The overall confirmed cases reached 81,518 Monday, which included 3,305 people who died, 2,161 still undergoing treatment and 76,052 discharged patients.
China has launched a consumption campaign. Authorities are distributing vouchers, asking companies to give paid time off & offering subsidies on larger purchases.
In episode 431 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discuses new evidence on face masks, the efficiency of BCG vaccine and continuing troubles of migrant workers in India.
The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 1,664 while the death toll stood at 18 as of Monday, officials said, underlining the increase in local transmission.
Normally used to treat malaria, hydroxychloroquine yielded promising yet inconclusive results in a small coronavirus trial. It also carries significant side effects.
According to experts advising Italy on the pandemic, Wuhan made an error in asking patients with mild symptoms to self-quarantine at home instead of hospitalising them.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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