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Beyond human toll and turmoil, coronavirus could shake up global politics
The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics
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Rupee hits record low of 74.5 against US dollar amid coronavirus scare
Traders expect the central bank to step in to prevent further sharp falls in the currency but don't see it protecting the rupee at any particular level
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COVID-19: Google Bengaluru employee infected; staff told to work from home
After Dell India and Mindtree, this is the third case where an employee of a tech giant has been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country
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As coronavirus becomes pandemic, here's how the world is dealing with it
Mainland China had 15 new infections, down from 24 cases a day earlier, bringing the total to 80,793. The death toll touched 3,169, up by 11 from the previous day
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Coronavirus impact: Visa ban set to hit charter tourist arrivals in Goa
Goa Airport Director Gagan Malik said the actual situation on chartered flights, which bring tourists to the state, will be clear only in the wee hours of March 14
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Coronavirus: Didn't notify EU on ban because 'it takes time', says Trump
His remarks came after the presidents of the European Commission and European Council reacted with anger to the suspension Trump announced "unilaterally and without consultation" on Wednesday.
Stay put, travel only under compelling reasons: MEA on Coronavirus
Responding to questions about IPL and other sporting events, it said the MEA's advise would be "not do it at this time but if the organisers want to go ahead, it is their decision".
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Coronavirus: As pandemic worsens, world witnesses more bans, lockdowns
It was an outbreak moving, at once, both glacially and explosively, with a virus first detected three months ago in China creeping across borders and producing eruptive outbreaks that have crippled ar
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Dell India allows work-from-home as techie tests positive for coronavirus
Patient had visited company HQ in Texas, his wife and daughter too test positive and have been isolated under medical supervision
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China food prices spike 21% y-o-y as anti-virus effort disrupts supply
The price of fresh vegetables rose 9.5% over a year ago
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Coronavirus scare: 4 new cases reported in India; global infections 110,000
Qatar bans entry of travellers from India, 13 other nations
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Threat of Coronavirus pandemic 'has become very real': WHO Chief
"Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told a news conference.
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Eating more plant protein than red meat may help people live longer: Report
As many as 29 per cent participants were less likely to die of coronary heart disease compared to people who ate the least amount of plant protein
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Bangladesh postpones 'Mujib Year' grand ceremony after 3 coronavirus cases
Prime Minister Sheikh directed the organisers to scale down the planned festivities
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Japan's Abe under fire over Covid-19; to alter emergency declaration law
Japan more than 1,000 cases of the virus including about 700 from a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo last month
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Covid-19 may be sensitive to heat but let's not bet on it, say studies
Covid-19 may have a temperature sweet spot at which it spreads fastest but it may not react to heat the same way other pathogens do
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Two Indian-American doctors seek to arrest cancer 'tsunami' in India
Cancer can have profound social and economic consequences for the people in India often leading to family impoverishment and societal inequity
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Colorectal cancer deaths shifting toward younger adults, find study
These rates appear to be declining among seniors while rising in the young, according to the report in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
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Low-cost blood test may help predict Alzheimer's disease: Scientists
PET imaging is expensive and involves radioactive agents, and spinal fluid tests require spinal taps, which are invasive, complex and time-consuming, they said.
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Moderate drinking tied to lower levels of Alzheimer's brain protein
The study, in PLOS Medicine, measured drinking in "standard drinks" - 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine, or one-and-a-half ounces of hard liquor.
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