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Donald Trump to suspend H-1B work visas and others through end of year

Trump will block the entry of foreign workers on H-1B visas for skilled workers and L-1 visas for workers being transferred within a company through the end of the year, the official said

Covid-19 crisis: Delhi now second worst-hit, crosses Tamil Nadu tally

Even by death count till Sunday, which stood at 2,175, Delhi is on the second spot among the list of worst-hit states.

Covid-19 scare: Surat diamond hub calls for voluntary closure for a week

Most of the diamond polishing units are largely situated in and around the areas of Katargam and Varachha in Surat which have seen a spike in Covid cases

Trump has not directed any slowdown in Covid-19 testing: White House

The Republican president said at a political rally in Oklahoma on Saturday that he had directed his people to slow down testing

Strict containment, surveillance helping Punjab's Covid recovery: Centre

Punjab has reported 4,074 coronavirus infection cases and 99 deaths so far

SC allows Puri Rath Yatra; Odisha CM says it's a challenge amid Covid

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde directed the state government to impose curfew in the Puri City during the time when the chariots are taken out in the procession

Home-isolated Covid patients will get oxygen monitoring device: Kejriwal

According to data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for Sunday, Delhi surpassed Tamil Nadu to become the second worst-hit state or union territory by coronavirus

Shot of Hope: Equal access a hurdle after race to coronavirus vaccine

The second of a two-part series examines challenges linked to IPR and monopoly once Covid-19 vaccine is created

Delhi second worst-hit by Covid-19 caseload; Goa reports 1st fatality

The Centre maintained that the number of infections per hundred thousand population was among the lowest in the world

Trump backs more financial aid for Americans amid Covid-19 crisis

Asked if he backed another payment for Americans, Trump told Scripps Networks in an interview that he backed sending out a second check

Covid-19: Gilead targets 2 million remdesivir courses by year-end

The company also said it planned to start trials of an easier-to-use inhaled version of the antiviral drug, currently administered only intravenously

Cadila-CSIR's sepsis drug shows promise in fight against Covid-19

The public-private partnership trial-generated data will be soon presented before the country's drug regulator to see if it can get emergency-use authorisation.

In Delhi's Mandoli jail, 17 inmates test Covid-19 positive after one dies

Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said of the 29 inmates who were tested, reports of 17 came back positive on Monday. The remaining 12 inmates have tested negative for the disease

ONGC halts operations at two rigs in Arabian Sea as Covid-19 strikes

As many as 54 offshore employees tested positive for coronavirus and one died

UP becomes first state to use railway isolation coaches for Covid-19

The coaches are laced with basic amenities that a patient would require -- handheld showers, mosquito nets, bio-toilets, power sockets, oxygen cylinders and more

Can't call Remdesiver, Favipiravir game changers in Covid-19 fight: Experts

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has launched the antiviral drug Favipiravir, while Cipla and Hetero have received approvals from the Drug Controller General of India to launch Remdesivir

Air India pilot tests Covid-19 positive after landing Delhi-Sydney flight

The pilot and his two cockpit crew have been put in quarantine in Sydney, the cabin crew or passengers have not been quarantined as they did not get in touch with the pilot

Tamil Nadu adds 2,710 new coronavirus cases in highest single-day spike

1,487 are from Chennai, 25,234 persons tested across state today

Extensive power infra being built for largest Covid-19 facility in Delhi

The rising number of coronavirus cases in Delhi has necessitated an urgent need to increase hospital beds and isolation facilities

MLA tests positive for Covid-19 in Chhattisgarh, state records 2,255 cases

It's the first case in the state involving a high profile person; family members and staff quarantined as per protocol