Microsoft has cancelled its flagship developer conference ‘Build 2020′ in-person, scheduled to take place here from May 19-21. The Microsoft aBuild’ will now be a digital-only event this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New coronavirus cases in Washington State have surged to 457, including 31 deaths. “In light of the health safety recommendations for […]
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has posted a video to share his views on coronavirus, with a dash of poetry. The video starts with Big B addressing the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. He then recites a poem he penned. The gist of the poem pertains to the precautionary measures that people should take in the wake of […]
A Filipino diplomat at the UN has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, according to Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The Philippines Mission informed the UN medical service on Thursday about the diplomat’s infection, Dujarric said. That is the only coronavirus case at the UN headquarters where a staff of about 3,000 work […]
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta and Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi are the latest football personalities who have been diagnosed with coronavirus. In a statement, Arsenal said that they have closed their London Colney training centre after they Arteta tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling poorly. […]
Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson announced that they have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Hanks and Wilson, both 63, sought medical advice after experiencing symptoms of a cold in Queensland, the BBC quoted the actor as saying in an Instagram post on Thursday. Hanks wrote on Instagram: “We felt a […]
A Kashmiri rights activist at United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday flayed Pakistan for committing grave human rights violations with its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. Junaid Qureshi, the son of Kashmiri separatist and 1971 Indian Airlines hijacker Hashim Qureshi, in a general debate at the 43rd session of the UNHRC in Geneva, described […]
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, Trump said the travel ban will come […]
As many as 70 per cent of Germany’s population, or some 58 million people, could catch coronavirus, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday as the country recorded its third death, reports said. Addressing a press conference along with Health Minister Jens Spahn, she said that since the disease had no known cure yet, the […]
A pandemic is the “worldwide spread of a new disease”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which means that nearly every human being on Earth — close to 8 billion — is now susceptible to coronavirus (Covid-19). The coronavirus outbreak was on Wednesday declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), whose chief […]
Stepping up border control measures with Covid-19 cases on the rise, India on Wednesday cancelled all visas, except for a few official categories, till April 15. Even outgoing travel is being cautioned against and a minimum of 14 days’ quarantine will be mandatory. An official statement said all existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN/international organisations, […]