New Delhi [India], Mar 05 (ANI): Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has decided to decrease the interest rate of employees provident fund to 8.5 percent for 2019-2020, announced Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Thursday.
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared a state of emergency after the state reported its first death from coronavirus.
Wellington [New Zealand], Mar 5 (Xinhua/ANI): New Zealand confirmed the third case of COVID-19 on Thursday after an Auckland man in his 40s, whose family member was back from Iran recently, tested positive for the coronavirus.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Mar 4 (ANI): The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday shifted the Asia Championships 2020 from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, to Manila, in the Philippines.
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 3 (ANI): The leader of a religious sect that has been at the epicenter of a sudden surge in South Korea's coronavirus infections has sought forgiveness for 'unintentionally' spreading the virus
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 3 (ANI): US Vice President Mike Pence here on Monday said that the medication for treating coronavirus may be available by this summer or early fall.
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Five more departments, namely Water Resources, Cooperation, Fisheries and ARD, Social Security and EPD and Textiles Handloom joined the ambit of Mo Sarkar initiative of the Odisha government on Monday.
Yangon [Myanmar], Mar 1 (Xinhua/ANI): Myanmar on Sunday donated 200 tons of rice to China as humanitarian assistance in the battle to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 29 (ANI): Two new cases of Coronavirus were confirmed in Pakistan on Saturday taking the total number of persons infected with the deadly virus to 4 in the country.
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 29 (ANI): A banner with the slogan - 'Pakistani Army Epicenter of International Terrorism' - has been put up at the iconic Broken Chair during the 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. It aims to draw attention to global terrorism emanating from P
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 hit the border area of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Friday afternoon.
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 28 (ANI): South Korea on Friday reported 315 more cases of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total count of infections to 2,337, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Friday.