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Russia's Covid-19 vaccine shows potential in peer review, Lancet reports

Sputnik V induced an antibody response in all participants in early trials and found no serious adverse effects.

CV sector to take 1-2 yrs to get back to 2018-19 sales volume levels: Siam

Domestic CV manufacturers dispatched 10,07,319 units from their factories across the year ended March 31, 2019, as compared to 8,56,916 units in 2017-18, logging a growth of 17.6 per cent

World must unite, vaccine nationalism will only prolong Covid-19: WHO chief

The WHO and GAVI vaccine alliance are leading a global vaccine allocation plan known as COVAX aimed at helping buy and distribute vaccination shots fairly

Tamil Nadu reports 5,976 new Covid-19 cases, tally breaches 450,000-mark

Chennai clocked 998 new cases while neighbouring Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet districts collectively contributed 784 of the new infections

Andhra Pradesh adds 10,776 Covid-19 cases; tally zooms to 476,506

The infection positivity rate rocketed to 12.02 per cent much higher than the national average of 8.43 per cent as 10,776 new cases were added in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Friday

WeWork India expects 25% growth in revenue for 2020 despite Covid-19

WeWork India, which is owned by Bengaluru-based realty firm Embassy Group, has 34 centres comprising 60,000 desks across six major cities

Karnataka reports 9,280 new Covid-19 cases, state tally reaches 379,486

As of September 4 evening, cumulatively 3,79,486 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 6,170 deaths and 2,74,196 discharges

Delhi records highest spike in 2 months with 2,914 new Covid-19 cases

On June 27, the city had recorded 2,948 cases, the highest single-day spike before September 3

Jammu and Kashmir records 1,047 new Covid-19 cases, death toll 755

Jammu district reported the highest number of 322 new cases, followed by 175 in Srinagar district

More than 615,000 people fined for Covid-19 rule violations in Rajasthan

The fines were collected under the Rajasthan Epidemic Ordinance, Director General of Police (Crime) M L Lather said

England vs Australia 1st T20 playing 11, Southampton weather forecast

The Southampton weather forecast has improved and there is 15 per cent chance of rainfall at the start of Eng vs Aus 1st T20 match

CBSE compartment exams for class 10, 12 to be held from Sept 22-29

All candidates will carry their own hand sanitiser in transparent bottles, (their own) water bottles, and will be required to cover their mouth and nose with mask

Need to re-orient policy mix to rebuild economy in post-Covid world: Finmin

Ministry asserts India is on V-shape recovery path from Q2 onwards; says GDP plummeted most because of severest lockdown measures taken against pandemic

DATA STORY: India now accounts for 12% of all active cases, 8% of deaths globally

With 68,584 new daily recoveries, the most so far, India's recovery rate has improved to 77.09%, while death rate has come down to 1.75%

Mizoram coronavirus update: 6 new cases take state tally to 1,046

The state now has 395 active cases, while a total of 651 people have recovered from the disease

Final year exams of Haryana universities, colleges to be held by Sept-end

Kuthiala said "All the SOPs (standard operating procedure) issued by MHA and the health department will be followed. All the examinations will be conducted in the month of September"

UP reports 6,193 new Covid-19 cases, state tally mounts to 253,00

As far as fresh cases are concerned, the maximum 924 were reported from Lucknow, 382 from Kanpur, 320 from Prayagraj, 356 from Gorakhpur and 203 were from Varanasi

GoAir to add over 100 new flights in domestic network from Sept 5

The airline also said it expects the capacity to reach 45% of the pre-Covid-19 level by September 21 and by October 15 to 60% of what it was operating prior to the emergence of the pandemic

Punjab govt to stop affixing posters outside homes of Covid-19 patients

The psychological trauma which patients were seen suffering as a result of these posters, meant to protect neighbours and others, was defeating the very purpose, Singh said

Occupancy rate of Covid-19 beds in Delhi at 31%, 33% patients from outside

Out of 14,140 total beds, 4,477 are occupied and 9,663 are vacant