Page 59 - Latest Updates on Lockdown
Covid-19: No plans for another lockdown in Delhi, says Satyendar Jain
The Delhi government has clarified that it has no plans to implement another lockdown in the national capital in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Health insurance premiums surge two-fold
Arthritis drug can reduce death rate in Covid-19 patients by 71 per cent, new study sheds light on virus, scams in the name of cures, and more-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Jail for refusing corona tests in Hong Kong
Consumer spends & factory output boost China recovery, Japan vaults back from recession, full lockdown imposed in Austria and other pandemic-related news across the globe
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Why the govt's economic package cannot be classified as stimulus
Real stimulus would be to tax people less because spending is as much about feeling good, as it is about having the money and depressed people don't go out shopping
Coronavirus LIVE: India's tally hits 8.8 mn, Shah reviews Delhi situation
Coronavirus LIVE: updates: Maharashtra has 1,740,461 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 857,928, Andhra Pradesh 851,000, Tamil Nadu 752,521 and UP has 514,060
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Covid-19 is reaching the last places on Earth
Cases and deaths soar in France, of zoom weddings and virtual gifting, study says shoppers fret over health protocols at stores, and other pandemic-related news across the globe
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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Child marriages up in Odisha amid pandemic
Limitations of Pfizer's vaccine, Why there is a spike in cases in Delhi, a new study that sheds more light on the virus, and more-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic
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Covid-19: Italy extends partial lockdown as Naples hospitals struggle
Naples hospitals made headlines this week when a video that went viral showed an elderly man lying dead on the floor of an emergency room bathroom
Tamil Nadu's active coronavirus cases fall below 18,000; tally 754,460
Chennai topped the list of fresh infections at 512, followed by Coimbatore (179) and Chengalpattu with 145 new cases
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Covid-19 overhauls decades of aviation boom; a third of 50,000 routes shut
With borders effectively shut from Europe to New Zealand, the bulk of the world's dropped routes are inevitably cross-border
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Covid shock vs global financial crisis
The pandemic is not as bad as the 2008-09 global downturn
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Moody's raises India's 2020 GDP forecast to -8.9% as Covid cases drop
India's economy had the biggest contraction, 24 per cent year-over-year in the second quarter
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Maharashtra reports 4,496 new coronavirus cases; state tally 17,36,329
Mumbai city reported 858 positive cases during the day
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Nagaland's coronavirus recovery rate rises to all-time high of 90.3%
On Wednesday, Nagaland's Covid-19 recovery rate was 89.73%
Tamil Nadu coronavirus tally reaches 750,409 with 2,184 new infections
Of the 7.50 lakh cases, Chennai accounted for 2,06,588 with 571 new infections
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Coronavirus cases in Nepal surpass 200,000-mark, says Health Ministry
The Himalayan country has been witnessing a surge in the Covid-19 cases in the recent months
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4,907 new coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra; 125 more deaths
The state now has 88,070 active cases
Jammu and Kashmir coronavirus tally crosses 100,000-mark; 507 new cases
181 new cases came up in Jammu division and 326 in Kashmir division
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Texas becomes first US state to surpass 1 million coronavirus cases
Texas recorded 10,865 coronavirus cases on Tuesday
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Secondary schools, colleges in Gujarat to reopen from November 23
A decision on reopening of primary schools for classes 1 to 8 will be taken at an appropriate time
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