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US sets new global record with nearly 1,500 coronavirus COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

The United States, which has become the new COVID-19 hotspot in the world after China, recorded nearly 1,500 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic in a span of 24 hours. This is the highest number of fatalities registered in a day globally since the pandemic began last December in China, according to the figures collected by Washington-based Johns Hopkins University`s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE),

Apr 04, 2020, 10:57 AM IST

PIB fact checks rumours about PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to switch off lights for 9 minutes

Calling such posts “rumours/unscientific reasoning”, the PIB’s Fact Check Twitter handle has requested people not to fall for such messages.

Apr 04, 2020, 10:04 AM IST