb the virus from spreading any...

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With novel coronavirus cases now spreading to over 70 countries and territories including India, doctors have warned that elderly people should be extra cautious due to their 'compromised immunity' and higher chances of suffering from "co-morbidities" or other diseases which make them more...

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Marshall Allen, Caroline Chen, J. David McSwane  and   Lexi Churchill (ProPublica) 04 March 2020
An outbreak would demand peak performance from America’s medical professionals — especially in hospitals. But many of the facilities that may be on the front lines have well-documented histories of failing to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.   In early February, Royal...

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The coronavirus has killed four more Americans in suburban Seattle, taking the total death toll in the US to six, while New York reported its first case in Manhattan and US President Donald Trump cranked up the pressure on Americas leading pharmaceutical companies to "get it done" although...

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The new coronavirus (COVID-19) has derailed more flagship tech summits as Google and Microsoft on Tuesday announced the cancellation of their upcoming US events.   Google's Cloud Next in San Francisco in April and Microsoft's MVP Summit in Seattle in March now stand cancelled and both...

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The number of coronavirus cases in the US has increased to 91, up from just 60 cases a day ago, with six fatalities, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   At least 43 of those cases have been detected and tested in the country through public health surveillance...

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Indian airlines have now been given a go-ahead to provide in-flight WiFi service to passengers after the government issued an official notification, bringing them at par with their global airlines peers.   The Department of Telecommunications had, two years ago, recommended permission...

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Vinod Mehra passed away in February 1990 at a young age of 45 years. His daughter Sonya Mehra made an unsuccessful debut in the remake of Victoria No 203 while his son Rohan Mehra was seen in Saif Ali Khan’s Bazaar.   Here is a look at a mega hit of 1979 that starred Vinod...

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IANS 27 February 2020
Tech giant Amazon is warning third-party sellers on its marketplace to refrain from charging exorbitant pricing for face masks amid the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak that is spreading globally.   Amazon has alerted merchants about face masks that are "not in compliance" with its...

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Pakeezah released on 4 February 1972. The film fared average at the box office but after Meena Kumari passed away on 31 March 1972 at St.   Elizabeth’s hospital, the collections of the film picked up. Pakeezah was Meena Kumari’s swan song.   A cinema ticket of...

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Remembering the actress-politician, who aspired for the Nobel Prize, on her 72nd birth anniversary.    Jayalalitha’s film career can be divided into two phases – before MG Ramachandran (MGR) and after MGR. After doing 28 films back to back with MGR from 1966 to 1969, there developed a...

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Gautam Sen  24 February 2020
While speaking at the inauguration of the three-day International Centre for Automotive Technology Summit, in late-November 2019, the Union minister of road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, mentioned that the government had allocated Rs1 lakh crore for the construction of several high...

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It has been two years since Sridevi passed away in a freak mishap on 24 February 2018. The other day I was watching English Vinglish (2011), the Gauri Shinde directed film that was acclaimed by critics and masses alike. In between watching her histrionics on screen, what pained me was her...

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IANS 18 February 2020
A new survey report on Tuesday said that India will see the lowest salary increase in a decade this year and even the real estate and transport sector—the top national job generators—will witness lowest pay hikes in 2020.   The sharpest drop in pay hikes was projected in the auto...

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IANS 18 February 2020
A total of 238 people, including seven Maldivians, housed at a quarantine facility here in Chhawla ITBP camp have been sent home after they tested negative in the final check -- with no coronavirus infection symptoms, officials said on Tuesday.   They are among 406 inmates, including...

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