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As economy staggers, Sino-US tensions rise, plenty could go wrong this Aug

US election contest gets ugly. Now watch Turkey, at risk of repeating the 2018 lira crisis

Hosiery exporters seek extension of loan moratorium by 6 months up to March

Exporters said the financial position of the knitwear garment units in Tirupur has not improved and they were not in a position to repay the loan and interest

Covid result in 30 secs? India, Israel conducting tests for potential tech

Israeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka on Friday visited the special testing site created at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital to witness the ongoing trials

Gymnasiums, yoga centres to open in Punjab; night curfew to continue

The Punjab government on Friday allowed gymnasiums and yoga centres to operate while continuing with the night curfew for the next phase of the coronavirus lockdown from August 1 to 31.

Kerala reports 1,310 fresh Covid-19 cases; three deaths takes toll to 73

Kerala reported 1,310 Covid-19 cases on Friday, including 20 health workers, taking the infection tally to 23,607, while three deaths took the toll to 73.

India's fatality rate at 2.18%, one of the lowest globally: Harsh Vardhan

He also said of the total 545,318 active cases, 1.61 per cent patients need ICU care and 2.32 per cent are on oxygen support

US books 100 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses for $2.1 bn from GSK, Sanofi Pasteur

The US government has a further option for the supply of an additional 500 million doses longer term as part of its Operation Warp Speed programme

Tamil Nadu adds 5,881 Covid-19 cases in a day, 1,013 from Chennai alone

The State Health Department said 58,350 persons were tested, 5,778 patients discharged and 97 new deaths were reported

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Remdesivir gets lukewarm endorsement

US deaths top 1,000 for fourth day, Google suffers first revenue decline, Spain's GDP shrinks 18.5% and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: How long can the disease really last?

Low pay, poor facilities deter health workers from Covid care, cases in Karnataka, AP at new highs, how Indian education can adapt to a post-Covid world-news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

1,195 new Covid-19 cases take Delhi tally to 1,35,598; death toll at 3,963

Delhi recorded 1,195 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.35 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,963, authorities said.

Pfizer, BioNTech to supply 120 mn doses of coronavirus vaccine to Japan

BioNTech and Pfizer on Monday began a large, late-stage trial of their vaccine candidate to demonstrate its efficacy

Sisodia tried to scare by claiming Delhi would have 550,000 cases: BJP

The Delhi situation was brought under control with the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the city BJP unit said on Friday.

Specify benefits for frontline workers' kin: HC to Maharashtra govt

The Bombay HC directed the government to file an affidavit about the benefits extended to the kin of frontline health and administrative workers, who get infected to Covid-19 in the line of duty.

India's coronavirus recovery rate stands at 64.54%, says Harsh Vardhan

The Union Health Minister said that only 0.27% patients were on the ventilator

MP CM appeals to ministers, MLAs to donate 30% salary to Relief Fund

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan appealed to the Ministers and MLAs to contribute 30 per cent of their salaries to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Dutch KLM group to cut 4,500-5,000 jobs due to coronavirus pandemic

Dutch carrier KLM said Friday it will cut between 4,500 and 5,000 jobs because of the coronavirus crisis.

Pay doctors on time, don't treat quarantine period as leave: SC to govt

The court directed the Centre to issue necessary directions for releasing salaries of doctors and frontline healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 duty on time

Covid updates: Nearly 55k new cases in India; worst quarter for US economy

The US economy saw its sharpest ever contraction since the second world war, reporting an annual plunge of 32.9 per cent in the June quarter, which is when the viral outbreak shut down businesses

Coronavirus vaccine update: Chinese-backed hackers targeted Moderna

Russia plans to register a coronavirus vaccine by August 10-12, to become the world's first country to get official approval of Covid vaccine. Catch latest coronavirus vaccine updates here