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Andaman coronavirus update: 7 new cases push tally to 3,651, toll at 52

Four new patients have travel history, while three fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, a health official said

Karnataka CM's proposal to cut down assembly session to 3-day irks oppn

Yediyurappa said that more than 60 legislators have been tested positive, hence, we should think of reducing the number of days to three from eight

Over 78% people used connections to get Covid-19 ICU bed: Survey

Hospitals now are seeing more critical patients than they did in May-June

Puducherry coronavirus update: 273 new cases reported, toll up at 467

Rao said that the fatality rate was 2.01 per cent as of Monday while the recovery rate was 77.9 per cent

Mizoram allows private hospitals, labs to conduct coronavirus tests

Only designated government hospitals were permitted to test samples for coronavirus till now

Odisha coronavirus update: 4,242 new cases, 9 fatalities reported in 24 hrs

As many as 2,503 new cases were reported in quarantine centres, while 1,739 people tested positive for the infection during contact tracing, he said

Coronavirus recovery rate in India crosses 80% mark: Health Ministry

Twelve states and UTs have registered recovery rate of more than the national average and 79 per cent of the new recovered cases are from 10 states and UTs

No pension withheld, payment remitted to 255,000 widows: Delhi govt to HC

Delhi govt made the submissions in an affidavit filed before HC on a petition claiming that widow pension of around 12,000 women has been discontinued by the amid the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Infection data deleted from research paper

Only 4% get ICU beds via routine process, Chandigarh's cases cross 10,000, half the active cases are from Maharashra-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Tripura coronavirus update: 243 new cases push tally to 22,275, toll at 245

West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 137 of the 245 Covid-19 deaths, the official said

Despite fuel price cuts due to Covid-19, OMCs improve net marketing margins

The net marketing margin of OMCs on sale of petrol and diesel has increased to Rs 4 per litre by mid-September from Rs 2.23 per litre earlier as there has been correction in global auto fuel prices

Covid updates: Guidelines for schools, India's first low-cost test & more

The Drugs Controller General of India has approved of the commercial launch of 'Feluda', the Tata CRISPR Covid-19 test

Our strategic objectives remain unchanged despite Covid: Saudi ambassador

"Bilateral trade between Saudi Arabia and India has increased significantly in the last two years, from $27 billion in 2018 -19 to $34 billion in 2019-2020"

Coronavirus Unlock: List of states that will reopen schools; Key guidelines

Maharashtra, Manipur, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim and others are yet to take a final decision on resuming classes. Here's a list of states will will allow schools to re-open and those that won't

Arunachal Pradesh coronavirus update: 135 cases push Covid tally to 7,385

Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally rose to 7,385 on Monday as 135 more people, including eight security personnel, tested positive for the infection

India coronavirus update: 86,961 cases, 1,130 deaths recorded in 24 hours

With 86,961 fresh coronavirus cases and 1,130 deaths in 24 hours, India's Covid-19 tally stood at 54,87,580 cases

Covid-19 Factoid: India records 90,000 recoveries, third day in a row

While the US crosses the 7 million mark in total cases, in India recoveries cross 4.4 million and Satara has the highest test positivity rate in India

DATA STORY: India's active cases down by 14,455 in 3 days; recovery rate goes past 80%

The states and UTs that have seen their respective biggest single-day spikes in total cases are Kerala (4716), Odisha (4330), and Rajasthan (1865)

Thanks to Covid, jet fuel is so cheap it's being blended for use by ships

The shift, almost unthinkable just a year ago, reflects the obliteration of demand the aviation industry has suffered in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

India's Covid-19 lockdown claims another victim; gold smuggling routes

Smugglers of gold have benefited from record high prices and a 12.5% import tax that India imposes on shipments of the metal and additional local taxes