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The Coronavirus outbreak has taken the world by a storm, with governments globally scrambling to control the outbreak, which has so far infected over 125,000 people and killed more than 4,500 across 114 countries. Even as the virus forces countries to quarantine citizens, lock down borders and suspend travels, the number of recoveries across the world so far has been 68,000, according to data collated by the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. The data show that over 50,000 people have recovered in China’s Hubei province alone. Hubei has been the most affected by the outbreak. Iran, also affected badly and facing difficulties owing to several US sanctions and poor medical facilities, has seen over 2,900 recoveries so far. The country has also reported over 400 deaths, the most after China and Italy. While over 90 per cent of the cases are confined to four countries – China, South Korea, Italy and Iran – the first two have lately seen a significant drop in new Covid-19 ca...

As the sitution becomes grim over the novel- Coronavirus outbreak, the Bureau of Immigration has said that foreign national who have visited China on or before January 15 will not be allowed entry into India. The move follows similar decision by Australia, Singapore, US and a few other countries as China imposes travel ban. According to the bureau, foreigners who visited the China in second fortnight of January will not be allowed by air, sea or through land borders. Airline crew however are exempted from this rule. Chinese citizens and foreigners living in China have already been restricted from travelling to India. Indian and Chinese carriers too are suspending flights between the two countries following the travel curbs. These restrictions are however not applicable to Chinese passport holders of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Read More

In the report released today, the UN talked about alleged human rights violations in both "Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir" Current Affairs News : India   today rejected a UN report alleging   human rights violations in   Kashmir   as "fallacious, tendentious and motivated". In a strong reaction, the   Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the report is "overtly prejudiced" and seeks to build a "false narrative". It violated the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, it said. In the report released today, the UN talked about alleged   human rights   violations in both "Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir" and sought an international inquiry into these abuses. Also read: UN report accuses India, Pakistan of Kashmir rights violations, seeks probe "India   rejects the report. It is fallacious, tendentious and motivated. We question the intent ...

The order is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province Current Affairs News : Pakistan   has rejected India's protests over its latest move on exercising administrative authority on the disputed   Gilgit-Baltistan   region, saying New Delhi's "spurious" claim over   Jammu and Kashmir   contradicts everything from history to the situation on the ground. Pakistan   cabinet on May 21 approved   Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 which was also endorsed by the assembly for the region. The order is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province. India   on Sunday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad's latest move, saying any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under its "forcible and illegal occupation" has no legal basis. In a ...