India captain Virat Kohli has urged his countrymen to take all necessary precautions in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic.

More than 77,000 people have recovered from it so far, mostly in China where the outbreak started late last year.

In India, the shooting World Cup and Indian Open Golf has been postponed so far, while badminton's India Open was also deferred after the Badminton World Federation (BWF) suspended all World Tour and sanctioned events.

IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta, while talking to PTI, said the body is closely monitoring the fast-evolving situation triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 14,000 and infected over 300,000.

Olympics 2020 Japan: Canada announced that it would not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee said the decision on the Japan Olympics would come within weeks.

The Games were scheduled for July 24-August 9, but after telephone discussions between IOC president Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a historic joint decision was taken for the first postponement of an Olympics in peacetime.

Meanwhile, BCCI and its affiliated association states have decided to donate Rs 51 crore into the PM-Care fund to help in the fight against Covid-19.

Earlier Shoaib Akhtar had made an appeal to Indian authorities to manufacture 10,000 ventilators to support Pakistan’s crumbling health infrastructure and an ailing economy.

He said that his mind was "gone" after that reversal of decision, and like a fielder who wishes that balls don’t come to them after dropping a catch, he too wished that no other batsman would get hit on the pads after that.

The number Covid-19 cases are rising by the, both globally and in India. Students are particularly facing the brunt of uncertainty arising from the partial lockdowns.

Coronavirus Update: Monuments are under Coronavirus radar too! Two months after an Indian was tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, the central government is taking big steps in order to curb the impact of widespread infection in India.

According to the new guidelines put in place by the Delhi government, all passengers travelling back to India from these Coronavirus-hit countries will be sent to quarantine centres straightway after their arrival at the Delhi airport.

The airline has already cancelled flights between Bangalore-Kuala Lumpur until March 31, 2020 and Delhi-Kuala Lumpur until April 30, 2020.

"Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra has been closed from today. Operations of all interstate buses -- incoming and outgoing from Jammu and Kashmir, banned from today," the Jammu and Kashmir Director of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said in a tweet.

Most of the states and Union territories also imposed fresh restrictions on public transport and gatherings. In Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the closure of restaurants, but takeaway outlets will remain open.

Delhi airport new standard procedure! Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently issued some guidelines for Delhi Airport.

Major temples and places of worship across the country have announced various restrictions to curb the rush of pilgrims.

COVID-19: While the tourism sector is dealing with unprecedented disruptions, the closure of borders and more restrictions will just worsen the blow.

The tourists are staying like a family and the guesthouse owner has waived their expanses for one week due to the lockdown imposed in response to contain the coronavirus, leaving many tourists stranded.

Finance ministers to meet on Monday again to find a solution

Uber doing away with the post-trip tracking feature that had drawn the ire of users is a sign of the torsion privacy concerns create when faced with the demands of a data-driven world.

Walmart sailed into the holiday season with stronger-than-expected sales and a boosted full-year outlook, signaling that the world’s largest retailer can more than hold its own against rival Amazon.com in the critical holiday weeks ahead.

The agency said the rating on India Infoline Finance's corporate family rating, foreign and local currency debt and its senior secured MTN programme ratings, and also senior unsecured debt rating are placed under review for downgrade. 

The Yes Bank crisis, coupled with the coronavirus outbreak, may have some dire impact on India’s smaller private sector banks.

The percentage of applicants is in low single digit as a share of the loan book, the bank said, but this could go up as it has not put a deadline or a cut-off for people to apply.

The credit card company, promoted by the country's largest lender SBI, said the borrowings at the end of the previous fiscal were provisional and subject to audit.

Since our FM mentioned the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation or the Harappan culture, it is prudent that we start our journey from there.

The discovery was announced by the Minor Planet Center on Tuesday. So far, the astronomers do not have enough data to establish what the minimoon is made of.

Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ashwin Vasavada said that it is the first time that NASA has dedicated its operations to capture a 360-degree panorama.

COVID-19: The team, which consists of only volunteers, has been working without any funding and is working anonymously so that people do not call them with inquiries about the project.

On April 27, Venus will shine nine-times brighter than Jupiter, its nearest planetary 'competitor', and will outshine Sirius, the brightest of all stars, by almost 20-times

The department has also released the expected date when the monsoon will hit some important cities and areas of the country in terms of monsoon onset and withdrawal.

PM Modi also said let us pledge to work towards a cleaner, healthier and a more prosperous planet.

'Umm Haroun' is being aired during Ramadan, when viewership soars after Muslims break the daylong fast. It’s like the Super Bowl for advertisers -- more so this year, when many people are stuck at home because of coronavirus lockdowns

Straightforward but compassionate, Wolf’s film affectionately documents the heady people and ambitious ideas that fuelled Biosphere II, relating an almost too-perfect metaphor for our feeble -- and perhaps doomed -- efforts to escape our own self-destructive nature

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Many courses designed by Ivy League universities are available free of cost on various e-learning platforms.

These kits will help the state in quick screening of suspected Covid-19 patients. The chief minister said RTKs will be sent to all districts the very next day.

IIT Roorkee incubated startups are developing innovative devices to tackle the COVID-19 crisis

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A timely book that explains the pandemic to children, helping satisfy their curiosity about it.

While the Draft Bill which seeks to increase private participation and address key issues has been welcomed by industry, more clarity is needed on some of its provisions.

Kerala has decided to send people aged above 65 years on reverse quarantine during lockdown 3.0 as the magnitude of reverse migration to the state seems larger than what was anticipated.