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Too soon to say if recovered Covid patients lose immunity: Scientists

Immunologist says understanding how the immune system is responding to the coronavirus needs longer studies.

Covid updates: India surges past 1 mn cases; UN appeals for more funds

NCSC said vaccine and therapeutic sectors in multiple countries had been targeted by a group known as APT29, which it said was "almost certainly" part of Russian state intelligence

MP, Bihar, Telangana districts most vulnerable to Covid-19: Lancet study

Nine states marked out for higher risks, based on five parameters selected by researchers

Zydus gets nod from Mexican authority for Covid-19 therapy clinical trials

Drug firm Zydus Cadila said it has received approval from Mexico's regulatory authority Cofepris to conduct clinical trials with its biological therapy "Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b"

India, US collaborating closely during Covid-19 pandemic: Ambassador Sandhu

India and the US are working together and collaboration is underway for co-development of a Covid-19 vaccine

Admission to colleges in West Bengal via online mode this year: Govt

Admission to colleges in West Bengal for under-graduate courses will be through the online mode this year and students will not be called for counselling or verification of documents

Archer's breach of bio-secure protocol could have been disaster: Giles

Star pacer Jofra Archer will face disciplinary proceedings for breaching the Covid-19 protocol that could have been a "disaster" and cost the ECB "tens of millions of pounds", Ashley Giles said

13,072,718 samples tested for coronavirus till July 16, says ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday said that a total 1,30,72,718 samples have been tested to diagnose COVID-19 up to July 16

Brazil tops 2 mn coronavirus cases; with 1,000 deaths a day, toll at 76,000

Since late May, three months after Brazil's first reported case of the coronavirus, it has recorded more than 1,000 daily deaths on average in a gruesome plateau that has yet to tilt downward

Record single-day surge of nearly 35K Covid cases, tally crosses 1 million

This is the sixth consecutive day when more than 28,000 cases were recorded

India will top 2 mn coronavirus cases by Aug; govt must prepare: Rahul

Gandhi has been critical of the government's handling of the pandemic and has questioned claims of containing the disease

UP govt likely to constitute team of doctors to check Covid-19 spread

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered constitution of a team of senior doctors to formulate an effective model to check the spread of Covid-19 in the state

Engineering courses in Telangana to start Aug 17, decision on schools soon

Academic year for engineering courses in Telangana will start from August 17 and that a final decision will be taken on the opening of schools in the State, CM K Chandrashekhar Rao announced

After US, India has conducted most coronavirus tests: White House

More than 3.5 million have tested positive for the coronavirus and 138,000 died of it in the US, says spokesperson

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India's case count crosses one million mark

Coronavirus latest news: Total number of Covid-19 cases in India is now at 979,719. Maharashtra has 284,281 cases, Delhi 116,993, and Tamil Nadu 156,369. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Covid-19 Factoid: Delhi gets a grip, has the lowest share of active cases

India's growth in cases continues; the country added over 11,000 active cases in just 24 hours

Is the worst over for IT? Q1 earnings of firms send out growth feelers

Pandemic impact bottomed out in Q1, second half likely to see better growth

IT industry headed for Uberisation of workforce: Capgemini India CEO

Capgemini India's Chief Executive Officer Ashwin Yardi talks to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and Sai Ishwar about the impact of Covid-19 on business

Covid-19 crisis: US, UK allege Russians are trying to steal vaccine

It is unclear whether research facilities have been damaged or if the vaccine programmes have been set back as a result of the hacks, but officials warned that the cyberattacks are ongoing.

Indian pharma can produce Covid-19 vaccines for entire world: Bill Gates

India's challenge immense in coronavirus crisis immense because of its large population, says billionaire philanthropist