March 24: Lockdown announced  Ended on April 14 Further Extended till May 3  {March 24: India recorded 536 cases; there were 10 deaths}

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  USA not to fund WHO US President Donald Trump has said he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO)

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  Coronavirus has significantly changed the contours of professional life. These days, home is the new office. The Internet is the new

  There is a complex relationship between– The path of the virus, The effectiveness of virus containment & economic

  The US Anti-Doping Agency has come up with a novel random testing programme to cope with the unique circumstances of the

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BASICS  HDFC Ltd is Housing Finance Institute. It only gives loans to people to buy homes or to real estate companies to build houses.

BASICS  HDFC Ltd is Housing Finance Institute. It only gives loans to people to buy homes or to real estate companies to build houses.

SWITZERLAND’S MESSAGE OF HOPE Switzerland expressed solidarity with India in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic by projecting