Coronavirus impact: Companies are responding by having employees work from home and take other steps to curb coronavirus' spread though such measures also could slow economic activity

YES Bank's net, mobile banking services hit after RBI caps withdrawal limitYES Bank's net and mobile banking services went down soon after the government placed it under moratorium and capped withdrawals by customers. The government, on RBI's recommendations, imposed a moratorium on YES Bank from March 5 to April 3. RBI has assured the private lender's depositors that there is no need to panic and their interest will be fully protected.Change in mercury to not affect COVID-19 spre...

Coronavirus in USA: Major indexes tanked by over 3% at the Wall Street today due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in the USA

The virus, which originated in Wuhan, China has infected nearly 98,000 people and killed over 3,300

Share Market Update: Sensex sank 893 points to end at 37,576, while Nifty plunged 289 points to close at 10,979

Spot gold has risen 6% in one month, 11.7% in 3 months, 6.1% in 6 months. It was up 5% in January 2020, due to concerns over global slowdown. Similarly, Gold prices on MCX have risen 10.6% half-yearly, 13.1% in the last 3 months, and 6.6% in the last one month.

While many companies have shut operations and asked employees to work from home, others have put restrictions on non-essential domestic and international travel

Coronavirus impact: Oil ministers from the group's 14 countries were gathering in Vienna on March 5 as energy producers were taking a hit from a 25 percent slide in crude prices since January

Coronavirus impact: Online retailer Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday reported the first case of the virus among its US employees

India is among the 15 most affected economies due to the coronavirus epidemic and slowdown in production in China, with a trade impact of $348 million

Hotels and tourist sites in Agra have been instructed to inform Chief Medical Officer as soon any visitor from Italy, Iran and China arrive so that they can be screened

Barring shares of Piramal Enterprises that fell around 0.3%, all the 9 other healthcare shares were trading higher on Nifty Pharma, that was up 0.78% at 8,200.

IRDAI asks insurance companies to cover coronavirusRegulator IRDAI on Wednesday asked insurers to expeditiously settle hospitalisation claims related to coronavirus disease under health policies. It also instructed insurance companies to come out with policies to cover treatment costs for coronavirus infection, which has impacted thousands of people worldwide.OYO to cut 5,000 jobs globally; China to see highest reductionSoftBank-backed Oyo Hotels recently confirmed that the compan...

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex closed 61 points higher at 38,470 and Nifty50 ended 18 points higher at 11,269

Microsoft asked many of its employees in the Seattle region near its headquarters and the San Francisco Bay Area to work from home if possible until March 25

Coronavirus live news update India: Both Egypt and South Africa reported their first cases of coronavirus infections, almost three month after the outbreak was first identified

The rupee opened at 73.08 at the interbank forex exchange on Wednesday and gained further ground to the day's high of 72.90 against the American currency.

The yellow metal that was already gaining on the back of support from international spot gold today, later added further momentum after 15 new cases were reported, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 28 in the country.

Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba who held a review meeting with the concerned authorities of the states asked them to impose travel restrictions as well as monitor the airport management

At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 73.10, then gained further ground and touched a high of 72.90 against the US dollar. It was last trading at 72.95, showing a rise of 24 paise over its previous close.