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Jan 31, 2020 12:06 PM IST On Twitter in Japan, where there has long been unease about the conduct of Chinese tourists, commenters have labeled them “dirty” and “insensitive” and have called them “bioterrorists.”
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Jan 31, 2020 10:50 AM IST However, the metal was up 3.6% so far this month, set for the second straight monthly gain as the spread of the epidemic fanned fears of a slowdown in global economic growth.
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Jan 31, 2020 10:32 AM IST The decision was taken at the second meeting of the Emergency Committee in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Jan 31, 2020 10:27 AM IST The Jumbo 747 is a 423-seater airplane that will fly to Wuhan from Delhi for evacuating Indian citizens.
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Jan 31, 2020 09:34 AM IST WHO’s Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that so far 98 confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus have been detected in 18 countries outside China.
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Jan 31, 2020 09:34 AM IST "In China, the Coronavirus has killed hundreds of people. My thoughts are with the families of the victims and the millions who have been forced into quarantine to prevent the spread of the virus. May they find the courage and strength to persevere through this terrible ordeal," he said on Twitter.
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Jan 31, 2020 08:27 AM IST Ross said the virus, which has spread to at least 15 countries, was "very unfortunate" but that it was also a "risk factor" for businesses weighing up whether to operate in China.
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Jan 31, 2020 08:25 AM IST Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 5,806 confirmed cases, including 204 deaths, official media reported.
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Jan 31, 2020 08:20 AM IST In issuing a level four warning -- up from urging Americans to "reconsider" travel to China -- the State Department said it was acting after the World Health Organization declared the epidemic, which originated in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, an international emergency.
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Jan 31, 2020 08:02 AM IST The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 50.0 in January from 50.2 in December, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday, hitting the neutral 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis.
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Jan 31, 2020 08:00 AM IST Kudlow said the Trump administration had taken a look at the outbreak of SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, in the early-2000s and found the economic impact on the United States had been negligible. SARS was first reported in Asia and spread to more than two dozen countries.
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Jan 30, 2020 09:50 PM IST India is the world's biggest smartphone maker after China but is still largely dependent on China for supplies of parts such as cells, display panels, camera modules and printed circuit boards.
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Jan 30, 2020 09:37 PM IST Moneycontrol’s Shraddha Sharma gets in conversation with pharma correspondent Viswanath Pilla to find out the latest on the confirmed case of coronavirus in Kerala.
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Jan 30, 2020 09:25 PM IST Tune in to In The News for the top news stories of the day.
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Jan 30, 2020 09:01 PM IST India imports about $4.5 billion worth of APIs and KSMs from China. These include antibiotics, hormones, vitamins, anti-hypertension and anti-diabetes drugs.
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Jan 30, 2020 06:51 PM IST The government informed: "A 24*7 helpline has been set up by the government at the National Centre for Disease Control in New Delhi to respond to queries related to the disease."
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Jan 30, 2020 01:46 PM IST The condition of the patient is said to be stable and is being closely monitored by the doctors
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Jan 30, 2020 01:26 PM IST Kshitij Anand talks to Pankaj Pandey, Head Research at ICICIdirect.com, to find out how investors should prepare for the virus outbreak.
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Jan 30, 2020 11:56 AM IST The Taiwan resident was supposed to fly to China’s Wuhan city earlier this month, right around the time the novel virus started spreading
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Jan 30, 2020 11:25 AM IST A self-described germaphobe, Trump has had little to say in public about the new virus that so far has killed more than 170 people in China, sickened thousands more there and led to a handful of confirmed cases in the U.S.
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Jan 30, 2020 11:23 AM IST At present, Google's offices in China are closed due to the extended Lunar New Year holiday as announced by the government to minimise spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Jan 30, 2020 10:25 AM IST The decision to close all of its 30 stores follows an announcement from world's biggest furniture retailer on Wednesday that it was closing around half of its stores and shortening the opening hours.
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Jan 30, 2020 10:06 AM IST For countries outside China, the time to prevent an epidemic is now, when cases are few and can be isolated.
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Jan 30, 2020 08:42 AM IST Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a flat opening for the Indian benchmark, with a 14 points, or 0.12 percent, loss
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Jan 30, 2020 08:17 AM IST The potential effects of the spread of the coronavirus, which has sickened more than 6,000, mostly in China, and killed 133 since its detection early last month, took centre stage in U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's news conference on Wednesday following the central bank's widely expected decision to keep interest rates unchanged.