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Maharashtra coronavirus update: State reports 23,816 cases, 325 deaths

Maharashtra reported 23,816 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday taking the total count of Covid-19 cases in the state to 967,349

MoS MEA attends EAS FMs meet; regional and global issues discussed: MEA

MoS MEA V Muraleedharan on Wednesday attended the 10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting during which views were exchanged on the current regional and international developments

77.52% students appear for Telangana EAMCET on first day amid Covid-19

The Covid-19 situation has led to a big drop in the number of students appearing for the Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET) 2020

Pune coronavirus update: District's Covid-19 cases cross 206,000-mark

Pune district in Maharashtra reported 4,885 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total count of infections to 2,06,290

Andhra Pradesh coronavirus update: State reports 10,418 cases, 74 deaths

Andhra Pradesh reported 10,418 new Covid-19 cases taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,27,512

Uttar Pradesh coronavirus update: Stare reports 6,711 new Covid-19 cases

A total of 6,711 new Covid-19 cases and 66 deaths were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

Gujarat coronavirus update: 1,329 new cases take Covid tally to 1,08,295

Gujarat reported 1,329 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state's coronavirus tally to 1,08,295, while 16 deaths in the last 24 hours mounted the state's death toll 3,152

Assam coroavirus update: Highest single-day deaths of 18 patients reported

Assam recorded its highest single-day fatalities of 18 Covid-19 patients on Wednesday taking the death toll to 396

Chhattisgarh coronavirus update: State records 2,564 new Covid-19 cases

With 2,564 new COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday, Chhattisgarh's total count rose to 52,932, a health official said.

Covid-19 test mandatory for MLAs to Delhi Assembly to attend session

Covid-19 test is mandatory for members of Delhi Assembly to attend the one-day session on September 14, according to the Assembly Secretariat

Bars in hotels, restaurants reopen in Delhi; owners hopeful of revival

Bars in hotels, clubs and restaurants reopened in Delhi on Wednesday after being closed for over 170 days and some of them received a good number of customers on the first day

Nagaland coronavirus update: State's Covid-19 tally rises to 4,375

Nagaland's COVID-19 caseload rose to 4,375 as 130 new cases were reported in the state, Health and Family Welfare Minister S Pangnyu Phom said on Wednesday

Mumbai coronavirus update: City sees record single-day rise of 2,227

Mumbai on Wednesday recorded the highest spike of 2,227 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total count of infections to 1,60,744, a BMC official said

Amazon to hire 33,000 in corporate and tech roles in the next few months

Amazon can afford to grow its workforce: It is one of the few companies that has thrived during the coronavirus outbreak.

Employees and customers broke law on Covid-19 loan, says JPMorgan

The bank said it had discovered "conduct that does not live up to our business and ethical principles - and may even be illegal"

Tiffany sinks 11% as LVMH calls off $16-billion buyout deal amid Covid-19

The French group, led by billionaire Bernard Arnault, said its board had received a letter from the French foreign ministry asking it to delay the acquisition to beyond Jan. 6, 2021

China's biggest airshow cancelled in 2020 over coronavirus pandemic

The organiser of China's biggest airshow, set for November in the southern city of Zhuhai, has cancelled the event because of coronavirus measures, it said on Wednesday

Steel companies reorient strategy to capture rising rural demand

While some companies have chalked out a relatively long-term plan to increase market penetration, others are seeing rural demand bounce back to pre-Covid levels

Suicides by businesspeople: Seeking help is necessary, say psychiatrists

A total of 9,052 such cases were seen in 2019, an increase of 13.3 per cent over the previous year

US job postings rise to 6.6 million in July, hirings drop to 5.8 million

The Labour Department said Wednesday that the number of US job postings on the last day of July rose to 6.6 million from 6 million at the end of June