The meeting comes over a month after India took the lead with Prime Minister Narendra Modi bringing the SAARC leaders together through a video-conference amid rising coronavirus cases in the populous region

European Medicines Agency said recent studies have reported serious, in some cases fatal, heart rhythm problems with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, particularly when taken in high doses or in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin

Around 150 vaccine development projects have been established but till now only five, including the UK and Germany projects, have been approved for clinical trials on humans

\"The U.S. economy is hemorrhaging jobs at a pace and scale never before recorded,\" said Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West in San Francisco

Corona in India update: Samshi Talab in Mehrauli including A-3 Lake view apartment, Gali number 1 band of Raj Nagar 2 in Dwarka, and house number 15 to 101 in Dayanand Vihar are the latest additions to the list of hotspots in Delhi; Maharashtra now has 6,427 COVID-19 cases

The lawsuit seeks relief on one ount of public nuisance, one count of abnormally dangerous activities, and two counts of breach of duty

On the sectoral front, media stocks rose the most, with Nifty media closing 6.65% higher, followed by a 3% rise in energy and a 2.5% rise in FMCG and auto indexes. Meanwhile, PSU Bank, pharma and realty sectors were declining marginally.

CRISIL's board has declared first interim dividend of Rs 6 per equity share of face value of Rs 1 each, for the financial year ending December 31, 2020, which will be paid on May 19, 2020

The government  has already undertaken several activities in Phase 1 including strengthening health facilities as coronavirus dedicated hospitals, health centers and care centers.

Coronavirus lockdown India: A total of 4.62 lakh tests have been conducted in India so far (as of April 21), of which 26,943 were conducted on April 21 alone; total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 19,984 as of date, according to the health ministry

\"Many existing respiratory cell lines may not contain the full mix of cell types, and may miss the types that are relevant,\" Ordovas-Montanes said

WTI crude oil price drop: The crash in prices is a windfall for the Indian government. Thanks to the sharp fall in crude price, India will have savings of more than 4 times its annual health budget

Led by the sharp fall in the index, the market capitalisation of the BSE-listed companies dropped Rs 3,30,408.87 crore to Rs 1,20,42,172.38 crore

David will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Huawei Telecommunications India's strategy, directions and operations in the country, ensuring its commitment as a strategic and reliable ICT partner in accelerating the digital visions of India

Rajasthan Coronavirus News: Eight ICMR institutes will test the kits in different states in the next two days to validate and check if a batch of the imported kits is faulty

The rapid testing kits, through which blood samples are tested, were aimed at speeding up screening and detection of suspected coronavirus patients

Coronavirus impact: Even as May futures steeply fell, the June futures continued to trade above $20 per barrel on Monday.

According to a BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) release, the number of COVID-19 cases now stood at 3,090

The ICMR and the ministry said that while it was not possible to test everyone, enough arrangements and protocols have been established to test highly suspected asymptomatic people

Corona lockdown in India updates: Personnel involved in COVID-19 management activities, central government employees, doctors, and media personnel with authorisation, as well as goods transport and ambulances have been exempted from this