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HC declines to entertain 'half-baked' plea for immediate lockdown in Delhi

The Delhi High Court declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to the AAP government to immediately place the city under lockdown in view of the rising Covid cases and air pollution levels

Covid-19 Factoid: Rajasthan fights surge, gets over 3,000 cases for 2 days

India had been witnessing more recoveries as compared to daily new case additions resulting in a drop in active cases count.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Investors shelve start-up plans this year

Wealthy nations won't waive IPR rules for Covid drugs, Why Covid spikes in some places, study says reinfection unlikely for six months at least-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Top private employer sees jobs in India rising to pre-Covid levels

India's unemployment rate eased to 6.98% in October from as high as 23.5% in April, according to private research firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

World Coronavirus Dispatch: The stay-at-home economy is here to stay

South Korea toughens social distancing norms, Europe plans cautious easing of lockdown, UK starts trials for antibody cocktail, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19 threat far from over, be alert to control pandemic: UP CM

The threat of COVID-19 is far from ending and people have to remain alert to control the pandemic until a vaccine is developed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday.

India still doesn't know why Covid affected whom it did and how it did that

There is a wide variation in the spread of COVID-19 between states. Areas with higher population density are expected to have more cases, but varying testing rates could be affecting case detection

Jharkhand reports 137 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally climbes to 1,07,469

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally climbed to 1,07,469 on Monday, after 137 people tested positive for the virus

DATA STORY: Delhi adds 6,746 cases, suffers most Covid deaths in a day

India on Sunday conducted 849,596 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 132,582,730. The test positivity rate recorded was 5.2%

SC says Covid situation worsened in Delhi, Guj, asks to file status reports

The Supreme Court asked the Centre and all states to file within two days status reports detailing steps taken to deal with the current COVID-19 situation

New coronavirus cases stay below 50,000 in India for 16th day straight

With 44,059 new cases of Covid-19 infections, India's tally mounted to 91,39,865 on Monday

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi's health worsens after post-Covid complications

The health condition of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi deteriorated on Monday morning and he is 'very very critical'

Tsunami warning, night curfew and vaccine hunt: India's Covid fight in pics

The total confirmed case count in India has now crossed 9.1 million. On Sunday, India reported 44,404 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to 9,140,312

Odisha Guv Ganeshi Lal's wife dies of post coronavirus complications

Sushila Devi, the First Lady of the State and wife of Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, has passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar

Frequent, rapid testing can cripple coronavirus within weeks: Study

Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround Covid-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks, claim researchers

Telangana reports 602 new Covid cases, toll hits 1,433 with 3 more deaths

Telangana's fresh Covid-19 casesdropped below 700 after a gap of six days, taking the tally to over 2.64 lakh

Himachal govt to conduct survey to identify coroanvirus, other patients

Himachal Pradesh government is set to conduct a large-scale survey between Nov 25 and Dec 27 in a bid to identify the patients of Covid-19, tuberculosis, leprosy, sugar and high blood pressure

Top headlines: India may get 1st vaccine by Feb, FMCGs expand rural reach

India is likely to issue an emergency use authorisation to at least one Covid vaccine by the end of January and health workers will be the first to be inoculated. More headlines in our evening roundup

Delhi govt orders closure of some markets for flouting Covid-19 norms

The Delhi government ordered the closure of Punjabi Basti and Janta markets in Nangloi area till November 30

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine could get UK approval this week, says report

Britain formally asked its medical regulator, the MHRA, last week to assess the suitability of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine