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India's Covid-19 fatality rate dips to 2.72%, recovery at 62.4%: Health Min

Manipur, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim have zero case fatality rate

Covid impact: Home sales drop 66% across nine key cities in June quarter

The supply of new housing units also decreased by 81% during the period to 11,967 units from 63,535 units in Q1 2020, as developers hardly launched any projects, with sales coming to a standstill

India coronavirus dispatch: Covid-19 pandemic and policy solutions

Irrational preference for costly Covid therapy, locked-down India ignored rising indoor air pollution, what a study of 17 mn reveals about deaths-roundup of news on how India is dealing with pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Air travel picks up on domestic flight recovery

US sets new one-day record with 60,500 cases, Russian deaths cross 11,000, bringing home seafarers stuck on ships and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Odisha coronavirus update: 755 new cases take state's tally to 11,956

Odisha registered its highest single-day spike of 755 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 11,956, while the death toll mounted to 56 with four patients succumbing to the infectious disease

Cancel exams, promote varsity students on past performance: Rahul urges UGC

Gandhi said it is unfair to conduct examinations during the Covid-19 pandemic and the UGC should listen to the voice of students

Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi court grants bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals

A Delhi court granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were chargesheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation for allegedly violating visa conditions

Coronavirus vaccine update: China's Zhifei starts Phase II trial of vaccine

Coronavirus vaccine latest update: Moderna, AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Novavax, Sinovac and CanSino Biologics are among those leading the fight against coornavirus. Catch latest updates on Covid vaccine

Puducherry coronavirus update: With 72 more cases, tally reaches 1,272

72 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Puducherry, taking the count of Covid-19 cases in the Union Territory to 1,272 cases

Maharashtra coronavirus update: Cases rise across prisons; tally at 763

Prisons across Maharashtra reported a total of 763 Covid-19 cases till date. The figure includes 596 inmates and 167 jail staff, informed the Maharashtra Prison Department

West Bengal Covid-19 update: Lockdown in Kolkata's 25 containment zones

West Bengal government has imposed lockdown with strict restrictions in 25 containment zones in Kolkata for seven days in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases.

Covid-19: No community transmission yet; 26,500 new cases in 24 hours

Recent spike in Covid-19 cases has halted the revival in Surat's synthetic textiles hub. With roughly 215 daily cases, business activity across the textile value chain has come to a near-standstill

India logs biggest single-day jump of 26,506 Covid-19 cases; nears 800k

The number of recoveries stands at 4,95,51, while there are 2,76,685 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country

Delhi update: Govt dispensaries, polyclinics to start rapid antigen tests

Rapid Antigen Detection tests will be offered by all dispensaries of Delhi govt and polyclinics from 9 am to 12 noon on all days to all eligible individuals with immediate effect

Coronavirus LIVE: UP announces complete weekend lockdown till Monday

Coronavirus latest news: The US now has 3,120,388 Covid-19 cases and 134,229 deaths. Brazil has 1,683,738 cases, and India 771,866 cases, 21,174 deaths. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Indoor airborne spread of Covid-19 under certain conditions possible: WHO

In a change to its previous thinking, WHO noted that studies evaluating C-19 outbreaks in restaurants, choir practices and fitness classes suggested the virus might have been spread in air

Covid-19: UP govt imposes lockdown from Friday night to Monday morning

The decision was taken after reviewing the present state of Covid-19 and to effectively check its spread, the chief secretary said in the order

Covid-19 Factoid: West Bengal has seen 400 new cases daily for a fortnight

The eastern state so far has 24,823 confirmed cases, of which 7,705 are currently active

Pak man files $20-bn damages suit against US for Covid-19 outbreak

A Pakistani court has issued notices to the US embassy in Islamabad, the US counsel general Lahore and the foreign ministry on a $20 billion damages suit filed by a coronavirus infected person

DCGI asks manufacturers to prevent black-marketing of Covid-19 drugs

Rajesh Bhushan, the Officer on Special Duty, Union Health Ministry, told an online media briefing Thursday that it has been noticed that certain drugs are not available freely in the market