8.03 am: All the 14 tests conducted at Goa Medical College and Hospital have come negative, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane tells ANI. He ...

8.03 am: All the 14 tests conducted at Goa Medical College and Hospital have come negative, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane tells ANI. He adds that 25 more tests will be conducted today.
7.47 am: US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo “highlighted the importance of continued close cooperation between US, India and other allies” when he spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over phone, says Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson for US State Department.
7.34 am: Virologist Gita Ramjee has become the first Indian-born South African to die from the coronavirus, PTI reports. Ramjee had returned from London a week ago but reportedly showed no symptoms of Covid-19 before her death.
7.30 am: The toll due to the coronavirus climbed to four in West Bengal on Tuesday, as two patients succumbed to the contagion, while 10 new cases were reported, according to PTI. Five people did not have any travel history, while the rest either came in contact with a positive patient or had a travel history outside the state.
7.27 am: United States President Donald Trump has told its citizens they should brace for “painful” weeks ahead, BBC reports. “This is going to be a very painful – a very, very painful two weeks,” Trump says describing the pandemic as a “plague”. “I want every American...