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Coronavirus: UK expected to move to 'delay' phase
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Key Highlights- The government is set to announce that it is stepping up its response to the coronavirus.
- The UK is expected to switch to tactics aimed at delaying its spread, rather than containing the disease, when the government's emergency committee meets.
- It comes after the World Health Organization labeled the outbreak of the disease as a pandemic.
Coronavirus: Trump suspends travel from Europe to US
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Key Highlights- US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
- In a televised address, he said to travel from 26 European countries would be suspended for the next 30 days.
- But he said the "strong but necessary" restrictions would not apply to the UK, where 460 cases of the virus have now been confirmed.
Two-thirds of Germans may get coronavirus, says Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Key Highlights- Germany will spend what it takes to tackle the coronavirus which is likely to infect up to 70% of the population in Europe’s largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
- We will do what we need to get through this. And then at the end we will look at what that means for our budget,” she told reporters, seeming to distance herself from Germany’s policy of no new borrowing.
NBA suspends season ‘until further notice’ after player tests COVID-19 positive
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Key Highlights- The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice” after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league’s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas.
- Now there will be no games at all, at least for the time being. A person with knowledge of the situation said the Jazz player who tested positive was center Rudy Gobert. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the league nor the team confirmed the presumptive positive test.
National
KCR govt releases Rs 235 cr to pay salaries of RTC employees for strike period
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Key Highlights- Telangana will pay the employees of state road transport corporation for the period when they had gone on a strike last year.
- The state finance department on Wednesday issued orders to release Rs 235 crore towards payment of salaries of employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) for a 56-day period.
Parliament gears up to curb coronavirus spread among MPs
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Key Highlights- Congress floor leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Chowdhury, started the much-awaited debate on last month’s Delhi riots, the usually packed public gallery looked empty afternoon.
- It didn’t reflect lack of interest in the debate, but a strategy put in place following the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Kerala maps movement of coronavirus patients
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Key Highlights- Three travellers who flew in from Italy, slipped out of the Cochin International Airport after dodging health authorities and surfaced after testing positive for the novel coronavirus are believed to have transmitted the virus to eight of their relatives, including an 85-year-old grandmother and a 90-plus grandfather.
- The administration of Pathanamthitta district released two sets of maps on Wednesday, giving a blow-by-blow account of the three people’s travel once they came out of the airport on February 29 until they were hospitalised on March 6.
Education
Anna University Announces TANCET 2020 Result
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Key Highlights- TANCET 2020 result has been announced. Anna University conducts TANCET exam for admission to post graduate professional programmes offered at Universities in Tamil Nadu.
- The result is available on the exam's official website. The TANCET 2020 marks sheets will be available for downloading from March 23 and will remain available till April 10, 2020.
UPSC To Begin Civil Services Exam 2020 Application Withdrawal Today
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Key Highlights- Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will begin the process of withdrawal of applications for Civil Services exam today.
- The process will conclude oat 6 pm on March 18, 2020. The withdrawal facility is for those candidates who have applied for the exam but do not want to appear for the exam.
Banking
GST Council may raise rate on mobile phones to 18%: Report
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Key Highlights- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council may raise the rate on mobile phones to 18 percent from the current 12 percent, according to a report by The Economic Times.
- The GST Council is likely to consider a proposal to raise the rate on mobile phones at its meeting on March 14, the report said.
RBI rate cut make sense for India
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Key Highlights- With the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic, a section of economists and analysts see logic in an emergency cut by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cushion the economy.
- In fact, there was a similar chatter in the market early this month. On March 4, the bond market was convinced that a rate cut is on its way from the central bank. That day, the benchmark 10-year bond yield had dropped as much as 13 basis points to 6.21 percent before closing at 6.23 percent.
Sports
India vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score
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Key Highlights- India, boosted by the returns of Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, will be looking to put the nightmares of the New Zealand tour behind them as they gear up to face South Africa in the first One-day International (ODI) of the three-match series at Dharamsala.
- However, the trio might have to wait for their international return as weather is expected to play spoilsport.
Obituary
Bengali actor Santu Mukherjee dies at 69
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Key Highlights- Famous Bengali actor Santu Mukherjee died at his south Kolkata residence. He is survived by a daughter, popular actor Swastika Mukherjee.
- Mukherjee was suffering from multiple ailments. He was admitted in hospital till recently, members of the family told the media.
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