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Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally mounts to 15,244 with 84 fresh cases

The Covid-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 15,244 as 84 more people, including seven health workers, tested positive for the infection, an official said

Covid-19 Factoid: The world added over 600,000 new cases yesterday

The US has added over 100,000 cases each day for two days in a row while Delhi continues to struggle with a surge

Global coronavirus cases top 48.5 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 48.5-million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1231,610, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Washington DC to require Covid-19 test for visitors from hot spot states

With virus numbers rising locally and nationally and the holiday travel season looming, the nation's capital is revamping its Covid-19 travel restrictions

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals hopes US will authorise Covid antibody drug soon

Regeneron said US regulators were doing an analysis of its experimental antibody cocktail to treat Covid-19 and that it was hopeful the drug could be authorised for emergency use in the country soon

Ladakh reports 112 coronavirus cases, 3 fatalities pushed death toll to 79

Three more Covid-19 fatalities took the death toll in the Union Territory of Ladakh to 79 while 112 new cases pushed the virus caseload to 6,553, officials said

Assam reports no coronavirus deaths for the second consecutive day

Assam registered no Covid-19 deaths for the second consecutive day in nearly four months, while 313 new positive cases took the tally to 208,054

Odisha registers 1,385 new coronavirus cases, 14 fresh fatalities

Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounted to 297,274 as 1,385 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said

United Nations summit in December to push action on Covid-19 pandemic

The UN voted to hold a summit on the Covid-19 pandemic on December 3-4 to press for action on the global spread of the coronavirus and its effects on economies, jobs, global trade and travel.

Airlines can operate at 70-75% of pre-Covid levels, clarifies Centre

Yesterday it had passed an order extending the cap of 60 per cent limit on capacity till 24 February

No big releases in 2020 as uncertainty remains over cinema hall attendance

Most blockbusters have been pushed to 2021

Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine may be launched in February

Moderna and AstraZeneca are close behind the largest US drugmaker and are likely to have early data on their vaccine candidates before the end of the year.

AstraZeneca to bring non-US vaccine data before FDA for emergency approval

If and when AstraZeneca reaches the first statistically reliable efficacy and safety results from those trials, based on more than 25,000 volunteers in total, it would present them to the US Food and

Alibaba revenue up 30% as coronavirus drives demand for e-commerce

China's biggest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported a 30 per cent jump in quarterly revenue, as China recovers from the virus and online shopping demand remains high.

Extreme uric acid in blood can reduce lifespan by 11 years, study shows

High levels of serum uric acid in the blood could reduce people's chance of surviving and also reduce their lifespans by up to 11 years, say researchers

Maharashtra crosses 1.7 million-mark with 5,246 new coronavirus cases

Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally on Thursday crossed the 1.7 million-mark after it recorded 5,246 fresh cases, a state health department official said.

Int'l air travellers must have negative Covid report on arrival: India

These passengers shall be kept under institutional quarantine for a minimum period of seven days, the guidelines said.

Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala records 6,820 new Covid-19 positive cases

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,698,198 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 835,773, Andhra Pradesh 833,208, Tamil Nadu 734,429 and UP 489,502. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

Schools can recover only tuition fees for now: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday said that schools can recover only tuition fee from students till the government declares that the coronavirus pandemic is over

For ninth day, Nagaland reports more Covid-19 recoveries than fresh cases

Nagaland for the ninth consecutive day reported more Covid-19 recoveries than fresh cases as 144 patients recuperated from the disease while 57 new infections pushed the tally to 9,264