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For Mumbaikars, work from home triggers an escape to beach town Alibaug

As ferry services increase and remote working becomes the norm, the rural beach town has turned into a sought-after refuge for city slickers from Mumbai and Pune

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine prompts immune response among adults: AstraZeneca

The Financial Times reported that the vaccine, being developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca, triggers protective antibodies and T-cells in older age groups. It cited two people familiar with the finding

Covid-19: Hearing through video-conferencing successful, says SC

Supreme Court on Monday said the system of video-conferencing in providing access to justice to citizens during the ongoing pandemic situation has been "extremely successful"

Trump's top aide concedes US can't control Covid-19, drawing ire from Biden

The raging coronavirus outbreak has become a key issue in the November 3 presidential election between Trump, a Republican, and Biden, a former US vice president

South African Hindu community to raise Covid-19 awareness ahead of Diwali

Worried about a possible second wave of coronavirus, the Hindu community in South Africa is raising awareness among people on what should do during the coming Diwali celebrations

Ban on public events can curb Covid transmission rate by 24%: Lancet study

Customers can book the model at their nearest Ducati dealerships, and the deliveries will begin in the first week of November, it added

Failure of 'reverse quarantine' lead to 61 Covid deaths in Kerala: Report

Of the 252 deaths reported at government hospitals in the state, 223 or 88.5 per cent of the total, were due to COVID-19, it said

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Prison staff fear spurt with returning inmates

Insurance claims of 77 BMC staff rejected, New cases in Mohali dip, and does the annual flu shot make a good vaccine?--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

India's case-fatality rate of Covid-19 lowest since March 22 at 1.5%

With 480 new deaths, the Covid-19 toll mounted to 1,19,014, as per the union health ministry

World Coronavirus Dispatch: 85,000 cases on Friday mark third surge in US

UK considers shorter self-isolation period, crude oil Oilon surge in cases, why 2020 is different for student loan payments, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid vaccine updates: Key facts and major announcements you should know

All people of the country will be given Covid vaccine for free, Union Minister Pratap Sarangi announced on Sunday

Covid-19 Factoid: India records lowest daily fatalities in over 3 months

Maharashtra witnessing a consistent drop in new cases while Delhi has a sudden surge

Relief & uncertainties for hospitality sector: A reality check amid Covid

Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji does a reality check from Ground Zero. Listen to this podcast

False negatives is not the only outcome: False Covid positive a concern too

False positives are generally very rare among tests that have been vetted by the Food and Drug Administration

Mexico revises coronavirus death toll, says 193,170 had died by Sep 26

Mexican health authorities acknowledged that the country's true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is far higher than thought, saying there were 193,170 excess deaths in the year up to Sep 26

DATA STORY: Lowest single-day spike in tally since July 22, in toll since July 10

The count of active cases across India has seen a net reduction of 14437, compared with 12526 on Sunday. The total now stands at 653,717, the lowest active case tally since August 13

Coronavirus cases in India mount to 7,909,959 with 45,148 new cases

Covid infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 50,000 for the second time this month, while the new fatalities registered during the same period fell under 500 after 108 days

Agra records 142 coronavirus deaths, recovery rate goes up to 91.95%

While the number of fatalities from Covid-19 has gone up alarmingly to 142 in the Taj city, the recovery rate continues to show an encouraging trend

Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala reports 6,843 new cases, 4,439 in Karnataka

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,632,544 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 800,000, Karnataka 793,907, Tamil Nadu 703,250 and UP 463,858. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

3rd phase human trial of Covaxin to commence at Odisha's SUM hospital soon

The third phase human trial of indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' will soon commence at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital in Odisha