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Follow these FSSAI's guidelines to ensure safety while shopping amid Covid

Here's what the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommends you to follow while shopping

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Can telemedicine step up during Covid-19 times?

A roundup of articles in Indian news publications on how India is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

Drug controller approves Biocon's psoriasis drug for emergency Covid-19 use

The firm presented the phase II clinical trial results to the drug regulator which were deliberated upon by the Subject Expert Committee of the DCGI's office

UP shuts as govt announces 55-hour-long Covid lockdown-like restrictions

Roads wore a deserted look on Saturday, as tempos, taxis and government buses did not operate

MMRDA spends Rs 53 cr on makeshift Covid-19 hospital at Mumbai's BKC

The MMRDA has informed RTI activist Anil Galgali that it spent Rs 53 crore on account of constructing the Covid hospital in BKC

WHO chief praises efforts to control Covid-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi slum

The first Covid-19 patient in Dharavi was found on April 1, nearly three weeks after Mumbai recorded its maiden positive case on March 11

World Coronavirus Dispatch: People with no symptoms can 'spread' virus

Japan's contact-tracing app fails, San Francisco to pause reopening salons and parlours, California to release 8,000 prisoners and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19: Eden Gardens to be used as quarantine facility for Kolkata police

A meeting at Kolkata Police Headquarter, Lal Bazaar, took place at the Chamber of Special Commissioner Jawed Shamim. It was attended by CAB president Avishek Dalmiya

Coronavirus LIVE: Record spike of over 228,000 global cases in 24 hours

Coronavirus latest news: The total number of cases in India is nearing 800,000. Maharashtra has 230,599 cases, Tamil Nadu 126,581, and Delhi 107,051. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Drug regulator okays limited use of Itolizumab for Covid-19 patients

The approval was given after its clinical trials on Covid-19 patients in India was found satisfactory by the expert committee

Covid-19: 1,500 Indians to be repatriated from South Africa on Sunday

The Indian government has arranged three Vande Bharat mission flights from South Africa, repatriating thousands

Trump administration bets on untested company to deliver Covid-19 vaccine

The commitment to ApiJect dwarfs the other needle orders the government has placed with a major manufacturer and two other small companies

Gilead Sciences analysis shows remdesivir reduced coronavirus death risk

Remdesivir has been at the forefront of the global battle against Covid-19 after the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times

Yogi Adityanath issues directives on special sanitisation campaign in UP

The campaign can be extended to July 13 and, if required, later as well, he said, asking the officials to provide photographs of the campaign so that it can be reviewed by the CM's Office.

Pune to go on 10-day lockdown starting July 13 amid Covid-19 crisis

Emergency services have been excluded from the lockdown

Top govt scientists tell MPs Covid-19 vaccine at least a year away

Reliance of Indian pharma industry on Chinese APIs a 'huge strategic concern' with few short-term solutions, they say; meanwhile, CSIR says Covid offers a good opportunity to check brain drain

Big, small insurers toy with pandemic-proof policies for post-Covid world

Pandemic exemptions have helped some insurers emerge relatively unscathed

Toyota staff Covid-positive, cases at Bidadi manufacturing unit up to 14

The company confirms the emergence of a new case of Covid-19 with the employee concerned having last attended the work on July, 3, TKM said in a statement on its website.

Some degree of coronavirus transmission through air likely: Anthony Fauci

Fauci on Thursday had said it was a "reasonable assumption" that airborne transmission was occurring even though there was not a lot of solid evidence behind it

Lakshmi Mittal gifts GBP 3.5 mn to Oxford for developing Covid-19 vaccine

Lakshmi Mittal said, "This year has been a wake-up call to the world to be better prepared for pandemics, which, as we have all experienced, can cause massive social and economic disruption."