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As Covid-19 cases rise, Delhi govt races to arrange 15,000 beds by end-June

A senior doctor in a private hospital said that the government had hired a lot of junior doctors which had added numbers, but had not solved the problem

How life looks like amid Unlock 1.0: Pictures from across the country

The total number of coronavirus cases in India has jumped to 276,583, while 7,745 people have died from the disease so far

More recoveries, fewer active cases, Kejriwal vs Centre, and more

For the first time, recoveries have overtaken active Covid-19 cases in India. Close to 6,000 recoveries pushed the total number of cured/discharged patients to 135,206

India's Covid-19 recovery numbers exceed active cases for first time

The number of active cases in the country stands at 1,33,632, while 1,35,205 people have recovered and one patient has migrated

World coronavirus dispatch: Aviation sector stares at worst year in history

From Zara's first ever loss to China 'angrily' rejecting study tracing Covid-19 origins to last summer, and the slowing of new infection rate in the US - read these and more in today's world dispatch

India coronavirus dispatch: Does your health insurance cover Covid-19?

From one testing lab for 30 million people, to the meaning of community transmission, and how fast coronavirus can spread via hospital surfaces - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Singapore biotech firm Tychan to start human trials for Covid-19 treatment

Clinical trials will begin next week

WHO clarifies remark on asymptomatic spread, calls it 'misunderstanding'

Van Kerkhove said: What I was referring to yesterday were very few studies, some two or three studies that have been published, that actually try to follow asymptomatic cases

IPO offers dry up amid Covid-19 scare; filings with Sebi lowest in 6 years

So far this year, only seven companies, looking to raise less than Rs 6,500 crore, have filed their DRHPs

CSR biggies cross Rs 7,500 cr in Covid-19 spend: Crisil Foundation report

Around 57 per cent of the amount - which can be classified under the head CSR - went to the PM CARES Fund

SC gives Centre, states 15 days to take migrant workers to their homes

Top court asks authorities to withdraw legal complaints against migrant workers

Explained: How Covid-19 pandemic upended 20 million lives in Mumbai

Although the coronavirus pandemic's toll has been much lower, there are grim parallels

Coronavirus may have been spreading in Wuhan in August: Harvard study

The research, which has not been peer-reviewed by other scientists, used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan - where the disease was first identified in late 2019

Kejriwal tests negative for coronavirus; Jyotiraditya Scindia positive

The BJP leader's mother Madhavi Raje Scindia has also tested positive

Cathay Pacific unveils $5-bn bailout plan amid coronavirus pandemic

Cathay Pacific proposed the bailout as it struggles to survive the near collapse of regional travel due to the pandemic

ICMR sero-survey: Initial reports hint at widespread Covid-19 infection

Some reports suggested that about one-third of the country's population may have already been infected with the novel coronavirus

Slowdown blues: Post-lockdown, consumer confidence remains low

A grim economic outlook amid an ever-growing spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has turned consumers jittery

Delhi sitting on a time bomb? 550,000 cases by July-end, says Sisodia

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has tested negative for Covid-19, an official said on Tuesday

Bring in second new ball in Tests after 55 overs: Sachin after saliva ban

In Test cricket, suddenly if the surfaces are not good, the standard of playing drops down, Tendulkar said

SC comes to the rescue of stranded migrant workers: Know details

Supreme Court told the central and state governments to identify migrant workers stranded in the nationwide lockdown and send them home within 15 days