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Single-day toll in New York falls below 500 in 3 weeks
Rediff.com20 Apr 2020New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said three-day average in number of hospitalised virus patients was also lower for the sixth straight day to 16,428, down from a peak of nearly 19,000.
Stimulus packages: Panagariya cautions Modi govt about going overboard
Rediff.com19 Apr 2020India should take 'measured approach' with stimulus packages to deal with COVID-19 by limiting interventions to the provision of food, shelter and basic necessities of life for all; forbearance on payments of outstanding loans; and extra provision of working capital including what will be necessary to cover outstanding wages from lockdown period to enterprises.
COVID-19 could cause deaths of thousands children: UN
Rediff.com17 Apr 2020It said an estimated 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis this year, adding to the estimated 386 million children already in extreme poverty in 2019.
New York City has more COVID-19 cases than China, UK
Rediff.com13 Apr 2020According to the data from the New York City government, an increase of at least 5,695 cases on Sunday put New York City's total number of coronavirus infections at over 1,04,410 as of April 12 and 27,676 hospitalisations. The city's death toll is 6,898.
India's 20-21 GDP growth to slow down to 4.8%: UN report
Rediff.com9 Apr 2020India's GDP growth for the current fiscal is expected to slow down to 4.8 per cent, a UN report has said, warning that the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to result in significant adverse economic impacts globally. The UN 'Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 2020: Towards sustainable economies' said that Covid-19 is having far-reaching economic and social consequences for the region, with strong cross-border spillover effects through trade, tourism and financial linkages.
Coronavirus may push 400m Indians into poverty: UN report
Rediff.com8 Apr 2020"Workers and businesses are facing catastrophe, in both developed and developing economies. We have to move fast, decisively, and together. The right, urgent, measures, could make the difference between survival and collapse," ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said on Tuesday. Worldwide, two billion people work in the informal sector (mostly in emerging and developing economies) and are particularly at risk, the report said, adding that the COVID-19 crisis is already affecting tens of millions of informal workers. "In India, Nigeria and Brazil, the number of workers in the informal economy affected by the lockdown and other containment measures is substantial," ILO said.
New York registers 731 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
Rediff.com7 Apr 2020The state has a total of 138,836 coronavirus cases and as of Tuesday 5,489 people have died, up by 731 from Monday morning.
In NY, 1 person dies every 2.5 minute from COVID-19
Rediff.com5 Apr 2020New York State, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, continued to record the highest count of daily deaths from COVID-19 as a staggering number of 630 people died in a 24-hour period.
Global economy could shrink by almost 1% in 2020: UN
Rediff.com2 Apr 2020With nearly 100 countries closing national borders during the past month, the movement of people and tourism flows have come to a screeching halt. The contraction could be even higher if governments fail to provide income support and help boost consumer spending.
6-week-old baby dies of coronavirus in US
Rediff.com2 Apr 2020The news report said that a model prepared by the University of Washington projects that as the coronavirus hits a peak in Connecticut on April 15, hospitals here will fall dramatically short on available beds.
US COVID-19 toll surpasses that of China, higher than 9/11 deaths
Rediff.com1 Apr 2020According to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre, more than 4,000 people in the US have died due to COVID-19 and nearly 190,000 have been infected by it.
COVID-19 most challenging crisis since WWII: UN chief
Rediff.com1 Apr 2020"We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations -- one that is killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people's lives. But this is much more than a health crisis. It is a human crisis," Guterres said.
Infant infected with COVID-19 dies in US
Rediff.com29 Mar 2020The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 3,491 cases, including 47 deaths, in 43 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to 99 years.
COVID-19: UN, WHO praise India for its lockdown
Rediff.com25 Mar 2020In an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus in India, Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday announced a nationwide lockdown for three weeks.
New York epicenter of Coronavirus crisis in US; cases cross 5,000
Rediff.com21 Mar 2020New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the metropolitan city is the 'epicenter' of the coronavirus crisis in the United States, as government officials announced some of the most stringent measures to slow the spread of the pandemic that has claimed over 200 lives in the country.
Stop capital punishment: UN on Nirbhaya convicts' hanging
Rediff.com21 Mar 2020The UN calls on all nations to stop the use of capital punishment or put a moratorium on it.
Indira Gandhi features in TIME's '100 Women of the Year'
Rediff.com5 Mar 2020TIME also named freedom fighter Amrit Kaur as 'Women of the Year' for 1947
Coronavirus to shave $50 bn off global exports in Feb
Rediff.com5 Mar 2020UN economists announced a likely USD 50 billion drop in the worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone as the extent of the damage to the global economy caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) moved further into focus. Citing the China Manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, who heads UNCTAD's Division on International Trade and Commodities, said that it had fallen to 37.5 -- a drop of about 20 points -- the lowest reading since 2004. "This also correlates directly to exports and also implies a two per cent drop in overall exports," she said, with a resulting "ripple effect" worldwide "to the tune of a USD 50 billion fall in exports."
Coronavirus may pull down India's trade by Rs 25 bn: UN report
Rediff.com5 Mar 2020The trade impact of the coronavirus epidemic for India is estimated to be about 348 million dollars (approximately Rs 25 billion) and the country figures among the top 15 economies most affected as slowdown of manufacturing in China disrupts world trade, according to a UN report. Estimates published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on Wednesday said that the slowdown of manufacturing in China due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is disrupting world trade and could result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains.
UN chief following Delhi situation, says spokesperson
Rediff.com26 Feb 2020UN chief Antonio Guterres is closely following the situation in New Delhi and stresses that demonstrators should be allowed to protest peacefully and security forces should show restraint, his spokesperson said.