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New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): The Indian U-16 national football team's tour to Tajikistan has been cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. read more...
Leaders of an Indian reservation in Oregon shut down its casino and several other facilities after an employee contracted the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, incidence of the disease in the country is on the rise.
The U-16 boys, currently the U-15 SAFF Champions, were slated to depart on March 5 to play two friendlies against Tajikistan, AFC U-16 Championship runners-up
A total of six confirmed cases of Covid-19, or coronavirus, have now been reported in India. Three of these have been reported this week in quick succession. Here is a recap of everything that's happened in India vis-a-vis the coronavirus outbreak.
Indian Navy's biggest international exercise called off due to coronavirus threat
The decision to put off the drill was taken after several navies indicated their inability to take part in the exercise because of new coronavirus cases being detected in different parts of the world, said an official.
The Indian rupee weakened for the third straight session on Monday, falling to its lowest level in more than 15 months, after two fresh cases of the coronavirus were detected in the country. One of the two new cases was detected in the capital, New Delhi, while the other was in the southern state of Telangana, the government said in a statement taking the total number of people who have tested positive in the country to five. The global death toll has crossed 3,000.
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The exercise has been postponed taking into consideration the "safety of all participants and travel restrictions imposed due to the spread of COVID-19", officials said.
Indian authorities limited the export of a list of pharmaceutical ingredients and drugs made from those ingredients, a further signal of the enormous disruption that the outbreak of the new coronavirus is having on the drug supply chain.
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Indian Navy puts off to its biggest exercise 'Milan' amid coronavirus crisis. Reports have stated that some nations have expressed their inability to participate over the rising concerns of coronavirus infection. - Latest India News from Opindia.com
Health check-up of the crew member, a resident of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, and his wife, who accompanied him, was done at Paradip port hospital.
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Steel mills in India are gearing up for an increase in demand from overseas buyers as the coronavirus outbreak chokes supplies from China.
According to the India navy besides the foreign warships expected to come in for the drill there were high-level delegations expected from over 20 countries.
India's central bank is considering using unconventional policy tools to spur lending, three government officials told Reuters, amid fears that the coronavirus outbreak will derail any revival of economic growth.
India's central bank is considering using unconventional policy tools to spur lending, three government officials told Reuters, amid fears that the coronavirus outbreak will derail any revival of economic growth. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to infuse fresh cash liquidity into the