Sensex Crashes 3,000 Points, Nifty Tests 9,500, Other Big Stories

The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indices suffered their biggest single-day fall ever on Thursday mirroring losses in global markets after the World Health Organisation declared the deadly coronavirus a pandemic. The Sensex plummeted as much as 3,204.3 points to 32,493.10 and the Nifty 50 index plunged as much as 950.4 points to hit 9,508.00.

  • <b>Hindustan Times</b>: Officials in Karnataka confirmed India's first fatality due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, opening a worrying new chapter in the pandemic's spread in the country where 74 people have now been sickened and tens of thousands more put under surveillance for possible exposure to the infected. The confirmation came on a day when 14 more people tested positive for the infection across the country, and authorities at various levels announced unprecedented new curbs.
    Hindustan Times: Officials in Karnataka confirmed India's first fatality due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, opening a worrying new chapter in the pandemic's spread in the country where 74 people have now been sickened and tens of thousands more put under surveillance for possible exposure to the infected. The confirmation came on a day when 14 more people tested positive for the infection across the country, and authorities at various levels announced unprecedented new curbs.
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  • <b>The Times Of India</b>: In its steepest one-day crash in history (in absolute terms), the sensex plunged 2,919 points on Thursday - outstripping its previous worst loss of 1,942 points on Monday by over a thousand points - to close at 32,778 after a bloodbath on global stock markets with the WHO declaring coronavirus a pandemic, triggering fears of a recession.
    The Times Of India: In its steepest one-day crash in history (in absolute terms), the sensex plunged 2,919 points on Thursday - outstripping its previous worst loss of 1,942 points on Monday by over a thousand points - to close at 32,778 after a bloodbath on global stock markets with the WHO declaring coronavirus a pandemic, triggering fears of a recession.
  • <b> Asian Age </b>: The Karnataka health department late on Thursday confirmed that the 76-year-old man from Kalaburgi who died of lung complications on Tuesday has tested positive for the coronavirus. A communiqe; issued by the health department said, "The suspected COVID 19 patient has been confirmed for COVID 19. The necessary contact tracing, isolation and other measures as per protocol are being carried out. The Telangana government has also been informed since he went to a private hospital there. "
    Asian Age : The Karnataka health department late on Thursday confirmed that the 76-year-old man from Kalaburgi who died of lung complications on Tuesday has tested positive for the coronavirus. A communiqe; issued by the health department said, "The suspected COVID 19 patient has been confirmed for COVID 19. The necessary contact tracing, isolation and other measures as per protocol are being carried out. The Telangana government has also been informed since he went to a private hospital there. "
  • <b> Deccan Herald</b>: Indian equity markets witnessed yet another big sell-off amid coronavirus spread and risk to the Indian financial system on Thursday, with benchmark Sensex and Nifty-50 recording their biggest one-day falls in terms of points. They also officially entered the 'bear markets'.
    Deccan Herald: Indian equity markets witnessed yet another big sell-off amid coronavirus spread and risk to the Indian financial system on Thursday, with benchmark Sensex and Nifty-50 recording their biggest one-day falls in terms of points. They also officially entered the 'bear markets'.
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