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How Russia shortened the Covid-19 vaccine race to declare victory

For years, Putin has pushed to rebuild Russia's prowess in long-neglected life sciences

Karnataka to triple Covid-19 testing; Labs to be set up in PPP model

Keen to scale up testing infra for Covid-19, the Karnataka govt has decided to establish RT-PCR labs in PPP model and the tender process for it would be taken up soon, Medical Education Minister said

AstraZeneca's Japanese Covid-19 vaccine trial back up, US still paused

Clinical trials of AstraZeneca and Oxford University's experimental Covid-19 vaccine have resumed in Japan, almost a month after being put on hold, while discussions with US authorities continue

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Amazon says 20,000 US staff positive in 6 mths

US stimulus talks remain in limbo, Jefferies CEO says no normalcy till late 2021, Europe's big banks to slash 2,500 branches and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Tonnes of waste generated battling the pandemic

Why the Accessible India Campaign drags, 10% of world deaths in India, Haryana's cases and fatalities double--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

BJP leader who threatened to hug Mamata if he's infected contracts Covid

BJP leader Anupam Hazra, who had threatened to hug West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee if he got infected with Covid-19, has tested positive for the disease, health officials said

Effective Covid-19 vaccine rollout unlikely before fall 2021, experts say

An effective vaccine is not likely to be available for the general public before the fall of 2021, according to experts working in the field of vaccine development

Covid-19 Factoid: France witnessing a strong second wave of infections

Total cases in Andhra Pradesh cross the 700,000 mark while Tamil Nadu also seeing a steady rise in daily cases

Donald Trump, wife Melania test Covid positive, Modi wishes speedy recovery

Trump announced about putting himself in quarantine in a tweet late Thursday night after his close aide Hope Hicks was tested positive with Covid-19

Puducherry continues to see high number of Covid deaths, toll touches 532

Puducherry continued to witness a steady increase in coronavirus deaths as seven more people, pushing the toll to 532

DATA STORY: India in Sep saw 32% more cases, 33% more deaths, 41% more recoveries than Aug

Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases on October 2 are Maharashtra (16476), Karnataka (10070), Kerala (8135), Andhra Pradesh (6751), and Tamil Nadu (5688)

India maintaining global position with maximum Covid recoveries: Health Min

With a high level of recoveries, India is maintaining its global position as the country with the maximum number of recovered Covid-19 patients

Telangana coronavirus update: 10 Covid-19 deaths, 2,009 new cases

Telangana clocked 2,009 fresh coronavirus cases, pushing the tally of infections to 195,000, while the toll rose to 1,145 with 10 more fatalities

Kerala coronavirus update: Govt imposes Section 144 to curb Covid spread

The Kerala government has imposed section 144 of CrPC, prohibiting the assembly of more than five people to control the surge in coronavirus cases in the state

India's Covid tally inches closer to 6.4 mn-mark; recoveries reach 5.3 mn

Covid caseload inched closer to 64 lakh-mark with 81,484 infections reported in a day, while the number of people who recuperated from the disease crossed 53 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.70%

Jharkhand coronavirus update: 1,013 new Covid-19 cases, 8 fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's Covid-19 caseload rose to 84,664 as 1,013 more people tested positive for the infection

Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive for coronavirus, says Amazon

Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its front-line US workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes Covid-19

Odisha reports highest one-day recovery of 4,380 coronavirus patients

Odisha registered the highest single-day recovery of 4,380 Covid-19 patients, taking the number of cured people to 1,90,080, a health department official said

Assam coronavirus update: 14 fresh Covid fatalities, 1,585 new cases

Assam's Covid-19 death toll mounted to 711 with 14 people succumbing to the disease on Thursday, while 1,585 new positive cases were detected taking the tally to 182,396

Karnataka coronavirus update: 10,070 new Covid cases on single day

Karnataka again registered above 10,000 new cases on a single day, taking its Covid tally to 6,11,837, including 110,412 active cases till date