Mittal also said his companies are providing daily meals to over 5,000 people and food kits to more than 30,000

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: In March month, Sensex and Nifty have declined by 25%. The coronavirus is guaranteed to throw the world into recession, and economists are becoming less convinced about the potential for a strong snapback in growth.

Guterres called for a much stronger and more effective global response to coronavirus pandemic and to social and economic devastation that COVID-19 is causing

RIL and its joint venture partner BP Plc are investing Rs 35,000 crore to develop three fields - R Series, Satellite & MJ. The JV is slated to commence commercial production from R-Series in June this year

Out of gross borrowing of Rs 7.8 lakh crore, the government proposed to borrow 62.56% in the first half of financial year 2021

The NTA has said that it hoped that normalcy will be restored soon but it will keep monitoring the situation for any further change of plans

Coronavirus Outbreak: In addition to that, the state-owned lender last week committed 0.25 per cent of its 2019-20 annual profit as CSR initiative to fight COVID-19

L&T has also set aside a fund of over Rs 500 crore per month to support about 1.6 lakh contract workers by continuing to pay their wages during the ongoing lockdown and providing them with food and basic amenities at labour camps

With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the UN is calling for a $2.5 trillion rescue package for these nations

The new funding includes USD 25 million in emergency grants for local news through the Facebook Journalism Project, and USD 75 million for additional marketing efforts

Number of coronavirus cases has reached to 1,727, including 638 cases in Punjab, 535 in Sindh, 217 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 152 in Balochistan, 128 in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), 51 in Islamabad and 6 in Kashmir

Government announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore stimulus package that includes free foodgrains and cooking gas to poor people for three months as well as cash doles to women and poor senior citizens to alleviate the financial impact due to the lockdown last week

In a grim new milestones marking the spread of the virus, total deaths across the United States hit 3,017, including at least 540 on Monday, and the reported cases climbed to more than 163,000

Coronavirus cases in India live updates: As per Health Ministry data, 123 patients have cured and discharged, whereas 1 patient migrated

The justification coming from the government sources is that while PMNRF is for all kinds of natural disasters, PM CARES fund is specially meant for COVID-19 similar pandemic situations

Corporate groups like the Sajjan Jindal Group and Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta had earlier committed Rs 100 crore each, besides a Rs 1,500 crore commitment from the Tata Group

According to Morgan Stanley, the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the global economy could peak in April-May, but growth likely to recover from third quarter of 2020

The central government has set up the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund), a public charitable trust to aid in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Virat and Anushka have been active in spreading awareness about COVID-19 through their social media handles

India coronavirus updates: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Infosys, has committed Rs 100 crore towards fighting coronavirus in India. Earlier, Reliance Industries donated Rs 500 crore to PM CARES Fund