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China's revised Wuhan death figures jump 50 per cent

On Saturday. the NHC said 27 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported of which 17 were imported

18 April 2020 12:04 PM IST

$In this Feb. 10, 2020 photo released by Xinhua, Chinese president Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shaped sign and the slogan Race against time, Fight the Virus during an inspection of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, Chinas ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a \peoples war\ against the disease. (AP)$ World

Under pressure, China denies covering up extent of Coronavirus...

A foreign ministry spokesman acknowledged that the virus's rapid spread had contributed to undercounting

17 April 2020 4:07 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI Photo)

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Imran Khan seeks top Pakistan agency's help to fight coronavirus

Khan on Thursday addressed a meeting of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

17 April 2020 12:55 PM IST

Belongings of Rohingya refugees lay on the shore as their carrier boat remains anchored nearby in Teknaf on Thursday. (AFP)

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396 Rohingya refugees rescued from ship that drifted at sea:...

A human rights group said it believed more boats carrying Rohingya were adrift at sea.

16 April 2020 4:07 PM IST

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Pakistan dials China, seeks global debt relief for developing nations

The foreign minster sought China's support for the initiative, including at the G-20 platform.

16 April 2020 1:46 PM IST

A police officers dispenses hand sanitizer in an effort to contain the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan. AFP Photo

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Pakistan: Nine Tablighi Jamaat activists test positive for coronavirus

Two weeks back, 198 Tablighi Jamaat workers were quarantined in Pakpattan.

16 April 2020 12:39 PM IST

$A doctor displays homeopathy medicine for the prevention of COVID-19, at a government hospital in Hyderabad, on, March 5, 2020. On Jan. 28, a group of experts under Indias AYUSH ministry recommended the homeopathy medicine Arsenic Album 30, as a \prophylactic\ or preventive medicine. This has since spread like wildfire on social media and people have queued up to buy the medicine. However, scientists globally and within India have rejected that homeopathy can act against the new virus. (AP)$ World