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World Coronavirus Dispatch: A cancer drug offers hope to Covid-19 patients

Meanwhile India sixth most infected as it goes past Italy in overall count, US economy shows unexpected 2.5-million job additions in May

India coronavirus dispatch: Can 'social bubbles' contain Covid-19 spread?

From cancer care through the pandemic, to Mumbai's efforts to ramp up its health infra, and how our cities turned the crisis from bad to worse - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Tamil Nadu govt caps coronavirus treatment charges in private hospitals

The per day charges for treatment in Intensive Care Units shall not exceed Rs 15,000

Covid-19 opportunity for India to speed up Ayushman Bharat, says WHO chief

After India, Pakistan is the worst affected in South Asia with 89,249 Covid-19 cases, and 1,935 fatalities

Covid-19 Factoid: Just 3 states account for 58% of India's total cases

J&K has seen a late surge, with 285 cases being reported in a day. Of the UT's total count of cases, 60% are still active. But, it has managed to keep its fatalities low

Gujarat first state to do a complete door-to-door survey: Jayanti Ravi

We were perhaps one of the first states to put in place a detailed protocol including the use of hydroxychloroquine, said principal secretary, health and family welfare, Gujarat

Trump says India, China will have more Covid-19 cases with more tests

India has so far conducted over 4 million tests, according to the health ministry; Trump says number in US is 20 million

Coronavirus LIVE: UK death toll crosses 40,000 mark, highest in Europe

Covid 19 tracker: 5 Indian states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases on Friday were Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Bengal. Catch coronavirus update and other related stories

Education shifts online, leaving behind a disadvantaged segment of students

According to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey, only 23.8 per cent households in the country have internet connectivity and only 10.7 per cent have access to computers

Ration woes, expenses lay bare the migrant distress since lockdown

A silver lining, the survey noted, is that 75 per cent of the workers were not being threatened by their landlords of eviction

The honeymooners who organised a train that helped others get home too

When a close friend of mine had a quiet wedding in Manipur on March 18, it seemed a risk-free affair. The coronavirus hadn't yet travelled to the Northeast

Is Delhi the next Mumbai? Anxiety in national capital over rising cases

Delhi with 25 per cent positivity rate is much higher compared to the national positivity rate of 5 per cent

Covid-19 crisis: SC asks pvt hospitals if they can charge at Ayushman rates

Capping rates can make business unviable, say hospitals

Ikea Hyderabad store to reopen from June 8 with strict safety measures

Aurelie Raimon, Hyderabad Store Manager at Ikea, said: 'As we reopen our store, health and safety of co-workers and customers are our topmost priority'

5 staff test Covid-19 positive at Health Ministry; sanitisation on Jun 6-7

The ministry has issued another office memorandum on June 3 advising all staff to follow precautionary measures strictly in order to contain the spread of the disease.

Want to visit temple, church or mosque from June 8? Know the Unlock rules

Unlock 1.0: Here are the guidelines that worshippers and religious institutions need to follow from June 8

In pictures: Migrants head home, mosques gear up for Unlock 1.0 and more

The home ministry had last week said ''Unlock-1'' will be initiated in the country from June 8 under which the nationwide lockdown, will be relaxed to a great extent

Come to office once a week or face pay cut: Maharashtra to govt employees

The order will come into effect from June 8. The coronavirus-triggered lockdown is in force till June 30.

India coronavirus dispatch: Visualising a response moving forward

From patients struggling to find hospital beds, to the crisis moving to India's rural areas, and what a new study says about hydroxychloroquine - read these and more in today's India dispatch

World coronavirus dispatch: Rumours, fear and rising deaths in Pakistan

From the pandemic hitting black voters' incomes the hardest, to the status of Brexit, and how Covid-19 hit Malaysia's palm oil industry - read these and more in today's world dispatch