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The move by US to give gree cards to foreign nurses and doctors is likely to benefit a large number of Indian professionals.

An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the immediate family members of the H-1B visa-holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals.

It is unclear when Disney's other parks in Asia, the United States and France would again welcome visitors, executives said, or when the company's range of idled businesses including retail stores and cruise ships would return.

Dr. Rick Bright said his superiors repeatedly rejected his warnings that the virus would spread in the US, missing an early opportunity to stock up on protective masks for first responders.

Trump said the US would release its report detailing the origins of the novel coronavirus over time, but gave no other details or timeline.

US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated an Indian-American attorney to a federal court in New York.

With Washington still under a stay-at-home order, lawmakers have been advised by the congressional physician to wear masks, maintain a distance of six feet (2 metres) and limit the number of staff on Capitol Hill.

Tokyo has 4,000 'internet cafe refugees' - homeless people, mostly men, who before the pandemic usually paid between $17 and $28 to stay overnight in a booth in one of the city's 24-hour internet cafes.

Trump, who calls himself a 'wartime president' denied that the election will turn into a referendum on his handling of the Covid-19 crisis.

More than 330 cases of coronavirus, including 10 deaths, have been recorded in Venezuela, but authorities say there have been no cases in the country's jails.

A pilot and tactical flight officer were aboard a police helicopter when it crashed at an apartment complex around 2 am

In some states, the curve has completely flattened, Queensland hasn't reported any new cases since Monday, and South Australia has seen no new infections for more than a week.

Trump said that he would be practising social distancing while at Camp David, and that he plans a working weekend that will include phone calls with foreign leaders.

All new flights are between Amritsar and London to cater to the thousands still stranded in Punjab, with a daily flight planned every day between May 5 and 11.

Pompeo said the United States was also monitoring the situation more broadly in North Korea, given the risk presented by the coronavirus.

India had strongly rejected the claims made by the commission and stated the report as ‘biased’ and ‘tendentious’.