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04 Apr

FIFA postpones U-17 Women’s World Cup in India

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FIFA postponed Under-17 Women's World Cup, scheduled to be held in November in India, due to the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday. The women's age group showpiece was to be held at five venues in the country -- Kolkata, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad and Navi Mumbai -- from November 2-21. The tournament was to be competed among 16 teams, with hosts India being automatic qualifiers. It was to be India's maiden appearance in the U-17 Women's World Cup The decision was taken by the FIFA-Confederations working group which was recently established by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to address the consequences of…

04 Apr

MORE THAN 53,693 DEATHS

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The worldwide number of officially confirmed fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 53,693 yesterday. More than 1,035,380 declared cases have been registered in 188 countries and territories. Of these cases, at least 201,500 are now considered recovered. Italy has 13,915 fatalities, with 115,242 infections. Spain has recorded 10,935 fatalities and 117,710 infections. France has reported 5,387 deaths and 73,743 cases while US has the highest official number of infected people with 245,573 cases and 6,058 deaths.

03 Apr

Anushka Shetty To Act In New Biopic

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Tollywood actress Anushka Shetty has etched her name on the walls of Telugu cinema. The ‘Baahubali’ actress is very special for Telugu audience and she is one of the stars who never steps back to experiment with her roles. Be it a commercial film or a lady-oriented movie, she leads the story and she has that power to captivate all and sundry with her strong acting skills. Anushka Shetty is synonymous with lady-oriented films. With the film, Arundati she has set a new trend in Tollywood and later acted in other women-centric films like Rudramadevi and Bhaagmathie. Now, the actress is…

03 Apr

Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 53,190

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The global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 53,190 on Friday, reports UNB. It has so far infected 1,015,466 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 750,047 are currently being treated with 37,696 being in serious or critical condition. So far, 212,229 people have recovered.

02 Apr

North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

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North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders in January after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China, and imposed strict containment measures. Pak Myong Su, director of the anti-epidemic department of the North's Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Headquarters, insisted that the efforts had been completely successful. "Not one single person has been infected with the novel coronavirus in our country so far," Pak told AFP.

02 Apr

Global coronavirus deaths top 50,000 – Johns Hopkins tally

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Global coronavirus deaths topped 50,200 on Thursday as the pandemic ravages the United States and Europe, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Reported cases of the COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus were approaching 1 million with the most cases in the United States, followed by Italy and Spain.

01 Apr

Global coronavirus COVID-19 cases top 9 lakh, death toll 45,371

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Italy and Spain bore the brunt of the crisis as the grim tally hit another milestone even though half of the planet's population is already under some form of lockdown in a battle to halt contagion. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic infected 905,279 people worldwide and increased the death toll to 45,371 till 11.45 pm (IST- 1/4/20 ) on Wednesday even as the head of the United Nations has described this crisis as humanity's worst since World War II. The US has recorded the highest numbers of cases worldwide at 199,092 including 4,361 deaths. Italy has a total of 110,574 positive…

01 Apr

Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

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The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports event off the calendar on Wednesday. While the decision had looked inevitable for some time, since the virtual shutdown of world sport and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, Wimbledon had been one of the few events not to have been officially cancelled or postponed. But after emergency talks between the various stakeholders over the last few days, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced that it was impossible for the grasscourt Grand Slam, scheduled for 29…

31 Mar

Assam reports first Covid-19 case

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Assam reports first Covid-19 case. A 52-year-old man tested positive today and is admitted at Silchar Medical College Hospital in South Assam. He hails from neighbouring Karimganj district'.

31 Mar

Coronavirus: Global death toll rises to 37,814

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The global death toll from COVID-19 disease caused by coronavirus jumped to 37,814 as of Tuesday. It has so far infected 785,712 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 582,292 are currently being treated with 29,488 being in serious or critical condition. So far, 203,420 cases had outcomes and of them, 165,606 (81 per cent) recovered.