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India Coronavirus Dispatch: States' economic revival tied to Covid control

Teachers in Karnataka school reach students' homes for lessons, 59% spike in cases among Assam health workers, Pune pips Mumbai on Covid numbers--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

UK launches £3 mn innovation challenge in India to tackle Covid-19 pandemic

Applicants are required to submit bids as an academia-industry consortium, ideally with an international member

Puducherry reports four Covid-19 deaths, 302 fresh cases: Health min

Four more people including a 80-year old man succumbed to COVID-19 as the death toll in Puducherry rose to 114, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said on Monday.

Tamil Nadu govt to allow reopening Liquor outlets in Chennai from Tuesday

According to the government, the liquor shops will function between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. and only 500 tokens will be issued daily

China grants country's 1st Covid-19 vaccine patent to domestic firm: Report

The paper cited documents published by China's National Intellectual Property Administration saying that the patent was issued on August 11

DATA STORY: India's coronavirus death toll tops 50,000; UP replaces Delhi as 5th-worst-hit state

India now accounts for 10.43% of all active cases globally (one in every 10 active cases), and 6.59% of all deaths (one in every 15)

First Mediterranean cruise sets sail after virus tests from Italty

Earlier this month, the Italian government gave its approval for cruise ships to once again depart from Italy''s ports but limited cruise ships to sailing with 70 per cent capacity

MP: Coronavirus cases in Indore crossed 10,000-mark, death toll at 344

The total number of deaths in Indore stood at 344 with two persons succumbing to the infection on Sunday

Malaysia detects new Covid-19 strain that's 10 times more infectious

The mutation called D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that started from a restaurant owner returning from India and breaching his 14-day home quarantine

Covid-19 Factoid: India's fifth block of 10,000 deaths came in just 10 days

While the country had taken nearly 100 days from the outbreak to report its first 10,000 deaths, the fifth has taken a tenth of that

Covid-19: India's flimsy antigen testing regime 'like flipping a coin'

Between 25-30 per cent of the country's daily tests now are rapid antigen tests, Balram Bhargava, the director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research, told reporters

Rajasthan's Covid-19 death toll rises to 876, caseload climbs to 61,296

Of the new deaths, three each were reported from Bikaner and Jaipur, and two each from Ajmer, Bhilwara, Udaipur and Sikar, the official said

Coronavirus LIVE: 11,111 new cases, 288 deaths reported in Maharashtra

Coronavirus latest news: Russia has begun production of the first batch of vaccines against Covid-19, its health ministry said in a statement. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Covid-19 cases in United States surpass 5.4 million, death toll at 169,955

The hardest-hit US state of California reported 622,427 cases, followed by Florida with 573,416 cases, Texas with 554,826 cases, and New York with 425,508 cases, the tally showed

Brazil sees 620 Covid-19 deaths in one day, 23,101 new cases in 24 hours

Tests detected 23,101 new cases in the same one-day period, taking the total number of people who have tested positive to 3,340,197

Lockdown in Maharashtra to be lifted in stepwise manner: Uddhav Thackeray

The threat of Covid-19 still persists, Thackeray said on Saturday, and added that he does not want a second wave of the deadly viral infection in the state.

Former India opener, UP minister Chetan Chauhan succumbs to Covid-19

Due to kidney related ailments, his health deteriorated and he was shifted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram

India's Covid-19 fatality rate declines to 1.93%, recovery rate nears 72%

The total number of recoveries in the country rose to 18,62,258 on Sunday, according to official data

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Uptick in cases casts a shadow on 'Delhi model'

Deaths in Karnataka reduce, Mumbai's healthcare infra overwhelmed, alone in grief in the time of Corona--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

Covid updates: Russia's 'Sputnik V', India's tally nears 2.6 mn and more

China's economy, the first to succumb to the coronavirus, is proving to be the fastest to recover