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The World Bank has announced that India is to receive $1 billion in emergency financing to fight the coronavirus pandemic.....

Indian stock markets plummeted on Friday with the BSE Sensex falling over 670 points to settle below the psychological mark of 28,000. ....

Identification of foreign returnees in Andhra Pradesh has become a big challenge while many districts in Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh lack personal protective equipment (PPE)and medical facilities. These revelations came in a survey, COVID-19 National Preparedness Survey 2020 - carried out by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. ....

Even as there were over 3,500 coronavirus cases on Sunday and the death count reached 83, India overwhelmingly responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call on Sunday night. Right at 9 p.m., Indians switched off its lights and lit candles or flashed Diyas, candles shine bright as India switches off power to thank 'Corona warriors' mobile torches for nine minutes to express solidarity with "Corona warriors". ....

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said the total tally of cases in Delhi has left behind the worst-hit Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. With 503 in the national capital, the total tally of coronavirus cases reached 3,577. The updated data was put out by the Health Ministry in the evening.....

Soon after former India cricketer and BJP MP Gautam Gambhir pledged to donate Rs 1 crore to the Delhi government for cornavirus fight, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the availability of PPE kits and not money was the issue, as he urged the MP to help in getting these kits.....

As the coronavirus crisis erodes stock markets and share values, Reliance Industries' Chairman Mukesh Ambani's wealth has declined by $19 billion (Rs 1.33 lakh crore) or 28 per cent, according to a report by Hurun Research.....

To fight the increasing cases of novel coronavirus in the city, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the government has chalked out a '5 T plan' - 'testing, tracing, treatment, team work, and tracking and monitoring. ....

The US president Donald Trump on Thursday profusely praised and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decision to supply hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the anti-malaria drug used for COVID-19 disease, to some of the most affected nations.....

The Delhi government on Wednesday announced that it has sealed 20 coronavirus hotspots across the city and all movements in these areas are completely barred.....