The Indian government in March put a hold on exports of several drugs including paracetamol to secure supplies for its people after the coronavirus outbreak disrupted the industry's supply chain globally. COVID-19 is the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Israel's ambassador to India Ron Malka said that results of clinical trials of were still awaited and that Israel would share the results with the world when available.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that pregnant mothers and babies born during the pandemic across the world were threatened by strained health systems and disruptions in services.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is also planning to submit additional 450 genome sequence data of coronavirus by May 15, its Director General Shekhar Mande said.

The current SARS-COV-2 tests by private labs adhering to Government guidelines are conducted on a molecular biology platform, which has been the standard procedure for more than 25 years.

India has turned to its age-old medicinal practice of Ayurveda to check if it can work against novel Coronavirus.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that countries must also be able to manage any risk of the disease being imported into their territories, and communities should be fully educated to adjust to what will be a "new norm".

The death toll due to COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,783 while the number of cases climbed to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.

According to the ‘Daily Mirror', Johnson's divorce from Wheeler, his second wife, was finalised with the grant of the decree just before the birth of the baby on April 29.

The Indian expatriate community of approximately 3.42 million is reportedly the largest ethnic community in the UAE constituting roughly about 30 per cent of the country's population, according to information available on the Indian Embassy website.

India has so far reported 52,952 cases out of which 15,267 have recovered and 1,783 have died. Among the top five states to be hit by Covid are Maharashtra (16758 cases), Gujarat (nearly 6625), Delhi (5532), Tamil Nadu (5400) and Rajasthan (3400).

Coronavirus Cases Latest Updates: Testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to 95,000 per day and total 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

India's love for Rabindranath Tagore is a continuing tale, thereby marking the nation's reverence for a great artist, poet and visionary.

Satyender Dev Khanna, 78, was a surgeon who served both on staff and as the head of the surgical departments for multiple hospitals across New Jersey for decades.

Three in 10 (31 per cent) said they would consider visiting their friends and family at their homes under similar circumstances, it added.  On the other hand, Indians are more likely to return to their offices or workplace once the government removes restriction on movement (29 per cent).

There is only one cure for Thalassemia major at present, which is a bone marrow transplant with a suitable donor.

To ensure hygiene while transporting, the drivers of UberMedic were trained in safety procedures and also provided with personal protective equipment and disinfectants, it said.

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Manchester City’s Kyle Walker has asked the media to end their “harassment” of him and his family for the sake of his mental health after AGAIN being caught flouting UK lockdown rules to collect home-cooked meals.
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Opposition leader Juan Guaido continues to deny any link to a failed armed incursion into Venezuela, despite his own allies handing over a lengthy contract to American media naming him as the commander of the operation.
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Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has called on New Delhi to directly engage with the Taliban, asking India to play a “more active” part in the Afghan peace process and the fight against terrorism.
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Standing crops like wheat, paddy, mustard, chana, chillies, pulses etc, are ready for harvest in many parts of India but the lockdown and restrictions have created a situation where harvesting, transport and marketing is curtailed.

As per data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the total reserves stood at $476.475 billion at the end of the week.

The stock of products with retailers currently is just about sufficient and distributors have been directed to supply them with quantities that will last for about four days or so.

The unprecedented situation created by Covid–19 pandemic and lockdown announced by both the Union and state governments from March 24 has led to severe disruptions affecting the economy and impacting people at large and the MSME spinning mills.

"It is the time to review the policy of cross subsidisation of power as this plays a part in making our industries non-competitive,” former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said at an online panel discussion on the power sector.

As the lockdown in China was lifted from the beginning of April 2020 onwards, spinners there have been scaling up operations.

This sporty full-size SUV carries a lot of design elements from conventional Audi SUVs, including an expressive sill area and the light grey Singleframe grille.

Make no mistake, it still has a brake pedal, but in regular driving conditions you might not need to use it

As a developing nation, India cannot afford such huge investments and needs to shift from car-dependency to public transport.

Also launches connected car app myAudi Connect.

We drive from Guwahati in Assam to Pasighat, the oldest town of Arunachal.

The new Diavel 1260 is powered by the 1262cc Ducati Testastretta DVT engine with variable cam timing, which has been upgraded to optimise performance and is equipped with the chain-type final transmission.

If you are looking for an entry level gaming laptop without spending too much, your best bets are laptops powered by NVIDIA’s new GTX 1050 or 1050Ti GPUs. These new GPUs are powerful enough to play AAA titles in Full HD resolution, but at low or medium settings. These GPUs are offered in entry-segment gaming laptops by almost all laptops makers, and some of these are already available in India. Here's taking a look at some of them.

At the India gaming show 2019, Digit wanted to give gamers the ultimate 4K gaming experience. For this, we took the most powerful gaming machines money can buy. We had a PS4 Pro and an Xbox One X connected to 4K HDR TVs to show gamers the potential of gaming consoles.

We got a chance to visit the factory when Daiwa and Shinco make their TVs and see first hand all the processes that these televisions go through. Take a look at how Daiwa and Shinco televisions are manufactured.

DMN's editor-in-chief hunts the social through the streets of Prague and the "luxe bunker" offices of Socialbakers