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In the first hour of Monday's trade, benchmark indices cracked over 10 per cent, triggering a 45-minute trading freeze as coronavirus-led lockdowns across the world stoked fears of a massive global recession.

The real GDP growth will slow to under 2.5% for the June 2019 quarter, down from the estimate of 4% for March, the Swiss multinational investment bank said in a research note.

There will be a complete ban on assembly of three or more persons, and shutdown of all shops and businesses educational institutions, markets and Anganwadi centres.

If extension is given by the state government, the Commission intends to examine 40-50 more witnesses, including police, state and prominent politicians. For that purpose, the Commission will require not less than six months, it said.

The action plan is based on examination of facts on the disease, strategies of different nations which have proved successful in containment, and scientific research which offers reasonable models for future course of the epidemic.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced the curfew as people were defying the lockdown imposed in the state.

National award-winning actor Ayushmann Khurrana also participated in the call along with wife Tahira Kashyap to applaud for the frontline commandos fighting against coronavirus. He also recited a poem for the spirit of the nation.

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee on Monday offered all 20 rooms in the 'Serai' inn to be used by the government to treat coronavirus-affected patients.

With diets like Intermittent and Keto getting increasingly popular, breakfast is fast losing its relevance. While all meals are equally important, the first meal of your day comes many hours after last night's dinner.

Bigg Boss 13 fame Himanshi Khurana has claimed that somebody was tampering with her Twitter account.

Spot gold slipped 0.2% to $1,494.63 per ounce by 0320 GMT, after rising as much as 3.1% in the previous session on a wave of stimulus.

In the midst of a global crisis, musicians are trying to spread cheer by creating songs on the novel coronavirus in order to entertain as well as create awareness amongst people.

According to reports, the film is about a couple of good-natured, goofy men who are out to reform society.

Bolsonaro tweeted on Sunday that the government is distributing around 10 million coronavirus tests, half of which have been dispatched this month.

Top health officials sounded -- while not upbeat -- encouraged to see daily deaths fall back from Saturday's grisly 793 to a slightly less shocking 651.

In a circular issued late Sunday evening, the top court cancelled the scheduled hearing in courts 2, 8 and 14 and said that from Wednesday only one bench of two judges will take up for hearing in only urgent matters through video conference.