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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Lessons from Japan on post-pandemic recovery

Shanghai outbreak traced to cargo from North America, many nations shunning skilled foreign workers, the speed at which Oxford vaccine was developed and other pandemic-related news acorss the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: How Covid is pushing women out of jobs in UP

'Covid passports' for international travel, status of front-runners in vaccine race, why vaccines should not be made too expensive-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Modi meets CMs on Covid: Kejriwal blames pollution, Mamata seeks GST dues

Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Gujarat are the eight states that are plagued by rising Covid cases

Covid-19 Factoid: Delhi reports 100 deaths each for 4 days, MP cases surge

India's recovery rate is at over 93.7 per cent and the death toll stands at 134,218.

India's neighbours beat first wave, but Covid-19 cases are rising again

The contrasting impact across South Asia has been striking despite sharing common traits of young populations spread across densely packed cities and expansive hinterlands

Coronavirus vaccine: Things to know about process, timeline & effectiveness

Sources revealed, data from the global trials would be submitted to the Indian regulator by the end of December

Affordable Covid-19 vaccines will test world's intellectual property regime

An intellectual property regime that is not flexible enough to manage the coronavirus crisis is one that will break under the weight of that techno-dystopia.

DATA STORY: Punjab has worst case fatality rate at 3.15%, Maharashtra's at 2.61%

India on Monday conducted 1,099,545 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 133,682,275. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.5%

Why spas not reopened when markets, buses, metro running, HC asks AAP govt

The Delhi High Court asked the AAP government as to what was so special about spas that they were not being allowed to open

Telangana coronavirus update: 921 new Covid cases, tally reaches 265,000

Telangana reported 921 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally to over 2.65 lakh, health officials said on Tuesday

Now 'real hope' to end coronavirus with vaccines: WHO chief Ghebreyesus

"There is now real hope that vaccines, in combination with other tried and tested public health measures, will help to end the pandemic," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

How Bill Gates is working with WHO, drugmakers to defeat the coronavirus

The billionaire is working with the W.H.O., drugmakers and nonprofits to defeat the coronavirus everywhere, including in the world's poorest nations. Can they do it?

PM Modi holds virtual meet with states over coronavirus situation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted via video conferencing with chief ministers of states that are witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases to review the COVID-19 situation

Puducherry coronavirus update: 52 new Covid-19 cases, tally touches 36,769

Puducherry registered 52 fresh cases of coronavirus taking the aggregate to 36,769, while no death due to the infection was reported for the fifth consecutive day

Mizoram coronavirus update: 50 new cases push Covid-19 tally to 3,710

Mizoram's Covid-19 tally rose to 3,710 on Tuesday as 50 more people, including nine Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Maharashtra coronavirus update: Covid cases cross 50,000-mark in Thane city

The Covid-19 tally in Thane district of Maharashtra has gone up to 224,222 with the addition of 634 new cases

India coronavirus update: Covid-19 caseload climbs to 9.17 million

India saw 37,975 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day taking the country's Covid-19 caseload to 9.17 million, while the recoveries crossed 860,000

Rajasthan witnessing 2nd peak of coronavirus cases: Health Minister

Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Monday that the state is registering over 3,000 Covid-19 cases per day for the past few days, calling it a second peak of coronavirus in the stat

Jharkhand coronavirus update: 219 Covid cases, 2 fresh fatalities reported

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 107,688 as 219 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said

Diabetic eye disease associated with five-fold risk of severe coronavirus

People with diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with Covid-19, suggest the findings of a new study