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NEW DELHI: In a massive surge in fresh cases led by 82 in Maharashtra and 57 in Tamil Nadu, 315 new coronavirus infections were reported in the country on Tuesday — nearly double the previous day’s number — taking the total number of cases detected in India galloping to 1,618. The number of deaths among Covid-19 cases too rose by nine to 52 so far. As many as 626 new cases have been reported in the past three days, accounting for nearly 40% of all cases so far. Here is a look at the lastest updates on the outbreak of coronavirus from India and around the world —Saudi official urges Muslims to delay hajj plans over virusA senior Saudi official has urged more than 1 million Muslims intending to travel to Islam's holiest sites to delay making plans for the hajj this year due to the new coronavirus pandemic, suggesting the pilgrimage could be cancelled due to the new coronavirus pandemic. In February, the kingdom took the extraordinary decision to close off the holy … [Read more...] about Coronavirus latest updates: India reports 626 new cases in last three days

As of Wednesday morning, Việt Nam had reported 212 infections. One of the five latest cases is a worker at Trường Sinh Company which provides catering services for Bạch Mai Hospital, and a female cook in Long Biên District who was in contact with the 163rd patient. — VNS  … [Read more...] about Hà Nội on first day of nationwide social distancing

Google has defended the impartiality of its search results after users in Japan seeking to corroborate rumours of an imminent state of emergency declaration by the government were met with no results on its website. Climbing coronavirus cases in Tokyo have seen politicians call for residents to reduce social mixing and have led to a slew of messages circulating on social media asserting a broader lockdown is imminent. The government on Monday denied it was preparing to lock down the country on April 1 as rumoured earlier. Google users found that using the search term "state of emergency declaration April 2" in Japanese was returning no results - an unusual outcome on the world's top search site and sparking further speculation of censorship by the company. The internet giant said on its Twitter account that it is investigating and that "its algorithm is designed to automatically produce impartial results and avoid being impacted by the aims and prejudices of particular … [Read more...] about Google defends impartiality of search results amid lockdown rumours in Japan

The CV space too will see a big drop in sales Vinod Agarwal, managing director and CEO of VE Commercial Vehicle told ET Auto, "With the closure of registration authorities, the registrations of BS-4 trucks that need to be completed by March 31 have been impacted, And, on the top of it, due to uncertainties related to the lockdown, financiers are also very cautious to finance new trucks, impacting truck sales." … [Read more...] about March 2020 Sales Expected To Be Down By 40-80 Per cent Across Segments

The mini segment only saw a marginal de-growth of 5 per cent, thanks to the still fresh S-Presso that helped Maruti regain some lost ground in the entry segment. Furthermore, despite losing 1/3rd of sales days, the drop in the segment was very small, considering in March 2019 the mini segment saw a much bigger decline of 55.1 per cent, as compared to March 2018. This shows the entry level segment saw much greater demand this year. However, it was the compact car segment that took a massive hit, with a decline of almost 51 per cent. The cumulative sales of Wagon R, Swift, Beleno, Dzire, Ignis, Celerio and Tour S stood at 40,519 units, as compared to 82,532 units sold during the same month last year. The carmaker's compact sedan Maruti Suzuki Ciaz continued to see de-growth at 1,863 units witnessing a decline of 49.3 per cent. … [Read more...] about Car Sales March 2020: Coronavirus Hits Maruti Suzuki’s Volumes, Sales Down By 47%