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2020: How Delhi suffered and battled pandemic of the century

The Covid-19 pandemic left Delhi bruised and battered in 2020

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Problem of being neither too rich nor too poor

Global investment banks earn record $125 bn in fees this year, Australia's billionaires reap rare Covid gains, Wuhan's outbreak may be 10x higher and other pandemic-related news across the globe

New UK coronavirus mutant has not entered state: Maharashtra govt

The new Covid-19 mutant strain found in the UK has not yet been detected in Maharashtra till date

Ladakh reports five fresh coronavirus cases taking tally to 9,411

Five new cases of Covid-19 was reported in the Union territory of Ladakh on Monday

Odisha reports 263 fresh coronavirus cases, 4 fatalities

Odisha has recorded 263 new Covid-19 cases, 324 recoveries and four deaths on Monday

UK returnees in Raj difficult to track, courtesy wrong information

Over 800 tourists from the UK have entered Rajasthan in the past one week

India Coronavirus Dispatch: What happens in a vaccination dry run?

Bharat Biotech's pitch for volunteers raises concerns, woes of sanitation workers, how the top court ruled on pandemic matters-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

India records lowest daily rise in Covid-19 cases over six months

India on Tuesday has surpassed a crucial milestone in its fight against the global pandemic

Gujarat Covid-19 dry run: 'Beneficiaries' undergo dummy vaccination

Identified 'beneficiaries' are undergoing dummy vaccination at various centres in Gandhinagar and Rajkot districts of Gujarat

3 UK returnees test positive for new Covid-19 strain: Karnataka minister

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said three people in the city have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2 and necessary measures have been taken for their treatment

Union Minister Choubey under isolation after testing Covid-19 positive

Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey has said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is under home isolation

China kicks off emergency coronavirus vaccination for key groups in Wuhan

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged a year ago, has started the emergency Covid-19 vaccination on some key groups, a senior health official said on Tuesday

Argentina to begin rollout of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V

Argentina will begin vaccinating its population against coronavirus on Tuesday, using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

DATA STORY: India adds 16,432 Covid cases, lowest single-day spike since June 24

India on Monday conducted 983,695 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 169,801,749. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.7%

Daily new Covid cases in India dip below 20,000 for 3rd time this month

The daily new coronavirus infections in India dipped below 20,000 for the third time this month taking the Covid-19 caseload to 10,224,303, while the recoveries crossed 98 lakh

US House passes bill to increase Covid-19 stimulus cheques to $2,000

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a bill to meet Trump's demand for increasing direct coronavirus relief payments to some Americans to $2,000

Six cases of new coronavirus strain detected among UK returnees in India

33,000 passengers who arrived from the UK to India between November 25 to December 23 are being tracked and tested

Six UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus in India

Six persons who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday

Ground report: How Covid hit life in Theog, a small hill town in Himachal

Nivedita Mookerji speaks to locals in Himachal Pradesh's Theog to gauge how the pandemic has affected life and business in this hilly town

UK records highest spike in daily novel coronavirus cases at 41,385

Another 41,385 people in the UK have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the highest increase in single-day cases since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to official figures