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Pakistan declares national emergency to battle locusts

PM Khan ordered formation of high-level committee to be headed by Bakhtiar to take decisions at federal level for...

1 Feb 2020 4:38 PM IST

Medical staff walk to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases building at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. AFP Photo

Fearing spread of virus, Singapore bars arrivals from China

Singapore has atleast 13 confirmed infections of coronavirus

31 Jan 2020 4:28 PM IST

File photo shows an airplane carrying US citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, lands at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. AP photo

WHO declares global health emergency as coronavirus death toll climbs...

Many nations have already urged their citizens not to visit China, while some have banned entry for travellers from...

31 Jan 2020 10:47 AM IST

A currency trader wearing a mask watches a calendar at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. AP news

Big economic hit looms as coronavirus cases surpass SARS

The vast majority of infections are in China where the virus originated in an illegal wildlife market in the city of...

30 Jan 2020 9:15 PM IST

People line up to buy face masks from a medical supply company in Nanning in southern Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. AP photo

China virus death toll rises to 170, transmission a concern

The WHO said the few cases of human-to-human spread of the virus outside China, in Japan, Germany and Vietnam, were of...

30 Jan 2020 10:21 AM IST

Tourists wearing face masks queue at the immigration counter at an airport. AFP photo

Coronavirus scare turns Macau into a ghost town

The outbreak also coincides with the Lunar New Year holiday during which Macau seasonally enjoys record visitation

29 Jan 2020 5:02 PM IST

Chinese president Xi Jinping (AP file photo)

What Xi told the World Health Organization about coronavirus

Wuhan has been turned into a near ghost town under a lockdown that has largely confined the industrial hub-'s residents...

29 Jan 2020 4:52 PM IST

A worker takes the temperature of a customer at the entrance of a Walmart store in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei Province. AP photo

Beijing pharmacy fined 3 million yuan for hiking mask prices amid...

The store raised the price of a box of 3M brand masks to 850 yuan while the online price was just 143 yuan

29 Jan 2020 3:43 PM IST

Nuclear test behind earthquake in North Korea: Seoul

Punggye-ri is the only known site in North Korea used to test nuclear weapons. At least six tests were conducted from...

29 Jan 2020 12:44 PM IST

A Japanese chartered plane carrying evacuees from Wuhan, China, landed at Haneda international airport in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Countries on Wednesday began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus. AP photo

Coronavirus deaths touch 132, foreigners leave Wuhan

The lockdown of 17 cities has trapped more than 50 million people in the most far-reaching disease control measures ever...

29 Jan 2020 11:11 AM IST

A ship sails along the Yangtze in Wuhan, Chinas central Hubei province on January 28, 2020, amid a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. (AFP)

Why the world is frightened: Half of Wuhanâ€™s population of 11...

Itâ€™s a city on the Yangtze that has grown into an industrial hub attracting migrants seeking work

28 Jan 2020 2:30 PM IST

Aerial view of Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province, which is the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

Death spreads to Beijing as coronavirus toll mounts to 106

24 more fatalities reported in Hubei province, ground zero of the outbreak

28 Jan 2020 1:44 PM IST